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Gemma first appeared in an unpublished short story, “Wings”, then in OGW 9/24/09 and 10/29/09. Gemma’s mother abandoned her when she was a child. Mom was addicted to smoking faery dust, and now that Gem’s an adolescent she has what all the daughters of dusters got – wings. Horrified and outcast, Gemma left home for NYC to find her mother, and herself.

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Keep in touch, friends!

In other "news"... I've received one rejection of my novel, Spun. May be sending it out again. meanwhile, am working on a new novel -- no title yet -- which has evolved out of Outsider Girls Write (the Kayla, Rain, Casey, nancy thread).

Happy reading!
Shelley Stoehr

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Selected Works

Young Adult Fiction

Crosses
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.

Tomorrow Wendy
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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