The Engines of Narrative

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About Elizabeth Gaffney

Author of Metropolis, When the World Was Young, and many stories, translator of 4 books from German, founder of The 24-Hour Room, a free virtual writers space (the24hourroom.org), editor at large of A Public Space, teacher.

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