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    A Friend for Her Birthday
    A Friend for Her Birthday
    A Friend for Her Birthday
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    A Friend for Her Birthday

    By Jim Perry

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    Raven is seven years old, and she loves machines, particularly robots. So when a supremely intelligent, analytical and regrettably rebellious little girl discovered a sudden fascination with the salvage yard, no amount of forbidding from her father would stand in the way. Especially on her birthday. What she finds is more than just a helping hand.

    A 4,000 word short story on the joy of independence and the need for friendship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVisionary Press
    Release dateJul 25, 2023
    ISBN9798223454564
    A Friend for Her Birthday
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    Jim Perry

    Jim Perry's first published works were two novellas for Grail Quest Books, "Firefight at Overwatch Command" and "The Titan Deception," titles based on characters and situations from the WARS Trading Card Game once published by Decipher, Inc. He is currently working on many different projects and plans to launch his publishing endeavors in 2019. Under the moniker Indiana Jim, he has hosted The Adventures of Indiana Jim since 2006 (though under a few different show names). He is an amateur voice actor, lending his voice to many different volunteer productions across the internet, and has produced two full-cast audio dramas. In 2009, his fan production Star Wars - Codename: Starkeeper was a finalist for a Parsec award at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia. It was also honored with six peer awards by the fan website Star Wars Fanworks (starwarsfanworks.com). He plays several different musical instruments, and in the past he has been a stage actor, singer, arranger, conductor and band leader. He makes his home in Southern Indiana with his wife and three children.

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