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Little is known of Marco Ocram’s earliest years. He was adopted at age nine, having been abandoned in a Detroit shopping mall—a note taped to his anorak said the boy was threatening the sanity of his parents. Re-abandoned in the same mall a year later, with a similar note from his foster parents, he was homed with his current Bronx mom—a woman with no sanity to threaten.

Ocram first gained public attention through his bold theories about a new fundamental particle, the Tao Muon, which he popularized in a best-selling book, The Tao Muon. He was introduced to the controversial literary theorist, Herbert Quarry, who coached Ocram in a radical approach to fiction, in which the author must write without thinking, a technique to which Ocram was n ...more

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Marco Ocram said: " The underlying premise of this thought-provoking book is that businesses will develop that buy-up the rights to the digital vestiges of the dead in order to exploit their value in any way they can. The employees at one such company, Norval, who go hu ...more "

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The simple but inspired idea behind this book is to invite a diverse set of authors to compose one-page letters to characters from fiction who have found a special place in their hearts. The result is much more interesting than you could imagine. For ...more
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

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I am hoping that in creating this group I can help writers find someone to proof read their book. All books will be accepted.

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