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William C. Tracy writes tales of the Dissolutionverse: a science fantasy series about planets connected by music-based magic instead of spaceflight. This series currently includes a three-book epic space opera cycle. It also includes five novelettes and novellas, including a coming of age story, tales of political intrigue, a Sherlock Holmes-like mystery, a Jules Verne style adventure. Several books include LGBT-friendly elements.

His first epic fantasy from NineStar Press is Fruits of the Gods, about a land where magic comes from seasonal fruit, and two sisters plot to take down a corrupt government.

William is a North Carolina native and a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy. He has a master's in mechanical engineering, and has both ...more

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	Of Mycelium and Men (The Biomass Conflux, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 163 ratings — 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
	The Seeds of Dissolution (Dissolution Cycle, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	To A Fungus Unknown: A Space Colony Exploration Series (The Biomass Conflux Book 2) 4.06 avg rating — 69 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
	The Spores of Wrath: A Space Colony Exploration Series (The Biomass Conflux, # 3) 4.13 avg rating — 48 ratings — 6 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
	Tuning the Symphony (Dissolution Cycle, #0.5) 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Merchants and Maji (Dissolution Cycle, #0.7) 3.87 avg rating — 31 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
	Fruits of the Gods 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — 11 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
	The Five Hive Plateau (Dissolution Cycle, #0.2) 3.83 avg rating — 24 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
	Facets of the Nether (Dissolution Cycle, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 20 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
	Tales of the Dissolutionverse 4.50 avg rating — 18 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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SPSFC 2021

Just a quick update that I will be a judge/reviewer for the first ever Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC), going on now! We’ve got over 300 entries, and through the next year, we’re going to be whittling them down to the top 30, then the top 10, then the one winner next July!

So stay tuned. I’m going to start posting reviews to this site as I read through books, and hopefully I’ll find

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Loyalty of Severus (The Saga of the Elagabal)

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William Tracy rated a book it was amazing The Lucky Machine by Aimee Cozza (Goodreads Author)	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
A lovely followup to The Warm Machine, this one focuses on Inix, a side character from that story, and tells her tale. Where the first book is all about the bots, this one covers a lot of bot/human interaction and also a bit more worldbuilding on the ...more
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William Tracy rated a book it was amazing Corruption: A Young Adult Bisexual Fantasy by Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren (Goodreads Author)	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
A great story of learning to be who you are and standing up for yourself. The worldbuilding is a key part and leads to a lot of questions about how and why this society came to be. Great bisexual rep in this one!
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It's been a while since I was back at the Metagalactic Grand Prix! I think I enjoyed this book more than the first. Valente still has amazingly long tangents that get lost and found a new civilization along the way, but I think they all actually tied ...more
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William Tracy rated a book it was amazing Dusk Ocean Blues: A Space Western Opera (Dusk Orbit Blues Book 2) by Deston Munden	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
Very glad to get back to this series! It's been too long since I read the first one, but I was able to jump into this one with little problem. We see the family fragmented after the events of the first book, but the real heart of this book is seeing ...more
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William Tracy rated a book it was amazing Children of Solitude by Michael G. Williams (Goodreads Author)	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 such a fun book! Horror is not usually my thing, but this is very well written with such vibrant characters. There are excellent descriptions of the North Carolina mountains, which I'm intimately familiar with. There are a lot of creepy places ...more
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This is such a fun book! Horror is not usually my thing, but this is very well written with such vibrant characters. There are excellent descriptions of the North Carolina mountains, which I'm intimately familiar with. There are a lot of creepy places ...more
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William Tracy rated a book it was amazing Mr. Tingles' Mysteries: The Curious Case of the Bodiless Head by Sean D Roach	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 was a great, queer-positive mystery with a lot of twists and turns. Mr. Tingles is a great character, and manages to help out not on in solving the murders, but also to guide a gay protégé about life as well as detective skills. Looking forward t ...more
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“The grasping fingers of the gravity well reached for him.”
― William C. Tracy, Of Mycelium and Men

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“The original timeline for finishing the colony was ten years, but that was when we thought we would have materials, and didn’t account for the homicidal fugus outside our gates.”
― William C. Tracy, Of Mycelium and Men

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