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This is our second story for the month of January 2023 issue 196.

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Now our second story is titled The Fortune at Isles and is by Gregory Feeley.

Gregory Feeley writes science fiction and about science fiction.

His first novel, The Oxygen Barons, was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, and his

stories have been finalist for the Nebula Award and his essays and reviews have appeared

in a variety of publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine,

The Washington Post Book World, and USA Today.

Gregory's most recent novel is Cantoros, and he recently completed a long novel, Hamlet

the Magician.

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