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Jan Stinchcomb

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Jan Stinchcomb is a writer living in Southern California. She is the author of Verushka (JournalStone), The Kelping (Unnerving), The Blood Trail (Red Bird Chapbooks) and Find the Girl (Main Street Rag).

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	The Kelping 3.07 avg rating — 90 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
	Best Microfiction 2020 by Meg Pokrass (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gary Fincke (Editor), Michael Martone (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative by Hannah Grieco (Editor), Aubrey Hirsch (Goodreads Author), Olivia Campbell (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2022	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
	Strange Little Girls by Camilla Bruce (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Liv Lingborn (Editor), Terra LeMay (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Horror is Us by Justin Sanders (Editor), Alexandria Baker (Contributor), Alexis Books de Vita (Contributor) 4.05 avg rating — 19 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
	Verushka really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 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
	Find the Girl 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	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
	Happily Never After by Kristen Duvall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christina Elaine Collins (Contributor ), Adam Millard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	FLAPPERHOUSE - Year Three by Joseph P. O'Brien (editor), Matt Alexander, Nancy Au 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2017	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
	Black Candies: The Eighties by Ryan Craig Bradford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Julia Dixon Evans (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alyssa N. Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.89 avg rating — 9 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

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Bread of Angels: A Memoir

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