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Lester The Lugubrious

All Lester wants is to be good. Too bad he's a villain.

“My name is Lester the Lugubrious and I’m a villain.”

“Hi, Lester.”

“The problem is … I’m not a very good villain. I…” He shifted his gaze to the table stocked with coffee and doughnuts rather than make eye contact with the other members of the circle. “I don’t really like it.”

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Allison Spooner

Allison Spooner brings worlds, characters, and stories to life in as few words as possible. In the last two years, she's published two books of short fiction; Flash in the Dark: A Collection of Flash Fiction and The Problem With Humans: And Other Stories. Allison’s writing crosses genres and has been compared to The Twilight Zone and Harlon Ellison.

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