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The Equality Remedy

Name: The Equality Remedy
Rating: 4.666666507720947 (3 reviews)

Stephen MeasureMay 26, 2014

Silver Layer Publications

Mother Nature is taken to court for being heterosexist. But will we be pleased with the imposed remedy?

(Also available in the short story collection "The Wrong Sort of Stories".)

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About the author

Stephen Measure is an author of unconventional satires and strange stories.

www.stephenmeasure.com

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4.7

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Silver Layer Publications

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May 26, 2014

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9781940778198

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English

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Fiction / Satire

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