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QUARANTINE WORLD – Interview with poet Michael H. Hanson
An interview with poet Michael H. Hanson about his latest book of poetry, QUARANTINE WORLD: Trapped in The Coronaverse. Click on Link: https://www.circumlocution.net/2020/07/quarantine-world-trapped-in-coronaverse.html
2021 Elgin Poetry Award Nomination
I just received the good news via e-mail. My collection of science fiction and fantasy poems, “ANDROID GIRL And Other Sentient Speculations,” just received a Nomination for the annual Elgin Poetry Award. The current list of nominated books is impressive to say the least (I’ve read over half of them and they are wonderful collections)….
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SHA’DAA: Tales of The Apocalypse audiobook
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The Lovecraftian Madness of Dr. Blair
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