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Sessha Batto

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Sword carrying Buddhist author of transgressive homoerotic fiction

Sessha turned to writing full time after a twenty year stint in video production editing, scripting and creating motion graphics. Published works include the Shinobi Saga (Geisha, Shadow Wolf and the soon to be released Ripples), and Strength of Will. Her short fiction is collected in the anthology Sex Ray Specs. Her short story The Poetry Game is included in New Sun Rising-Stories for Japan. Amadan na Briona, an erotic interpretation of the Celtic legend is part of Eight Cut Gallery's Once Upon a Time collection. Since writing doesn't pay all the bills, she continues to work as a graphic artist, specializing in book covers and trailers.
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I remember twenty. Being young and on the edge of everything, itching to set the world on fire.
I remember thirty. A job I loved, a man I adored. Kicking the world's ass and loving every minute of it.
I remember forty. A home, a husband, a three year old wonder who looked at me like I set the stars in the sky even though I was exhausted and cranky.
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	UnCommon Bodies: A Collection of Oddities, Survivors, and Other Impossibilities by Jessica West (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Harris Cohen (Goodreads Author), Sessha Batto (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Dancing in the Dark: An Anthology of Erotica by Diane Nelson, Sessha Batto (Goodreads Author), John Browne 4.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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
	Shinobi, Book One: Concealed in Shadows 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Geisha 3.64 avg rating — 28 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
	Strength of Will 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 11 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
	Perfect Match 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shinobi: Struggle for Balance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	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
	In Dreams 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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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