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Alexander Pyles resides in IL with his wife and children. He holds an MA in Philosophy and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. His short story chapbook titled, "Milo (01001101 01101001 01101100 01101111)," from Radix Media, is due out fall 2019. You can find him at www.pylesofbooks.com or @Pylesofbooks. ...more

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	Worlds (Dark Drabbles, #1) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Becky Benishek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milo (01001101 01101001 01101100 01101111) 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unravel (Dark Drabbles, #5) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bob Adder (Contributor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters (Dark Drabbles, #3) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Ames (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apocalypse (Dark Drabbles, #6) by Black Hare Press (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year One: 2019 (Dark Moments, #1) by Black Hare Press (Editor), Ben Thomas (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angels (Dark Drabbles, #2) by Black Hare Press (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond (Dark Drabbles, #4) by Black Hare Press (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Futures: A Science Fiction Series by John Dermot Woods (Goodreads Author) (editor), Vera Kurian (Goodreads Author), Ashley Shelby (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Continuum: Fables of the Fallen (Continuum #1) by Jacob Baugher (Goodreads Author) (Author/Editor), R.C. Erickson, Kathleen Gulo (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

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This was alright. While I dig Graham's narratives normally and the art from Churchland was beautiful, the story fell flat to me. It never came together by the end and the things left off-page shouldn't have been. I did enjoy the blend of science-fant ...more
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Found some of these stories somewhat middling, but of the ones that really stood out to me; 'The Concentration City', 'The Overloaded Man', 'Billennium', 'Thirteen for Centaurus', 'End Game', and 'The Subliminal Man', were truly great. Ballard sits a ...more
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“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.”
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“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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“People despite their struggles, flaws and faults are honestly the most beautiful creatures. We are wonderfully-broken pieces of art.”
― Alexander Pyles

tags: art, beauty, love, people, persons, tweet, twitter

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“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

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“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
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