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No one lives in a vacuum, not even science fiction writers:

From mystery to steampunk to horror to science fiction, one thing leads to another provided, as an author, you keep your contacts up and recognize that community is a lot like family. You’re starting to deal with people who know you — and actually like you!

Read the entire essay at Open Book Society and learn more about Peds at Untreed Reads.

Peds by James S. Dorr:

In a near-future world where the car is king and the people are divided between those who ride on a network of highways connecting the glittering hubs of the city, and those left on foot -- the lowly “Peds” -- who inhabit the lands that lie between them, Robert Balkoner has always believed these latter, even if disadvantaged, are well cared for by the city as a whole. These beliefs are shattered, however, when a freak auto accident thrusts him among the Peds, and he discovers a system more varied, complex, and sometimes horrific, than anything he might have imagined. Yet even here Balkoner also can find love, as well as a handful of rebels willing to barter their lives in a quest to improve conditions for themselves and their fellows. A novelette.