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Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. They live on a small isle off the coast of the Eurasian continent.

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	The Deep by Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author), Daveed Diggs, William Hutson 3.78 avg rating — 34,887 ratings — published 2019 — 21 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
	An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 19,876 ratings — published 2017 — 19 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
	Sorrowland 3.83 avg rating — 12,875 ratings — published 2021 — 20 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
	The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic by The New York Times, Caitlin Roper (Contributor)(Preface), Rivka Galchen (Contribiutor)(Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 1,483 ratings — published 2020 — 24 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
	The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author), Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author), S.L. Huang (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 1,044 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
	Blood Is Another Word for Hunger 3.67 avg rating — 862 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
	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author), Siobhan Carroll, John Chu 3.65 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One by Paula Guran (Editor), G.V. Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Pat Cadigan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	St. Juju 3.89 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2019	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
	Model Home 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — 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

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“What is belonging?” we ask. She says, “Where loneliness ends.”
― Rivers Solomon, The Deep

tags: belonging, loneliness

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“Forgetting was not the same as healing.”
― Rivers Solomon, The Deep

tags: forgetting, healing, mermaid, mermaids, rivers-solomon, slavery, the-deep

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“I am a boy and a girl and a witch all wrapped into one very strange, flimsy, indecisive body. Do you think my body couldn't decide what it wanted to be?”
― Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts

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2nd Quarter 2021 - Horror #3

Dead Space by Kali Wallace, 336p

3 votes, 30.0%

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, 368p

3 votes, 30.0%

The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter, 464p

2 votes, 20.0%

Relic by Douglas Preston, 455p

1 vote, 10.0%

Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter, 400p

1 vote, 10.0%

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, 211p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Black Fire Concerto by Mike Allen, 185p

0 votes, 0.0%

Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, 232p

0 votes, 0.0%

The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis, 384p

0 votes, 0.0%

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman, 547p

0 votes, 0.0%

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“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: inspirational

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“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: awareness, growth

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