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Brandon Crilly is a Canadian novelist, games writer, and speaker specializing in weird worlds with doses of cli-fi, characters on the sidelines and outside-the-box adventures. His debut novel Catalyst won an IPPY Award for Fantasy in 2023; Castoff will be his second novel, completing the Aspects of Aelda duology in 2025. He has more than 50 published short works to date, in markets including Fusion Fragment, Apex Magazine, and Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction. Brandon is also a freelance games writer, contributing to award-winning IP lines like The Expanse RPG and Shadowrun and publishers including Kobold Press and Gallant Knight Games. Find out more about his upcoming releases by following him on Instagram or signing up for ...more

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	Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation by Phoebe Wagner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brontë Christopher Wieland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Dincher (Foreword) 3.62 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	African Myths & Tales by Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jr. (Foreword), Barton Aikman (Contributor), V.K. Blackwell (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 64 ratings — 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
	2017 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide (Young Explorer's Adventure Guides Book 3) by Corie Weaver (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sean Weaver (Editor), Maggie Allen 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Catalyst (Aspects of Aelda Duology, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 39 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
	A Dying Planet Short Stories by Dave Golder (Foreword), Barton Aikman (Contributor), V.K. Blackwell (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	Tides of Possibility by K.J. Russell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mandy Broughton (Goodreads Author), David Conyers (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Gaia Awakens: A Climate Crisis Anthology by C.D. Tavenor (Goodreads Author), S.E. MacCready (Goodreads Author), David Kernot (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Timeshift: Tales of Time by Eric S. Fomley (Goodreads Author), Ian Randal Strock (Goodreads Author), Barbara Krasnoff (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Wizard-sitting: A Stormtalons Short Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Castoff (Aspects of Aelda Duology, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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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