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    Winter Break
    Winter Break
    Winter Break
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    Winter Break

    By Elsha Hawk

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    This short work is written in lyrical and free verse poetry. All of the poems link together to form one story about Kate's steamy winter break at Lake Blue Moon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsha Hawk
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9781466150003
    Winter Break
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    Elsha Hawk

    Elsha Hawk is working on two full-length novels and several short stories. She writes YA fantasy, cyberpunk, noir, dystopian, and sci-fi. You can find her sci-fi works on hawkandyoung.com where she co-authors with Eddie-Joe Young.Winner of “Write to Win” contest Fall 2009Published in Eclectic Flash 2010Published in Antimatter Magazine 2017Published in Rejected Manuscripts 2018Published in #SFFiction anthology of #vss 2020She also writes with her husband. She teaches Middle Schoolers with special needs while also being a wife to a wonderful husband and mother to two smart boys.

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