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Brandon O'Brien is a poet, writer, critic and facilitator from Trinidad and Tobago. His work has been published in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Reckoning, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy!, and New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean, among other outlets. His work has also been shortlisted for the 2014 Alice Yard Prize for Art Writing, and the 2014 and 2015 Small Axe Literary Competitions. ...more

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	Uncanny Magazine, Issue 23, July/August 2018 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam J. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2018	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
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 32: January/February 2020 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chimedum Ohaegbu (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Best of Uncanny by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brooke Bolander (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.95 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Can You Sign My Tentacle? 3.72 avg rating — 178 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
	New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean by Karen Lord (Editor), H.K. Williams (Contributor), Ararimeh Aiyejina (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Uncanny Magazine, Issue 21, March/April 2018 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Pinsker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2018	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
	Recognize Fascism: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology by Crystal M. Huff (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Shelby (Goodreads Author), Nina Niskanen (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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
	Ride the Star Wind: Cthulhu, Space Opera, and the Cosmic Weird by Scott Gable (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caroline Dombrowski (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kara Dennison (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Big Book of Cyberpunk by Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), William Gibson (Contributor), James Tiptree Jr. (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Tales of Blue Rose: The Cutpurse With His Trousers Down 2.50 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

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