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Jonas David

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http://jonas-david.com

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Fiction, Contemporary, Horror

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March 2010

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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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i got yanked out of 13 billion years of oblivion for THIS?

life is a strange and rare and beautiful thing for those of us who get to experience it. unfortunately most of us live as slaves so a few dozen people can live like kings.

i am so excited to spend my one precious life working 40 hours a week so that i’ll be allowed to have shelter and food –just enough to get by, though! anything extra would be unfair– and with my free time have i zero energy or f

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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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Dark, weird, unsettling, funny, absurd--a satire of the law, or based on real experiences? Or perhaps a metaphor for the harsh uncaring, unknowable forces of life itself? Over all an interesting read, but the characters actions were often incomprehens ...more
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I am a big fan of 'In Memory of Memory' and so I knew I would read this regardless of what it was. It is not immediately clear whether this is a self insert character, or is completely fiction. And really, it doesn't matter. What it is by the end, is ...more
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Jonas rated a book it was amazing Outline by Rachel Cusk	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
wow, i really enjoyed this, a lot, and im not exactly sure why. maybe because nothing happened, which i generally enjoy. maybe because i had many thoughts, which i generally enjoy. maybe because the writing was often striking and i highlit several pa ...more
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