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Vanessa Fogg

@vanessafogg.bsky.social
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Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com

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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 1h
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026
really amazed and overwhelmed and thankful for everyone that has donated or shared we can't wait to get back to publishing THE DEADLANDS under Elise's amazing leadership but EVEN MORE THAN THAT we can't wait for Elise to be home & healed & ice cream doesn't start with "H" but you get it 🖤 🫵
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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey
hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4
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Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey
hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 07/10/2026
this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks for the shoutout, Rajiv! :)
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That's it! This year's trophy art will be revealed later this month. Until then, thanks to all of our winners and finalists for their outstanding contributions to genre literature. View the full list here: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2026-results/ Happy Saturday! #2026IgnyteAwards
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2026 Results - The Ignyte Awards
OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience Cursed Daughters – Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday) Harmattan Season – Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor Books) Mothea...
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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow, look at this ginormous 10-year anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute! I'm thrilled to be part of the line-up, and I can't wait to dig into all the stories! Check out my micro, "Shattered Across the Night!" And thanks to Brooksie C. Fontaine for the cool illustration!
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Shattered Across the Night — Ghost Parachute
The night is bitter. My teeth ache, frozen down to their roots. I prod them with my tongue. Sharp splinters blossom from each socket, like shattered kernels of hard winter corn. “Sheila?” No answer. W...
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The best middle grade fiction can be loved by everyone! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends curses, human-shark hybrids, quest fatigue for your fall reading list!
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Middle Grade SFF for Young Readers — And the Young at Heart - Reactor
Stories featuring mysterious spellbooks, dysfunctional robots, and so much more...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good morning, good weekend!
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Issue 789 Table of Contents, October 2026 locusmag.com/2026/10...
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Announcing a new, occasional journal - PALE GREY IDOL. I hope you'll come along with us on this new venture. Info: palegreyidol.ca
Cover for PALE GREY IDOL. Featuring black background with maori art of a tribal mask. Yelloe and grey font colors. 

Hello Undertow Family,


It's my great pleasure today to announce publication of a new journal — Pale Grey Idol.


Pale Grey Idol will be an occasional offering. The impetus behind it is to give a home to stories that don't quite fit the needs or aesthetic of Weird Horror magazine.


Some of you may recall the first journal I edited, Shadows & Tall Trees. Pale Grey Idol is very much cast in that mold. A slim journal styled after those first issues of Shadows & Tall Trees, presenting curious tales of the ineffable. Back to our roots, as it were.


An aspect of this new venture that might sadden some of you is that I am not fulfilling direct orders for the journal. I'm sorry about this but hope you'll understand and still support Pale Grey Idol.


Our most precious commodity is time. And these days life is eating away at it in unpleasant ways. I've crunched some numbers, and compared fulfilling orders through our Undertow site with sales through distribution channels. There is a modest amount more that comes in via direct sales, but when I factor in the actual time it takes to fulfill orders, well, that negates that bump. In addition, there have been a number of things that have made fulfillment of both print and eBooks...challenging and vexing.


So I've set up a dedicated website for Pale Grey Idol:


PALE GREY IDOL


There you'll find information about forthcoming issues, submissions guidelines, where to buy* the issues, the newsletter sign-up, and contact information.


I am very excited about this new venture, and I do hope that you will support it if you are able.


PURCHASE





NOTE - It appears the print edition has only propagated to Amazon, thus far. It should be up on Bookshop, and Barnes & Noble soon.


Thank you all for your continued support and good graces.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Halloween surprise for UK readers! My UK publisher has made THE DRAGON HAS COME COMPLAINTS only 99p for a limited time. Do you need a cantankerous dragon in your life?
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author
The Dragon Has Some Complaints: A Cozy Novel Of Friendship, Found Family and Dragons By The Award-Winning Author eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 01/10/2026
As promised, the cover reveal for my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED, coming 25 May 2027!!! 🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️ (Illustration by Kushiaania; cover design by Julia Tyler and Alison Klapthor.) www.harpercollins.com/products/fan...
A blue background with the text "Fangs Out 05/25/2027" and a cover with four vampiric girls on it. The main one, a rakshasi, is holding a camera and filming. The title says, "Fangs Not Included."
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Forged in Fiyah' is here. Behold, the table of contents. If you don't want to be left out there faking the funk, get thee to your favourite retailer and buy it.
Cover 'Forged in Fiyah' shows man and woman with hammers on an anvil with a holy grail looking thing with sparkly glowy magic swirls, in a forest Table of contents
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Jeanna Cammarano @wordrat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you haven’t read my little story yet or checked out @vanessafogg.bsky.social’s recommended reading list, please do!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was sooo creepy 😱🍄
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are you an editor or publisher with an original short fiction project of weird fiction out this year? Anthology? Magazine? Collection? Get it in for consideration in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ugh, I meant stories read from June--August!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
--and also featuring stories from @adventitiouswords.bsky.social Tales from the Moonlit Path and @trollbreathmag.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/09/shor...
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Short fiction recs! June--August 2026
Very late, but here are some things I loved and read this past summer. Novelettes “The City in White” by Diana Dima in The Deadlands ...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI my short fiction recs for June-July, featuring stories from @thedeadlands.com @clarkesworldmagazine.com @lightspeedmagazine.com Future Tense Fiction @bourbonpenn.bsky.social and-- itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/09/shor...
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Short fiction recs! June--August 2026
Very late, but here are some things I loved and read this past summer. Novelettes “The City in White” by Diana Dima in The Deadlands ...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Late, but I wanted to shout this one out. I inhaled @wnwagner.bsky.social 's Girl in the Creek over a single weekend. VanderMeer’s Annihilation meets Twin Peaks in this Pacific Northwest-set missing persons/murder mystery/sci-fi horror. Fungal horror and beauty. Mesmerizing
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thanks, Mina! 💕
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It was, thank you! :)
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Homemade beef noodle soup
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What do we want? Stories*! When do we want them? Before submissions close on October 15! * Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Submissions
Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm late again with this list of my top 10 favorite short spec fic stories from August, but life yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, come check out some great stories. reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
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Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026 - Reactor
We're starting off spooky season with dark fairy tales, cannibalism, and revenge...
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Electric Sheep @electricsheepsf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This week we're talking with John Wiswell about his new book, THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! John is one of our favorite writers & we're thrilled to talk with him again! @wiswell.bsky.social
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The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell: 9780756420499 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
"The dragon may have some complaints, but readers won't. By turns silly, sweet, and subversive, this novel has all of Wiswell's characteristic blend of tension and heart." —Caitlin Rozakis,...
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thank you, happy Autumn Festival!
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 22/09/2026
Our subscription drive is still going and is now 70 new subscribers short of its goal. We had hoped to reach that in time for our 20th anniversary issue in October so we could give everyone their raises as part of that celebration. It's going to be close. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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KK @kk-maker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I really enjoyed Mothersound, also set in the Sauutiverse.
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My review of @genni.bsky.social 's wonderful new book is now out! It's set in the Sauutiverse, an utterly unique shared science fiction/fantasy universe @sauutiverse.bsky.social locusmag.com/review/crims...
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Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon: Review by Vanessa Fogg - Locus
Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press 978-1-96574-007-1, $18.95, 270pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Tricia Reeks. Eugen Bacon's third novel, Crimson in Quietus, is set in the Sauútiverse, a ...
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This year we should be supporting our fellow artists and writers as much as possible. Help us continue to give independent creativity a space to be celebrated by reading Locus Magazine! linktr.ee/locusmagazine
Locus magazine cover- floating city on green background
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you! :)
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very late, but my short fic recs for June-Aug are now up! With fiction from @dianadima.com @hhpak.bsky.social @wtalabi.com @thomasha.bsky.social @mruthrobinson.bsky.social Maya Ysabel Ng @aijiang.bsky.social @wordrat.bsky.social and @apottern.bsky.social itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/09/shor...
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Short fiction recs! June--August 2026
Very late, but here are some things I loved and read this past summer. Novelettes “The City in White” by Diana Dima in The Deadlands ...
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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Very happy that @hararereview.com returns to SH today to write about an anthology of xicanxfuturism. “What all of these futurisms and the work produced in them have in common is resistance: pushing back against hegemony, and against erasure.”
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Xicanxfuturism: Codex 1 edited by Scott Russell Duncan
What all of these futurisms and the work produced in them have in common is resistance.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My quote of the day If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. Stephen King
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you, good morning!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Claudia’s writing is gorgeous. Very much looking forward to this
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Amazing. Congratulations, Claudia!!
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Narnia books as Isekai Manga
1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending
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Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Reminder that every day is a great day to read @angelaliu.bsky.social . Here’s a few of my faves to get started: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...
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What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom - Uncanny Magazine
After dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop your garbage into every Thursday night and never...
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 01/09/2026
The new Kickstarter is live! We’ve published original horror, fantasy, and science fiction in since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf... Many haunted rewards available!
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2027
Publishing original horror, fantasy, and science fiction since 1999. Let’s create another year of strange and wondrous tales!
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Vanessa Fogg @vanessafogg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have a good weekend, Charles!
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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Happy 1 year book birthday to Audition For The Fox! This lil book has scampered further into the world than I could have ever hoped & I've spent the last 365 days happily overwhelmed. Read more at the blog, enter a GIVEAWAY(!), and see my newest favorite review! 🦊💜 buttondown.com/mcahill90/ar...
a graphic saying happy birthday audition for the fox, with the cover for Marty's book by the same name, and wow, there's balloons, a cake, and a fox wearing a party hat, ain't that neat??
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 15/09/2026
The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26
LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE Kickstarter graphic. Left side: Bright light blue background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a rocket blasting up out of it. Below the book is the LIGHTSPEED magazine wordmark; the word lightspeed is rendered in a orange-to-yellow gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it.
Right side: Bright light yellow background with rays (as of light) bursting out from the center. Central image is an open book with a haunted house emerging from it. Below the book is the NIGHTMARE magazine wordmark; the word nightmare is rendered in a dark red to lighter red gradient, with a white outline around it and dropshadow underneath it.
Top: the words "LIVE on Kickstarter"
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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Forged in FIYAH anthology releases September 29!! These next few weeks I get to gush about these incredible authors and share a fave line or two from their original short stories. To start we salute @mhayinde.bsky.social with The Clothmaker of Kehin 🔥🔥🔥
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the point of freeing yourself from the prison of ego is not getting there you’re not gonna do that. never gonna happen. the point is cultivating a practice of routinely asking “wait, I am too into my own shit here?” in every aspect of your dealings at least once or twice a day. anyhow good morning
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... locusmag.com
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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Eric Primm returns to us to discuss a novella with a lot of buzz right now, SL Huang's The Language of Liars. He finds a book that "tells its story in its title."
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The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
The Language of Liars tells its story in its title.
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