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Author of romance, mystery, SFF, writing as Margaret Madigan and MKD Bail. English Instructor. Donut and pastry addict. Raging against the patriarchy and fascism. she/her. Repd by @aka_terrie. #indieauthor

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    #wipsnips Sept 1 - In this snip from Hero at Heart, Robyn reflects on some American irony as she and her crew prep for a #zombie battle on the next day. #fantasy #RobinHood #retelling #apocalypse #fairytale #newrelease #indie #author #booksky

    snip from my fantasy Hero at Heart using the prompt "excuse": Robyn and the boys found nobody inside the house—either human or formerly so—and she lucked out when she found a bag of marbles in one of the bedrooms, which were perfect for her slingshot. Alan found a gun cabinet with a rifle and a couple of handguns, along with some boxes of ammunition. Before the end, Robyn had been a staunch supporter of gun control. The thousands of annual deaths from gun violence were unacceptable in her mind, and there was absolutely zero excuse for a civilian to own weapons of war. If she had to explain to a class of college students—who should know better—one more time why the right to not be slaughtered by an asshole with either an agenda or a death wish outweighed the right to own those kinds of weapons, she might just have screamed. Now, though, it was like Christmas finding them, and the biggest goldmine was ammunition because guns were, of course, useless without it. If it weren’t for all the zombies, Robyn would appreciate the irony that the shortage of ammo had finally rendered America’s obsession with guns moot just at the moment when surviving Americans actually needed the guns for the protection they never had before.
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