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    The Seven Jewel Bird
    The Seven Jewel Bird
    The Seven Jewel Bird
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    The Seven Jewel Bird

    By Robert Stikmanz

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    Robert Stikmanz returns to narrative fiction with The Seven Jewel Bird. A novella set in a post-petroleum corner of the Stikmanz universe, the heirs of our fall scavenge depopulated suburbs for whatever can be sold, used or repurposed.

    Most of the salvage passes through a sprawling market sheltered under a ruined freeway. A market

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStikmantica
    Release dateFeb 7, 2024
    ISBN9781732118751
    The Seven Jewel Bird
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    Robert Stikmanz

    Robert Stikmanz is an author and artist long resident in Austin, Texas. A native of the gulf coast city of La Porte, Texas, and a graduate of Austin College (Sherman, TX), he began work on material underpinning The Hidden Lands of Nod cycle in 1983. Since January 2015, all work by Robert Stikmanz is produced under the Stikmantica imprint.

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