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Debuts, Weddings and such…

A new grand-daughter, Ellie; another married adult child, Cail; and an eBook of short stories, Outward Bound, a serial story in the Bellingham Herald, Memories of Light; and a novel set to be out this winter, ALL IS SILENCE. It's been a busy summer. Also demolitioned...

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FREE SIGNED NOVEL?!?

What do I have to do to get a free signed copy of your novel, Rob? 1. FREE SIGNED PRINT COPY. If you refer me to a significant reviewer [I get to decide significance, but rest assured, if they write for a magazine or have a well-followed blog that caters to my...

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eBook is available now!

Tweet "Outward Bound" is available on the KOBO, NOOK, GoodReads, Scribd, eBookPie, Copia, iBook (iTunes), Sony Reader, and the Kindle. Coming soon on Baker & Taylor and Gardner's. Perhaps eventually on Smashwords. Any Smashwords readers out there? The title, the...

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One Week. [Yes, I am a Bare Naked Ladies fan.]

Tweet One week and you can order my short story and speculative poetry collection: Outward Bound. The following week my concluding chapter in the Bellingham Herald's Serial Science Fiction Story: Memories of Light comes out. Getting excellent feedback from my editor...

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Robert L. Slater, author of the young adult, apocalyptic science fiction series Deserted Lands, has worked as a teacher in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for 20 years. Like some of his characters, he has a propensity for speaking in lines from 80s movies, drinking Mountain Dew and eating pizza.