apexeno vol 1
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With all of those exoplanets out there, who is looking back at us?
Inspired by Carl Sagan's Life on Jupiter, apexeno is a collection of short stories that explores the scientific weirdness of extra-solar planets and the sentient creatures that rule over them.
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