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    Detours Ahead
    Detours Ahead
    Detours Ahead
    Ebook50 pages36 minutes

    Detours Ahead

    By L. Robinson

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    Ten Flash Fiction Pieces (Under 1000 Words) with ironic, bizarre or quixotic endings. Each first person tale is woven with weirdness in the likes of Rod Serling, Issac Azimov, or even Kurt Vonnegut.
    Now with a bonus track for eleven stories!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL. Robinson
    Release dateMar 4, 2013
    ISBN9781301884711
    Detours Ahead
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    L. Robinson

    -L. Robinson is a northern California author and musician currently developing the second Detours Ahead collection.

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