Stephen Graham Jones Quotes

The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.

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• The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.

  

  Stephen Graham Jones
  • Change
  • Stories
  • Novels