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Jessica Dawson
@jessicadawson
Independent writer working mainly in science fiction, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Jessica Dawson writes mainly in science fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
A story only works when somebody has something to lose.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Jessica Dawson
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Archive of Borrowed Names
On a rain-soaked moon where identities are leased, edited, and reclaimed through a central civic archive, a document restorer discovers that her own name has been quietly altered in the public record. As she traces the corruption through bureaucratic layers, she finds a system designed to erase inconvenient people without ever needing to kill them. The deeper she goes, the more the archive seems to be rewriting not just history, but the living present.
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Draft progress
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