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Vincent Meis

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In the 1980s and 90s Vincent Meis published a number of pieces, mostly travel articles, but also a few poems and book reviews, in publications such as, The Advocate, LA Weekly, In Style, and Our World. His travels have inspired his five novels, all set at least partially in foreign countries: Eddie’s Desert Rose (2011), Tio Jorge (2012), and Down in Cuba (2013), Deluge (2016) and Four Calling Burds (2019). Tio Jorge received a Rainbow Award in the category of Bisexual Fiction in 2012. Down in Cuba received two Rainbow Awards in 2013. Recently stories have been published in two collections: WITH:New Gay Fiction and Best Gay Erotica 2015.

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	The Long Journey to You by Vincent Traughber Meis, Vincent Meis (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 55 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
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This is an opportunity to get an advanced copy of my novel that will be released in September from Spectrum Books and the other books offered in this promo. The advanced reader copies are available in mobi, epub and PDF formats. This is the complete edited version of the book ready to go to press. My only ask is that you write a review when the book goes live. Thank you in advance. Here's the link Read more of this blog post »

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