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A quaint conceit, don't you think?

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
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Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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Conceit
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Thinking

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