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Corey McKinnon

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Corey McKinnon is a software developer who also loves reading and writing. He lives in the Salt Lake Valley with his wife, three kids, and 3 cute cats.

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My new short story, "Charred Wheat," was available as a free download for five days recently. I did this to gain a bit more exposure and hopefully get a few sales of my first book, Unity Alpha. So, how did it go?

While it's obviously a bit early to draw any real conclusions, I do think it was worth doing. I had over 300 downloads of the story over the five day period, and at one point, it was #39 o

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Otherland: City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)

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