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The stories in Get In Trouble confirm once again that Kelly Link is a modern virtuoso of the form-playful and subversive required reading for anyone who loves short fiction.

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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
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Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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