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Mahaila Smith

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Poetry, Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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Mahaila Smith (they/them) is a young femme writer, living and working on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg in Ottawa, Ontario. They are one of the co-editors for The Sprawl Mag. They like learning theory and writing speculative poetry. Their debut chapbook, Claw Machine, was published by Anstruther Press in 2020. Their second chapbook, Water-Kin was published by Metatron Press in 2024. Their novelette in verse, Seed Beetle, is forthcoming with Stelliform Press.

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	Seed Beetle 4.39 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Ghosts, But Spirits Volume IV by Emily Perkovich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Carrigan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ammy McCollum (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dwarf Stars 2023 by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Miguel O. Mitchell (Editor), Rasha Abdulhadi (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Claw Machine 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star*Line 46.3, Summer 2023 by Jean-Paul L. Garnier (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Contributor), Randall Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	bonfire (Nightingale & Sparrow Literary Magazine, issue no. XIX) by Juliette Sebock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Faith Allington (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), D.W. Baker (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polar Starlight, Issue 15, June 2024 by Rhea E. Rose (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Contributor), Carolyn Clink (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star*Line 46.2 (Spring 2023) by Jean-Paul L. Garnier (Editor), Colleen Anderson, Randall Andrews (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radon Journal, Issue 4 by Nathaniel Cairney (Contributor), Lex Chamberlin (Contributor), Myna Chang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polar Borealis, Issue 31, July/August 2024 by R. Graeme Cameron, Chris Clemens (Contributor), Patricia Evans (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)

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