Debut Authors
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Army Veteran and Nurse Nik Nanoski Releases DUMB 31, a Post-Apocalyptic Novel Ten Years in the Making
The San Antonio author spent a decade writing a science fiction novel where survival depends on teamwork, not lone heroes, drawing on twenty years as a combat medic and nurse.
Darie Nani · 17 July 2026
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Traci Slatton spent nine years making HEROIC and found that hope is a discipline you build
A Debut Novelist Writes a Man's Trauma to Say What Men Rarely Get to
Citiscape: The Magical Realism Novel Asking Readers to See the People Cities Forget
Cindy Divine Is the Fictional Girl Holding a Mirror to Real American Politics
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