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The Alien from Verapaz: A Free to Read Monthly Patreon Short Story

July 10, 2018March 7, 2019 Tobias S. Buckell

At five’o’clock, agents working for ICE swarmed through the doors of a childcare center on 35th Street, across the road from Eastern Park, and arrested the children of a superhero.

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2019:
-Sep 25-27: Ohio Library Council Convention – Speaker (Cincinnati, OH)
-Nov 1-4: World Fantasy Convention – World Fantasy Award Nominee (Los Angeles, CA)
-Nov 9-10:  Ozark Book Con – Guest of Honor (Bentonville, AR)

2020:
-February 13-16: Capricon – Guest of Honor (Chicago, IL)

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