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Welcome to our fourth story for the month of February 2020,

Issue 161.

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Host and is by Neil Asher. Now, Neil Asher was born in 1961 in Essex, Great Britain, and divides his time between

there and the Isle of Crete. He's been anesaf and Fantasy junkie ever since having his mind distorted at an early age by J.R.R.T. Edgar Rice Burrows and E.C. tub.

Sometime after leaving school he decided to focus on only one of his many interests

because it was inclusive of the others writing. Finally, taken on by a large publisher,

Pan McMillan, his first full-length SF novel.

Gridlinked came out in 2001, and now, in total, he has over 25 books to his name,

also available in translation across the world.

You can find him at the Skinner. blog spot.com

and if you go back to 2015

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