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Micah R. Sisk is a German-born American science fiction writer who has lived most of his life in Frederick County, Maryland, U.S.A. After a close encounter with Engineering, Micah received a Bachelor of Science degree in Art from Virginia Tech. He now makes his living as an Application Systems Engineer at a major U.S. corporation, while in other incarnations he is, or has been, a landscape painter, real estate agent, assistant gallery director, retail sales manager, microfilm quality control tech, musician, composer, and builder of electronic musical instruments.

Micah is often seen puttering around town on his bicycle, hanging out at coffee shops and reading/writing science fiction tales.

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	Born Into Shadows 4.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Watching the Watcher: A Posthuman Cycle Short Story (The Posthuman Cycle Book 3) 4.43 avg rating — 7 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 Cut-Up Man: And other Posthuman Cycle stories 4.29 avg rating — 7 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
	PleshaCore 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	NightBird Calling 3.50 avg rating — 6 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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There are those who look at the things the way they are, and ask why. Science fiction dreams of the things that never were and ask why not? The answer to which is often "Because it might not be very wise." But, as that has never stopped humans before...it could make a helluva good story!

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“World creation should be an effort of great and covetous love.”
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“Profanity in language is like salt in food. Too much will give you high blood pressure. Too little and it gets really f'ing bland.”
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