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    The Emotions of the Non-Living
    The Emotions of the Non-Living
    The Emotions of the Non-Living
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    The Emotions of the Non-Living

    By Linda Jordan

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    Can an android help us understand what makes us human? Lilith’s traumatic encounter with a mutant stowaway will scar her forever. Or is it a blessing in disguise?
    An 'Aboard the Universe' story

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMetamorphosis Press
    Release dateJun 8, 2014
    ISBN9781311072528
    The Emotions of the Non-Living
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    Linda Jordan

    Linda Jordan writes fascinating characters, visionary worlds, and imaginative fiction. She creates both long and short fiction, serious and silly. She believes in the power of healing and transformation, and many of her stories follow those themes.In a previous lifetime, Linda coordinated the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop as well as the Reading Series. She spent four years as Chair of the Board of Directors during Clarion West’s formative period. She’s also worked as a travel agent, a baker, and a pond plant/fish sales person, you know, the sort of things one does as a writer.Currently, she’s the Programming Director for the Writers Cooperative of the Pacific Northwest.Linda now lives in the rainy wilds of Washington state with her husband, daughter, four cats, a cluster of Koi and an infinite number of slugs and snails.

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