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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Ray Bradbury; Pat Frank; Shirley Jackson

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Linda L. Zern lives, works, and dreams in Central Florida.

Born in Florida, raised on sunshine and bug spray, the author read every cereal box she could find and every book she could get her hands on, and when other people's books ran out, she started writing her own:

The Pocket Fairies of Middleburg, The Long-Promised Song, ZippityZern's: Uncommon Nonsense and Fifty More; MOONCALF (a finalist for the Space Coast Writers' Guild DON ARGO AWARD) BEYOND THE STRANDLINE (Book I); Following the Strandline (Book II); Ebook short story prequels: "Puppies", "Darby's Chickens", "Storm"; (COMING SOON) The Gryphon's Glade, a rural contemporary fantasy.

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	Beyond The Strandline 4.25 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Following The Strandline (Strandline Series, #2) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 5 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
	Before the Strandline: Darby's Chickens 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
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	Before the Strandline: "Puppies" 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Before the Strandline: The Story of Stone 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	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 Apocalypse: Triple Threat Plus One (The Silly Apocalypse Series) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
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	Keeping the Strandline: (Book III) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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

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My husband and I are of a certain age—not as old as some might assume and not as young as to be so foolish as to think that guzzling gallons of sugar water will make us immortal.You know! A certain age. We are of a certain age that is looking death square in the eyes while at the same time enjoying the consequences of forty years of fa Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Linda L. Zern

The Strandline (7 books)
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4.43 avg rating — 92 ratings

Impossible Love (1 book)
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The Pocket Fairies of Middleburg: Fairy Fables (2 books)
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ZippityZern Series (6 books)
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The Oviedo Lights Volume II Illustrated: 4th Street Monster Squad (The 4th Street Monster Squad Illustrated Book 2)

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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

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“Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
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"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
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