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BREAKING NEWS!

August 13th, 2025, Sterncastle Publishing and myself, author joe c smolen, signed a Publishing Agreement beginning the publishing process of my mystery/romance novel, Lostine.

Set in 1969 in a swamp called Coffin Marsh, 6th-grade Chet, in order to save Lostine, the 7th-grade girl he loves, is forced into a fight to the death with two men he witnessed her commanding, while he struggles with the truth - that she is a dragon lady.

Lostine is expected to be available to starved readers everywhere by May of 2026.

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