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	The Best Small Fictions 2017 by Amy Hempel (Guest Editor), Tara Lynn Masih (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Maria Calabretta Cancio-Bella (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 106 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
	Hoopty Time Machines by Christopher DeWan (Goodreads Author), Dan Cafaro (Editor), Yevgenia Nayberg (Goodreads Author) (Cover illustrator) 4.64 avg rating — 53 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
	And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative by Hannah Grieco (Editor), Aubrey Hirsch (Goodreads Author), Olivia Campbell (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2022	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
	Work and Other Essays it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The 2015 Jersey Devil Press Anthology by Ally Malinenko (Goodreads Author), Christopher Lettera, Christopher DeWan (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	The Language of Flowers by Rhonda Parrish (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexandra Seidel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Stone Gathering: A Reader, Volume 2: Issue 2 by Deborah Jacobs (Series Editor), Ross Gay, Siri Liv Myhrom it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020	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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	Blue Monday Review: Issue 5, May 2015 by Amanda Hamilton (Editor), Emily Alexander (Contributor), James Beach (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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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