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Lawson Ray lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his fiancée and pet rabbit. He attended Penn State for a B.S. in Management Information Systems, and graduated in 2017.
He has made a career as a data scientist and programmer.
In his free time, Lawson Ray loves to watch and play soccer, run, read, and most of all, write.

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	Alien Dimensions #26: Mars Colonization Issue: Space Fiction Short Stories Anthology Series by Neil A. Hogan (Goodreads Author), David Castlewitz (Goodreads Author), Humphrey Price 4.13 avg rating — 30 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
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The Xiphos Protocol

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Leviathan Wakes

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Frankenstein the Original 1818 Text

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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