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Bird Deity (John Morrissey, Text)

Tuesday, 13 January 2026    Books+Publishing
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Shorter novels have made a strong resurgence in recent years – particularly in science fiction – and John Morrissey’s (Firelight) debut fiction novel, Bird Deity, sits squarely within this zeitgeist. The story offers a brief but potent slice of a much larger narrative about an alien world and the humans...

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