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The key

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  1. Ian Whates: Having recently sold stories to various websites, magazines and a book anthology, Ian Whates is currently editing and publishing a limited-edition chap-book with new stories from Stephen Baxter, Ian Watson, Liz Williams, Jon Courtenay Grimwood and others.

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