A.C. Thorne is a first-time author who currently resides in Southern California...
When most everyone fawned over prancing, sparkling vampires, Al toiled away writing about zombies. Fantasy zombies, western zombies, zombies and more zombies. To...
Called “one of America’s great military historians,” Alan Axelrod is the author of more than 144 books on history, leadership, and war, including...
Alex Kazemi is a pop artist, creative director, and author. He has written for Dazed, V, Paper, Oyster, and The New York Observer....
Alex Vorkov is a veteran copywriter, blogger, and editor whose fiction resides in the realm of the dark, the fantastical, and the delightfully...
The American Battlefield Trust is dedicated to preserving America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educating the public about what happened there and why it matters...
Author Amy Miles has always been a bit of a dreamer. Growing up as an only child, and a military brat to boot,...
During the day Anthony Pryor helps keep computers running at a large school district, but by night and on lunch breaks he's been...
Ariadne Hasp has always had a fascination with the collision of the everyday and the supernatural. In her spare time, she enjoys macramé,...
B.C. Oliver, (Brandon O. Cook), was born on February 5th, 1983 in Charleston, South Carolina. He moved to Monticello, Illinois by the 7th...
B.T. Clearwater started writing at the age of fourteen, and completed a first novel by seventeen. B.T. edited the literary magazine of Lake...
Basil does not just write stories, but has lived a lot of what they contain. The backdrop for his writing started with his...
Born and raised near Charleston, South Carolina, Ben has always had a passion for writing. He has previously worked as a camp counselor...
Bob Welch is a seasoned journalist and the award-winning author of more than twenty books. Among his books is American Nightingale, about...
Bowie V. Ibarra (1975- present) was born and raised in Uvalde, Texas, to a school principal and a book keeper. He has a...
Boyd Craven has penned over 20 books over the last two years, only recently deciding to take the plunge into publishing. His "The...
Brad Munson is a writer and editor based in Southern California who's been watching (and occasionally writing) books and movies like this for...
Brandi Mueller is an award-winning underwater photographer and freelance writer. She has been scuba diving for 18 years and instructing for 12, diving...
Breanna Bright is currently a graduate student in southeast Missouri. In The End is her debut novel....
Brendan Deneen has been a professional comic book writer since 2006, when his critically acclaimed series SCATTERBRAIN was released. Since then, he has...
Brett R. Smith is a professional commercial artist working in the graphic novel industry as an edi-tor and creative director, a color artist...
The son of a Southern Illinois pastor, Brian P. Easton grew up watching classic horror films and spaghetti westerns during the 1970's. Easton includes...
A veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan war, Brian Parker was born and raised as an Army brat. He moved all over...
“Write what you know” is the classic advice given to authors. Briar Lee Mitchell definitely seems to adhere to that maxim. The polar setting...
Brittani Louise Taylor is an actress, artist, influencer, and the nerdiest cool person you will ever meet. On Youtube alone, her videos have...
Bryan Hall is a fiction writer living in a one hundred year old farmhouse deep in the mountains of North Carolina with his...
Bryon Morrigan has a Masters Degree in History, a B.S. in Forensics, (Honors Program, Cum Laude), and is pursuing his Ph.D. He has...
C. Dulaney is the author of the Roads Less Traveled series (The Plan, Murphy's Law, Shades of Gray, and Phoenix). When she isn't writing,...
C.L. Hernandez is an author of fiction, horror, and dark fantasy. She has been writing since she was very young, but never gave...
Carlos Sisi is a spanish writer, author of the zombie saga The Wanderers living in sunny Spain, close to the beach. Tired of...
Carrie Vaccaro Nelkin was born in Italy, grew up just outside New York City, and lived in a couple of spooky Brooklyn brownstones...
Charlie Roberts is the pseudonym of an accomplished author of zombie apocalypse literature. That's all you need to know....
Chris Babu grew up in North Haven, CT, playing soccer and the violin in his free time. After devouring The Shining under the covers with a...
Novelist Chris Formant is a student of history and former president of a multi-billion-dollar global business. Formant is an unlikely author of historical...
Chris Stevenson spent his childhood in a small town in rural Indiana. Throughout high school, college, and then law school, he thought...
Christian H. Smith is a novelist and screenwriter living in the dark, corn-fed heart of the Midwest. He was a founding member, writer...
Chuck Dixon is a graphic novel editor, writer, and publisher. He has contributed over a thousand scripts to publishers like DC Comics, Marvel,...
Clarissa Johal has worked as a veterinary assistant, zoo-keeper aide and vegetarian chef. Writing has always been her passion. When she’s not listening...
Sam Golbach and Colby Brock met as freshman band nerds during their high school summer band camp. After realizing that they both liked...
Craig DiLouie is the author of the bestselling zombie novels TOOTH AND NAIL (Salvo Press, April 2010), THE INFECTION (Permuted Press, February 2011)...
Craig is a successful author. He’s taken his more than twenty years of experience in the Marine Corps, his legal education, and his...
D.A. MacQuin was raised in Southern Illinois. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College in Manhattan, and an M.A. in English...
Like Captain Al Farragut—one of the main characters and the narrator of this novel—the author is a retired international airline Captain, who spent...
D.J. Goodman is the author of multiple novels from Permuted Press, including THE REANIMATION OF EDWARD SCHUETT and THE APOCALYPSE SHIFT. When she’s...
D.L. Snell is a novelist and short story writer. Anthologies include Pocket Books' BLOOD LITE series, edited by best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson....
Born in 1972, on a small army base in the south, Dan Henk grew up on a diet of science fiction, horror books,...
Daniel Cotton is a New Hampshire native currently residing in Iowa with his lovely wife and two sons. He derives inspiration from his...
My name is Dave Lund. I hail from Texas and am a former Texas “motor-cop.” My family and photography round out my usual day-to-day...
Born in Texas and currently living in Utah, David Dunwoody writes subversive horror fiction, including the EMPIRE zombie series and the collections DARK...
David M. Salkin is an award-winning author, an elected official in Freehold Township and a Master Graduate Gemologist. A writer of thrillers, Salkin...
David Price describes himself as a history buff who likes to write. He is a historical interpreter at Washington Crossing Historic Park in...
David Richardson is from Waterford, Michigan. From an early age, he was taught to draw and paint by his mother, an artist and...
Dawn is a UK-based author of fantasy and horror fiction, currently based in West Sussex. She writes books for adults and teens, and...
Deborah Moore is single and lives a quiet life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her cat, Tufts. She was born...
Derek Gunn was born in 1964. He is married with three children and lives in Dublin, Ireland. Derek is best known for his Post-apocalyptic...
Dev Jarrett is a writer, a father, a husband, and a career soldier. He’s a “recovering redneck” who'll probably never get all the...
Diane Carlson Evans, a former captain in the Army Nurse Corps who served in the combat zone of Vietnam is the founder of...
Dorriah Rogers grew up in Southern California, not far from the rural pastures and orchards where the story of Twine is set. ...
Douglas E. Richards is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of WIRED and numerous other novels (see below). A former...
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official, bestselling author, and one of the foremost experts on the human space program...
Elise Walters is a marketing executive with over seven years of experience in the advertising and marketing industry. Elise has helped articulate the...
Elle Chardou is the best selling author of a multitude of novels. She has sold more than sixty-five thousand books in over ten...
Eloise J. Knapp lives in Washington state and never complains about the rain. In fact, she laughs at anyone who does. Knapp went...
The Bestselling Contagium series by Emily Goodwin won multiple awards at the 2014 Contagious Reads Horror Con, including Best Zombies, Best Gore, Best...
Eric S. Brown is a zombie author living in North Carolina. He has been called "the king of zombies" by places like Dread...
Eric Shapiro is a filmmaker, screenwriter, author, and ghostwriter. His first feature film, RULE OF THREE (2010), was released to iTunes and Netflix...
Erik Dorr is the owner of the Gettysburg Museum of History—a structure that witnessed the famous 1863 battle. At an early age, Erik...
Gaby Triana is the author of the Haunted Florida paranormal horror series, YA novels Wake the Hollow, Cakespell, and Summer of Yesterday, as...
Gareth Wood is the author of three books so far, and has no plans to stop writing unless forced to by an apocalypse...
Gerald Dean Rice is hard at work on something right now. Whether it's vampires, zombies, or something you've never seen before, he's always...
I live in Maryland with my wonderful wife and three cats. I love gaming, computer technology, movies, and of course, reading and writing....
Grant Foxon has been writing stories for as long as he can remember. Born in Shrewsbury, which was the birthplace of many alumni...
Gregory Shepherd spent his early years in New Jersey, London, England, New York City's Lower East Side, and Honolulu. He lived in Japan...
Howie Abrams is a former music business executive turned author. He co-authored Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains,...
Iain McKinnon was born in Scotland in the early seventies and lived a happy well balanced childhood, with the exception of being forced...
J. Rudolph is the author of the zombie series The Reanimates. Born in 1977, she resides in Southern California with her husband, son,...
J.L. Bourne is an active duty military officer and currently resides in the Washington D.C. area. He has completed numerous tours of duty...
J. W.Rinzler has authored more than a dozen books, three New York Times bestsellers, and a London Times bestseller, including the #1 bestselling...
An independent writer and producer, Jack Cashill has written eleven books in the past thirteen years, most recently TWA 800: The Crash, the...
Some claim that Jack Keely is the son of a celebrated spiritualist. Others insist that he grew up in the wagons of a...
Born in Montreal, Canada, Jack later moved to the West Coast (Vancouver) to do a doctoral degree that involved collecting many thousand ticks...
Jacqueline Druga is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. She is a prolific writer and filmmaker. Her published works include genres of all types,...
Born Jacob David Bible pre-Microsoft in Bellevue, WA, Jake was whisked away to the Beaver State when he was three and raised fundamentalist...
James is a writer, amateur bladesmith, and subversive suburbanite when no one else is looking. He and his wife live in the Washington,...
Jim McIntyre received his BA in History from Temple University in 1996 where he benefited from the tutelage of Russell F. Weigley. He...
James Wolanyk is a writer, freelance editor, and amateur treasure hunter in his final years of university. He hails from the backwoods of...
Jamie Mason is a Canadian writer of dark sci-fi whose short stories have appeared in On Spec, Abyss & Apex and the Canadian...
Jared Frederick is the author of a number of books, including Dispatches of D-Day: A People’s History of the Normandy Invasion. Prior to...
Jason Bovberg is the author of the apocalyptic horror novel Under the Skin, and its sequel Blood Red, as well as the nostalgic...
Jason S. Hornsby is the author of the horror novels Every Sigh, The End and Eleven Twenty-Three, as well as several short stories...
Jason Offutt has been a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, sports photographer, bartender, farmhand, and the mayor of a Midwest small town. He teaches...
Jay Bonansinga is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the Bram Stoker finalist THE BLACK MARIAH (1994), the International...
Growing up in New England, Jean C. O’Connor developed a fascination with the American history evident in so many landmarks there. Her grandmother’s...
Jeff Blue is a multi-platinum A&R executive, producer, songwriter, music publisher, attorney, journalist, and manager whose acts have collectively sold over one-hundred million...
Jeff Prebis is the author of the novel, The Debacle and A Trip Down Psychopath Lane, and the gloriously gory short story collection...
Jeff Schloesseris a retired Army Major General who commanded the 101st Airborne Division for thirty-three months, including fifteen months in combat in Afghanistan....
Jerry Hurwitz is a native of the state of Connecticut, where as a young child he first learned about the bloody assault on...
Jeremiah Israel was born and raised in Chicago. He now lives in Fort Wayne, IN with his wife and twin daughters. He has...
Jessica Meigs is the author of The Becoming, a post-apocalyptic thriller series that follows a group of people trying to survive a massive...
Jim Cullen was born in Queens, New York, the son of a New York City firefighter. Jim taught at Harvard, Brown, and Sarah...
Jim LaVigne is the author of several novels of genre-crossing popular fiction, including his latest, PLAGUESVILLE, USA, published by PERMUTED PRESS. He lives...
John Corcoran—Chicago native—is a writer, screenwriter, editor, and newspaper columnist based out of Los Angeles, California. John has written across a handful of...
John F. Lyons is a Professor of History at Joliet Junior College in Illinois where he teaches classes in British and American history....
John J. Woods, Ph.D., has earned a bachelor’s degree in biology, a master’s degree in wildlife science, and a doctorate in industrial psychology....
When not writing, John Leahy spends his time reading, working out, keeping abreast of current affairs and teaching and performing music. He is...
Jonathan Moon is the author of such twisted tomes as HEINOUS, Stories To Poke Your Eyes Out To, Worms in the Needle as...
Joseph Souza worked on the South Boston docks during Whitey Bulger's criminal reign. He has a degree from Northeastern University and once worked...
Julian Voloj is a photographer and writer, based in New York. Born in Germany to Colombian parents, his critically-acclaimed work has been featured...
Karen Perry is an attorney and math teacher in a small town in Connecticut. She has four children, three cats, two jobs, and...
Ken Nolan has been a working screenwriter in Hollywood since his first script sale to Warner Brothers Studios in 1994. He wrote the...
Kenneth W. Harmon is a retired Fort Worth police officer. He lives in Fort Collins, CO, with his wife and daughters. His publications...
Colleagues and readers alike have dubbed Kerry Alan Denney The Reality Bender. The multiple award-winning author of the paranormal thriller SOULSNATCHER, numerous short...
I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New...
Kirk Allmond takes on all aspects of zombies. This isn’t just a vocation, it’s a passion. In 2006, The Zombie Preparedness...
Night owl, Dorito lover, and quiet eccentric - Kristina Circelli is the author of several fiction novels that span genres, including The Helping...
L.E. Thomas lives in Georgia with his wife and rescued dog, where he is currently at work on his next novel....
Lee Argus is a military veteran who served eleven years of active duty in the U.S. Army. He draws his inspiration from his...
Lisa Foiles is an actress and content creator, best known as a former series regular on Nickelodeon’s award-winning sketch comedy show, All That....
Mack Moyer is an infrequently sober writer from Philadelphia. Sketches of the Wigwam was inspired by his hapless travels in the coal country...
Mark D. Campbell was born and raised in a small subdivision outside Houston, Texas. In 2003 he studied creative writing at the University...
Born in 1952, author-illustrator Mark E. Rogers is best known for the Samurai Cat books: The Adventures of Samurai Cat, More Adventures of...
Mark Tufo was born in Boston Massachusetts. He attended UMASS Amherst where he obtained a BA and later joined the US Marine Corp....
Mason James Cole’s first novel, Pray to Stay Dead, was called “a revelation” by Badass Digest, and is available through Permuted Press. He’s...
Mathew Klickstein is a longtime journalist, author, filmmaker, arts therapist, and playwright. His books include: SLIMED! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age...
Max Byrd is the author of bestselling historical novels about Ulysses Grant, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson. Winner of the Shamus Award for...
Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock...
Michael Clary was raised in El Paso, Texas. He is the author of The Guardian Interviews series (The Guardian, The Regulators, Broken,...
Michael “Kaves” McLeer is a legendary graffiti artist, the author of Skin Graf: Masters of Graffiti Tattoo, and illustrator for Hip-Hop Alphabet. He...
Michael Westen is an Army Infantry Iraq war veteran. An avid adventurist and prepper, he spends his time preparing his wife and...
Michelle DePaepe writes paranormal and apocalyptic fiction. She is the author of Eaters and two indie novels: The Gardener and Vampire Music. She...
Mike Figliola is a writer, television/radio reporter, and producer who has called New York City—specifically Queens—his home for more than thirty years. He...
A program manager by profession, Mike McMullen is a skilled hunter, backpacker, and outdoorsman, a veteran Boy Scout leader, and the proud father...
Mikhail Lerma was raised in the small town of Holdrege, Nebraska. In the third grade he wrote his first short story, in which...
Nathan Barnes lives in Richmond, Virginia with his two kids and lovely wife. Whenever he can he is exploring creative hobbies of writing,...
Neil A. Cohen has spent the past twenty years working with federal, state and local government agencies supporting emergency management and counter terrorism....
Norman studied Cartooning & Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. He lives on Hilton Head Island with his wife Jeanette and their...
P. A. Douglas is the author of several survival horror novels, novellas, and short stories including Watchers, Rancid, and Horror Stories and Terrifying...
Patrick D'Orazio resides in southwestern Ohio with his wife, Michele, two children, Alexandra and Zachary, and two spastic dogs. A lifelong writer, he...
Patrick Duffy starred in The Man from Atlantis in 1976-7. Although raised in Montana, he was trained with SCUBA by his sister, a...
Paul Hetzer was born and raised in the mining country of West Virginia. He spent 6 years in the military and three years...
Paul Mannering is an award winning writer living in Wellington, New Zealand Paul has published dozens of short stories and radio plays in...
Peter Clines grew up in the Stephen King fallout zone of Maine and--inspired by comic books, Star Wars, and Saturday morning cartoons--started writing...
An author of three non-fiction books, Peter Moreira spent more than 30 years in journalism in Asia, Europe and North America. He worked...
Philip E. Orbanes began inventing games at age eight after playing Monopoly for the first time. He started his own game company as...
Rick and Melinda live in the Seattle area where they can be found wading through a menagerie of pets. When they are not...
Ram Getz began his career by creating commercials and music videos before transitioning into the entertainment business. Ram served as a production executive...
Rhett Evans works at a Silicon Valley company that helps people find things. Before that, he was a U.S. Army officer and wrote...
Rhiannon Frater was born and raised a Texan. Though she has lived in various towns all over the state, she finally settled in...
Rich Tupica is a Lansing, Michigan-based journalist and music critic whose work has been published in national and international publications, including UNCUT, Record...
Richard A. Knaak is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Legend of Huma, WoW: Wolfheart, and nearly fifty...
Rob Fox is the author of the zombie novel 'Z Day is Here' and the sequel 'Z Day is Here: One Year Later',...
Best Selling author and award nominated guest speaker at the Library of Congress, Rob Shelsky, writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well...
Writing was always his favorite subject, and thanks to his mother’s encouragement, Robert J. Skead wrote the Caldecott-nominated Something to Prove, and several...
Robert K. Wilcox is an award-winning author, journalist, historian, novelist, and screenwriter. He has authored thousands of published articles, many produced screenplays, and...
Rose Garnett has two degrees from Edinburgh University: one in English Literature; the other in Scots Law. She is currently a practicing lawyer....
Russell Proctor is an Australian writer, but has also been many other things in his working life, including a lawyer, teacher, professional actor,...
Ryan Thomas works as an editor in San Diego, California. You can usually catch him in the bars on the weekend playing the...
S. R. Hughes inhabits the glittering darknesses between dreams but writes from Queens, NY. He’s been published in Sanitarium, the Wild Hunt eZine,...
Besides being addicted to vampires, blood, and a good, steaming cup of tea, S.C. Parris attends University in New York City, and is...
S. E. Acker exists on the plane of reality known as Missouri where she lives with her two dogs who impede the actual...
S. K. Gregory has been writing since she was seven. She was first published in 2012 and hasn't stopped since. She enjoys reading...
Sam Golbach and Colby Brock met as freshman band nerds during their high school summer band camp. After realizing that they both liked...
Scott M. Baker was born and raised in Everett, Massachusetts and spent twenty-three years in northern Virginia working for the Central Intelligence Agency....
Sean Michael Welch is an award-winning playwright and novelist from Michigan. His work has been published in Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope: All Story,...
Sean Schubert was born in Indianapolis, In in 1970. He earned a degree in English from Wabash College in 1993 and promptly moved...
Originally from Miami, Florida, Sean moved to Nashville after sporadically attending college at the University of Florida. The record deal fell through, and...
Shane Gregory lives on several acres in a rural farming community in western Kentucky with his wife, two children, three cats, and a...
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon lives a life of extraordinary danger…as does any woman with three sons, a husband, a...
Slade Grayson hates talking about himself in the third person, but that's generally the way these things are done, so... Slade is a former...
Our author is Solace Wales. Former director of the International Child Art Center in San Francisco, Ms. Wales, and her artist husband have...
For over a decade, SP Durnin crisscrossed America seeking the perfect pint of Guinness, while developing a deep love/hate relationship with the idea...
Stephen A. North is a Florida native. He has a BA in English Literature from USF. Served in the Army Reserve as a...
Paranormal researcher Steve E. Asher is also a freelance writer and artist, as well as a lover of music. Previously he worked over...
Steven D. Jackson is a British lawyer and novelist. Originally from London, he now lives on the South Coast of the UK with...
Steven Pajak was born and raised in Chicago's Near Northwest neighborhood. Over the years he's lived in Wartrace, Tennessee and Dallas, Texas. Steven...
Stevie Kopas was born and raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She enjoys everything horror from books to film, and is an avid...
Sue was born in Malaysia to French and British colonialists, had a very exciting childhood in the jungles of Borneo, the Australian outback...
Suzanne Robb is the author of Z-Boat, from Permuted Press, Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh my!, and Contaminated. She is a contributing...
Tina Clark-Armstrong received a degree in German and Art History from Brigham Young University in 1993, then spent the following year working for...
Ted Hill grew up in the front pew of the Methodist church in Denton, Texas where he honed his scribbling skills on the...
Thom Brannan (est. 1976, Chicago, Illinois) is an American author from Austin, Texas. He's a former submariner and nuclear field worker, now working...
Thomas Wolfenden was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an honorably discharged veteran of the US Army. He’s worked in several different...
Considered the foremost authority on A Nightmare on Elm Street, Thommy Hutson is an award winning writer and producer who has created projects...
Tim Curran is an American author of horror fiction from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A full-time wage zombie in a factory, he’s married with...
Tim Marquitz is the author of the Demon Squad series, the Blood War Trilogy, co-author of the Dead West series, as well as...
Timothy Johnson grew up on Coca-Cola and video games. Nothing frightens him more than the future, so he writes about it in hopes...
Timothy W. Long is ex-military but he has also been writing tales and stories since he could hold a crayon and has read...
Toby Tate writes high-octane sci-fi, fantasy and horror and is the author of several books, including THE LILITU, PRIMORDIAL and THE CAIN PROPHECY,...
Born and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont, Todd Sprague is a private investigator and former police officer. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife...
Tom Calen is the author of the bestselling science fiction series The Pandemic Sequence, as well as the new novel Torrance. A NYC...
Tom Wither served his country for more than 25 years as a member of the United States Air Force, spending his entire career...
Tonia Brown is a Southern author with a penchant for Victorian dead things. She has penned a number of undead comedies, including the...
Tony was born in Springfield, Oregon in the fall of 1969 and spent much of his childhood being moved from one location to...
A high school Special Education and Social Studies teacher, Tony Monchinski grew up in Queens New York. He writes both fiction and nonfiction...
Valerie Nieman is a novelist, poet, short story writer, travel writer, literary magazine editor, and teacher. Blood Clay is her third novel - two...
Vanessa A. Ryan is an actress in Southern California. She was born in California and graduated from UCLA. When not writing or acting,...
W.Craig Reed is the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning Red November, The 7 Secrets of Neuron-Leadership, and Tarzan, My Father,...
Walter Koenig’s professional acting career spans more than forty-six years of stage, television and film work. He is best known for his recurring...
William “Larry” Kidder was born in California and raised in California, Indiana, New York, and New Jersey. He received his bachelor's and master's...
William 'Bill' Rooney retired from the Central Intelligence Agency with more than thirty-five years of experience in the Directorate of Operations' Clandestine Service....
William Todd Rose is an American author of dark fiction currently residing in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Born in 1972, his literary influences include...
William Vitka is a writer and journalist. He's written for The New York Post, CBS News, Stuff Magazine, GameSpy, On Spec Magazine and...
William Weir was an army MP, and later served as an army combat correspondent in the 25th Infantry Division during the Korean War....
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