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Darci Schummer is a writer and educator from the Midwest. Primarily a fiction writer, she is the author of the story collection Six Months in the Midwest (Unsolicited Press 2014), co-author of the poetry/prose collaboration Hinge (broadcraft press 2015), and author of the novel The Ballad of Two Sisters (Unsolicited Press 2023). Her work has appeared in Ninth Letter, Folio, Jet Fuel Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Matchbook, and Necessary Fiction, among other places. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at Colorado State University Pueblo.

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	Six Months in the Midwest 4.59 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Hybrid Moments: A Literary Tribute to the Misfits by M.P. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Richard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Darci Schummer (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 29 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
	The Ballad of Two Sisters 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — 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
	HINGE by Darci Schummer (Goodreads Author), Liza Docken (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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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