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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, “Frog Pond”

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (b. 1942)
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Left: The title page of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s second story, “Frog Pond,” which appeared in the March 1971 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. Right: Front jacket for Yarbro’s first story collection, Cautionary Tales (1978), designed by Bob Silverman.

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