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Susan Palmer

“At ground level, there’s magic. Also, mayhem.”

Stories about place and people in a perilous world

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An evergreen ridge dissolving into mist

Coming from Sibylline Press · November 2026

The Booker Rebellion

The free-roaming Booker siblings need every skill they’ve learned living in a remote forest to survive an encounter with a secret militia.