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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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  • Fun for Friday: October 2020 Writing Prompts

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  • Pirates of the Mediterranean Essay at Fantastic History!

    Catherine Schaff-Stump is hosting some of my articles about the real history behind my stories from Unfixed Timelines at her Fantastic History blog. The third post, “Pirates of the Mediterranean,” is up now! I wrote my story “Salt in Our Veins” based on a call for submissions that necessitated a Mediterranean setting and fae of

  • Review of Living Forever & Other Terrible Ideas by Emily C. Skaftun

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