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    The Last Star & Other Stories
    The Last Star & Other Stories
    The Last Star & Other Stories
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    The Last Star & Other Stories

    By D. L. Orton

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    Share the wonder. Experience the passion. Take the journey...

     

    FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR D. L. ORTON comes a funny, provocative, and sensual collection of short stories. Laugh, cry, and linger over these brief but intense glimpses into the lives of two hesitant young lovers, a billion-year-old AI and his female companion, a human-dolphin friendship, a lonely divorcée who believes she's too old to fall in love, and much more... 

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. L. Orton
    Release dateJan 18, 2017
    ISBN9781941368114
    The Last Star & Other Stories
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    D. L. Orton

    The AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR D. L. ORTON lives in the Rocky Mountains where she and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats, and an extremely long-lived Triops.   In her spare time, she's building a time machine so that someone can go back and do the laundry.  

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