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โ€œFantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker.โ€ - J.R.R. Tolkien

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About Jessica Hom

Catholic mom. Writing a book. Loves the Inklings, Russian literature, and anime all a little too much.

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