A Literary Journal Review from Tampered Press
The title itself is a plea, a lamentation, a bucket of memories tired of the cycle. A question. An anger. An act of giving up and letting go...
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If the bio is empty, the shelf still stands. The cards are the work. Hover a card and the edge lights. The veins under the loop are fantasy doors, not this author's only subject. Epic, grimdark, afrofantasy, and science fiction, for the reader who arrived for one name and wants the wider map.
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