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in Decatur, The United States

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Fiction, Contemporary, Humor and Comedy

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Cathy Adams’ second novel, A Body’s Just as Dead, was released in August, 2018, from SFK Press. It was chosen for the Editor's Choice Award from Best New Writing. It also was selected as a finalist for the Eyelands Book Award and the Leapfrog Fiction contest. Her debut novel, This Is What It Smells Like, was published by New Libri Press, Washington. She is a Pushcart Prize nominated short story writer with stories published in The Saturday Evening Post, Utne, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Barely South, A River and Sound Review, Upstreet, Southern Pacific Review, and 55 other journals from around the world. She earned her M.F.A. at Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, Washington. She lives and writes in Kansas Ci ...more

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	A Body's Just as Dead 4.04 avg rating — 25 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
	Polychrome Ink Volume II by Amy Hoff (Goodreads Author), Penny Gotch (Goodreads Author), Cindy E. King 4.50 avg rating — 12 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
	This Is What It Smells Like 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Tincture Journal, Issue Nine, Autumn 2015 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Miodrag Kojadinović (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Autumn Magic by Patrick S. Durham (Editor/Contibutor), April J. Durham (Editor/Contibutor), Marilyn Zelke-Windau (Contributing Writer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Dear Leader Tales by Dan Kalin (Goodreads Author), E.E. King (Goodreads Author), Eric Avedissian (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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