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LaVa Payne

LaVa Payne lives in the Piney Woods of East Texas where she writes stories and explores old sawmill towns.

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Cover art for Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2018
Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2018
This entry was posted on July 14, 2018 by defcon.

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