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December 3, 2024 by scott
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It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Chris Gerrib Sci-Fi Chris Gerrib has wanted to be a writer since he was a child riding his bicycle to the library in the small Central Illinois town where he grew up. Since then he spent a tour in the US … Read more

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