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Our third story for the month is titled Neptune's Trident.

It is by Nina Allen. The story is for issue 129, June 2017.

Now Nina Allen's stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Horror of

The Year, Number Six, Solaris Rising Number Three, and the Shirley Jackson Award Winning Aikman's Airs.

Her novella, spin, a science fictional reimagining of the Arachne Meth,

won the B SFA Award in 2014, her Story Cycle, The Silver Wind, was awarded the Grand Prix

de la Magenaire in the same year.

Her debut novel, The Race, was a finalist for the 2015 B. S. F. A. A.

The Kitchez Red at Tentacle and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her second novel, The Rift, will be published by Titan Books in July 2017.

Nina lives and works in Rothase on the Isle of Butte. You can find her at her website

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