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Jonathan Olfert

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Jonathan Olfert writes fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and paleofiction, often in combination. He has an MA in political science. He and his partner live in unceded Mi'kmaq territory near Halifax. ...more

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	Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Shainblum (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 2, Autumn 2022: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery by Old Moon Quarterly (Editor), Jonathan Olfert (Goodreads Author), Jason Ray Carney (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Issue #2 by Oliver Brackenbury (Goodreads Author), J.M. Clarke (Contributor), Milton J. Davis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 27 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
	Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 5, Summer 2023: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery by Old Moon Quarterly, Joe Koch (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Olfert (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 26 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
	Lightspeed Magazine, January 2013 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author), Cherie Priest (Goodreads Author), Jeffrey Ford (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012	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
	Wyngraf: Issue 2 by Nathaniel Webb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam McPhee, Angelica Fiori (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 22 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
	Old Moon Quarterly Volume 8: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery by Old Moon Quarterly, Laird Barron (Goodreads Author), John Langan 4.48 avg rating — 21 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
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, January/February 2025 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Vera Brook (Goodreads Author), Tom R. Pike (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 20 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
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #413 by Jonathan Olfert (Goodreads Author), Scott H. Andrews (editor), J.A. Prentice (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #440 by Jonathan Olfert (Goodreads Author), Scott H. Andrews (Editor), Julie Reeser (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Structurally ambitious, precisely executed at a sentence-by-sentence level, and bursting with unusual sensory detail. As a writer I found it highly educational. Also, good use of swords.
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