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July 14, 2023 Blog

Central Places: A Novel

Audrey Zhou is living her dream life in New York. With a successful job and soon to marry her dashing fiancé Ben, she returns home to Illinois to introduce Ben to her parents. Upon...

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July 13, 2023 Blog

Into the West

A story about the founding of Mercedes Lackey’s most well-known world, Valdemar, Into the West is about an ethical leader, Baron Kordas Valdemar, guiding his people into the wilder...

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July 13, 2023 Blog

Shot Clock

The Sabres, two-time AAU National Champions, led by basketball phenom Dante Jones, are holding their annual tryouts. Recently, Dante was shot by a police officer in Oasis Springs, ...

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July 13, 2023 Blog

Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day

A cute little girl talks about how she likes to eat kimchi every day, and she lists out the different ways she will eat her kimchi during the days of the week. Whether it us eating...

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July 12, 2023 Blog

Beardstown

In the early 1800s, Thomas Beard bought a plot of land in what would later become Illinois. Over two centuries later, the town he founded still exists, having withstood many of the...

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July 12, 2023 Blog

Self-Portrait with Nothing

Self-Portrait with Nothing is a glance into the multiverse, an attempt to articulate the endless permutations of identity, loss, and love. The story follows Pepper Rafferty, a fore...

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July 7, 2023 Blog

The Sevenfold Hunters

Abyan Guled is a member of the Sevenfold, an elite squad of alien hunters training at Carlisle Academy. Her only goal is graduating with first place— but when one of her team membe...

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July 7, 2023 Blog

The Name Game

The Name Game is the story of a girl who is sitting at home, feeling bored. Soon she notices a bird outside her window, and she wants to know all about it. The bird talks to her an...

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July 7, 2023 Blog

Blue Box, Vol. 1

Reaching the nationals is going to be tough for badminton player Taiki Inomata. All he wants is to become better at badminton. Meanwhile, Chinatsu Kano from the girls’ basketball t...

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July 6, 2023 Blog

The Deluge

In 2013, scientist Tony Pietrus measures the rate of methane hydrates in the atmosphere. He is looking at the possibilities associated with the next extinction-level event. Shane i...

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