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Richard Flores IV

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Born

in Vacaville, CA, The United States

Website

http://floresfactor.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories, Children's Books

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Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein ...more

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August 2011

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Richard is an author of Speculative Fiction who lives in Washington. He fits his writing time around being a father of three young boys and a husband to his beautiful wife. He has had short fiction published in a variety of markets. He was the publisher and editor for two short fiction magazines. For more information on Richard Flores IV, you can find him online at https://www.floresfactor.com. You can also find him on Twitter @Richard_Flores4 ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 96 ratings · 27 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Dissolution of Peace (The Serenity Saga #1) 3.62 avg rating — 21 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
	Factor Four Magazine Issue 1 April 2018 by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Krystal Claxon, Natalia Theodoridou (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Volition Agent 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Factor Four Magazine Issue 2 July 2018 by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Haynes (Goodreads Author), Jennifer R. Povey (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 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
	Plasma Frequency: Year One Anthology 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Broken Trust 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Factor Four Magazine 2022 Anthology by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emmie Christie (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Plasma Frequency Magazine: December/January 2013/14 by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Hodges (Goodreads Author), Andrew Knighton (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Plasma Frequency Magazine: Issue 13: September/October 2014 by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D.A. D’Amico (Goodreads Author), D.J. Daniels (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Plasma Frequency Magazine: Quarter 1 2016 by Richard Flores IV (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melanie Rees (Goodreads Author), Sagnik Datta really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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

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I am starting to feel like a broken record on this blog, but each time I feel genuine in my words. But sometimes a little something comes up that really hits you. Something that sticks in your mind and puts some thing in perspective. In just a few short weeks, the 10th anniversary of the […]

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Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1)

by Masamune Shirow

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A Peace Divided (Peacekeeper)

by Tanya Huff

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Richard’s Quotes

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

tags: life, science, wisdom

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“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

tags: hard-work, inaction, just-do-it, success, team

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“No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.”
― Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead

tags: andrew-wiggin, ender, ender-wiggin, life-lessons

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

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“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.”
― Ray Bradbury