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Jonas David

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Jonas David is a writer living in the Seattle area. He is an editor at Lucent Dreaming magazine, and his stories have appeared in Fireside Magazine, Writing Disorder and others. Additional writing and info can be found at jonas-david.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @thejonasdavid.

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shrinking light, growing darkness

here is another thing i wrote

i was (am?) heavily in my thomas bernhard phase here.

okay: https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-goat

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	2014 Campbellian Anthology by M. David Blake (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Ania Ahlborn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alisa Alering (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.66 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014	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
	Maps and Rooms: Writing from Wales by Jannat Ahmed (Editor), Samiha Meah (Editor), Jonas David (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings	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
	Lucent Dreaming #8 by Jannat Ahmed (Editor), Jonas David (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joachim Buur (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	InterGalactic Medicine Show, Issue 34 (InterGalactic Medicine Show, #34) by Edmund R. Schubert (Editor), Jonas David (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Iapetus Shift: A Science Fiction Novella really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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