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Alisa Alering grew up in the Appalachian mountains of Pennsylvania. After attending Clarion West, their short fiction has been published in Fireside, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Podcastle, and Cast of Wonders, among others, and been recognized by the Calvino Prize. A former librarian and science and technology reporter, they teach fiction workshops at the Highlights Foundation. Alisa now lives in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona.
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	Smothermoss 3.43 avg rating — 4,364 ratings — published 2024 — 9 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
	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 by Brian Trent (Contributor), Stephen Sottong (Goodreads Author), Tina Gower (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Clockwork Phoenix 4 by Mike Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yves Meynard, Ian McHugh 3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	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
	Time Travel Tales by Zach Chapman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Trent (Contributor), Catherine Wells (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 26 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
	Missing Links and Secret Histories by L. Timmel Duchamp, Alisa Alering (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Sim 3.26 avg rating — 23 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
	Mythic Delirium Magazine Issue 2.4 by Mike Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Theodora Goss (Goodreads Author), Virginia M. Mohlere (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	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
	Fireside Magazine, Issue 87 by Maurice Broaddus (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sloane Leong (Goodreads Author), Alisa Alering (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Waylines: Issue 3 by Darryl Knickrehm (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Illustrator ), David Rees-Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alisa Alering (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Waylines: Issue 2 by Darryl Knickrehm (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Illustrator ), David Rees-Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alisa Alering (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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“Men pretend to be worthwhile at first; they buy you a drink and hold the door and help you into your coat, and a little bit of dark honey runs through you at all the attention, but then quick as a flash, the whisperer of sweet words turns into a thing that sits on the couch and farts and picks his teeth and ignores you unless he’s shouting for a beer.”
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“So the mountain doesn’t notice when those ragged membranes let leak something that has been sealed for a long time, when some shard of natural chaos combusts into being. Doesn’t notice when, on her other side, some volatile, neglected aspect, both new and old, breaks free of its underground bonds and pops out into the daylight world.”
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