The Genius Asylum: Sic Transit Terra Book 1 (28 page)

Author Bio

Born and
raised in Toronto, Arlene F. Marks found her muse at the age of 6 and has been writing and sharing her stories ever since. Her work has appeared in
H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine
of Horror
and has been published by
Daily Science Fiction
. Her first science fantasy novel,
The Accidental God
, was nominated for the 2015 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. Arlene lives with her husband on Nottawasaga Bay but spends an inordinate amount of time in the Sic Transit Terra universe. She welcomes visitors to her website:

www.thewritersnest
.ca.

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The Genius Asylum

by Arlene F. Marks

Copyright © 2016 by Arlene F. Marks

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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