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Steve Karas lives in Chicago with his wife and two kids. He is the author of Kinda Sorta American Dream (Tailwinds Press, 2015) and Mesogeios (WhiskeyPaper Press, 2016). His stories have appeared in the short-fiction anthologies, Friend.Follow.Text. #storiesFromLivingOnline (Enfield & Wizenty, 2013), Bully (KY Story, 2015), Saudade (Tortoise Books, 2016), and Road Story (KY Story, 2016), as well as literary journals like Necessary Fiction, jmww, Hobart, WhiskeyPaper, and Little Fiction.

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	Kinda Sorta American Dream 4.65 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
	The Sky Is a Free Country by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Schuler Benson, Mike Bernicchi 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019	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
	Mesogeios 4.73 avg rating — 11 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
	A Mixtape of Words by Troy Palmer (Editor), Amanda Leduc (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Karas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.25 avg rating — 8 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
	Bully: A Collection of Stories by Ashley Parker Owens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Karas (Goodreads Author), Steven Brett Shaklan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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
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	Road Story by Ashley Parker Owens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Karas (Goodreads Author), Ellen Birkett Morris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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