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    The Blue Serpent & Other Tales
    The Blue Serpent & Other Tales
    The Blue Serpent & Other Tales
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    The Blue Serpent & Other Tales

    By Claire Buss

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    A collection of flash fiction, or very short short-stories, from sci-fi, fantasy & contemporary author Claire Buss that will delight, amuse and intrigue.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClaire Buss
    Release dateMar 24, 2018
    ISBN9781370591121
    The Blue Serpent & Other Tales
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    Claire Buss

    Claire Buss is a science fiction, fantasy & contemporary writer based in the UK. She wanted to be Lois Lane when she grew up but work experience at her local paper was eye-opening. Instead Claire went on to work in a variety of admin roles for over a decade but never felt quite at home. An avid reader, baker and pinterest addict Claire won second place in the Barking and Dagenham Pen to Print writing competition in 2015 setting her writing career in motion. The Gaia Effect was published in 2016 and Tales from Suburbia in 2017.

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