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Joe Pitkin

Joe Pitkin has lived, taught, and studied in England, Hungary, Mexico, and at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. His short stories have appeared in Analog, Black Static, Cosmos, and other magazines and podcasts, as well as on his blog, The Subway Test.

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She described their world at last in a language that they recognized as true.

Joe Pitkin

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