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We have a reprint for you, one of two for September 2018 issue 144. These reprints again are brought to you by

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The piece is titled The Mighty Slinger and is by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Pekel. Barbadian author, editor, and research consultant

Karen Lord is known for her debut novel, Redemption and Indigo, which won numerous awards.

Her second novel, The Best of All Possible Worlds, won the 2009 Frank Collemore Literary Award,

the 2013 RT Book Reviews Review's Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction Novel,

and was a finalist for the 2014 Locust Awards.

Its sequel, The Galaxy Game, was published in January 2015. She is the editor of the 2016 anthology New

World's Old Ways, Speculative Tales from the Caribbean.

Tobias S. Pekel is a New York Times best-selling author born in the Caribbean.

He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influenced much of his work.

His novels and over 70 stories have been translated into 18

different languages. His work has been nominated for awards like the Hugo,

Nebula, Prometheus, and the John W Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction author.

He currently lives in Bluffton, Ohio with his wife, twin daughters, and a pair of dogs.

So my dear listeners, I do hope and a pair of dogs.

So my dear listeners, I do hope you can sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story. A Story.

Earth began to rise over the lunar hills as the mighty slinger and the rovers readied the Tycho stage for their performance.

Tapping his microphone, Euclid noticed that Kumi barely glanced at the site

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