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J.O.Ellis is an author living in the piney woods of Texas with her veteran husband, autistic son and two dogs, not including the several other animals she brings into her home on a regular basis. When she’s not writing she can be found lost in a pile of books, advocating for the inclusion and rights of the neurodiverse, thrift shopping, or befriending a woodland creature.

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Project Hail Mary

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“Bad news,” he said as he approached me waiting outside the car. “They only had a room with one bed left and there isn’t another motel for miles.” “Oh,”
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“His head lowered to look down at me, his hair a plethora of golden tones.”
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“The devil we face is always smaller than the devil we fear.”
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