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Cosmogramma

A dark and incisive collection of speculative short stories set in an alternate future of interstellar space travel, robots, mythical creatures, and the uncanny.

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Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don’t Have Bruises

An authentic and riveting hip-hop memoir in the Joan Didion tradition from Bronx native Lewis.

A River Called Time

A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics, and conscience, set in parallel Londons.

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