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    A Quartet of Clowns

    By Linda Maye Adams

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    About this ebook

    With the fog comes death

    Ilya smells it coming. The last time? Her mother, a clown, died.

    Now the circus arrives, hunting what lurks in the fog. Ilya must embrace her mother’s legacy before death takes her.
    A chilling fantasy short story that keeps you turning pages.

    Honorable mention recipient in the Writers of the Future contest.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Maye Adams
    Release dateJun 26, 2016
    ISBN9781311585257
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    A Quartet of Clowns
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    Linda Maye Adams

    Linda Maye Adams is published in Kevin J. Anderson’s anthology Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem.  She is the author of the military-based GALCOM Universe series, including the novel Crying Planet, featured in the 2018 Military Science Fiction StoryBundle, and is working on a superhero novel. 

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