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“A Darkquick Sky” receives Honorable Mention

Posted on 11 November 201111 November 2011 by Matthew Lowes

My short story “A Darkquick Sky” received an Honorable Mention in the 4th quarter of the 2011 Writers of the Future Contest.

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