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Sarah Avery

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Winner of the 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Sarah Avery has published contemporary fantasy in Jim Baen's Universe, and her sword and sorcery stories have appeared in Black Gate, where she writes a regular column reviewing fantasy series. Her first book to appear in print is Tales from Rugosa Coven, a trio of linked novellas about a coven of very modern Wiccans in a New Jersey even weirder and more absurd than the one you think you know. An anthology she coedited with David Sklar titled Trafficking in Magic, Magicking in Traffic, is forthcoming from Fantastic Books in May 2014, and will feature stories by James Enge, Elizabeth Bear, and Darrell Schweitzer. Most recently, a Kickstarter campaign allowed her to hire a dream team to publish a n ...more

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	Tales from Rugosa Coven 4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Imlen Brat by Sarah Avery (Goodreads Author), Kate Baylay (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Closing Arguments 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Atlantis Cranks Need Not Apply 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Ghost Puncher: A Short Story of Conjuration, Near-Instant Gratification, and Inside-The-Beltway Comeuppance it was amazing 5.00 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
	New Jersey's Top Ghost Tours Reviewed and Rated: A Short Story of Tax Fraud, True Love, and Posthumous Unionizing 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
	How the Grail Came to the Fisher King: A Short Story of Spellwork and Healing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Flashlight, Knife, and Flowered Crown by Sarah Avery (Goodreads Author), Anthony Rhodes (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021	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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This week I’ve been figuring out my villains. I’ve known a long time about my Big Bad, but the Big Bad has henchpeople, and they were kind of vague for me. I knew their general profession and demographics, but they had not yet differentiated into individuals with distinct reasons and levels of intensity to their […]

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Thrifty Author's Guide to Launching Your Book without Losing Your Mind

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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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A group for any and all pagans, witches and heathens to discuss books related to spirituality. Any type of pagan is welcome here - Wiccan, eclectic, d ...more

Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" — 1116 members — last activity Jan 03, 2026 09:08PM
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, and YA/MG. We reads it. As a group, we seek to read BotM that are a little off the beaten paths. We love the Gaimans, Sande ...more

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This group is for amyone interested in learning more about the earth religion and to connect with people with similar interests Through this group we' ...more

Pagan Fiction — 103 members — last activity Sep 07, 2019 02:55PM
Fiction books with plots and characters of interested to Pagans including Wiccan, Native American and other Paths

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Writers of the Weird — 32 members — last activity Sep 08, 2015 11:40AM
The Writers of Weird is a Community of published and unpublished authors with an interest in the weird genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. ...more

Science Fiction Association of Bergen County — 15 members — last activity Sep 03, 2015 08:48AM
The Science Fiction Association of Bergen County (New Jersey) works to promote the interest and appreciation of science fiction, fantasy and horror. W ...more

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