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Last year, Michael A. Burstein edited a new collection of original Jewish science fiction stories called Jewish Futures. Michael worked with Ian Randal Strock, publisher of Fantastic Books, to produce the book as a Kickstarter project, and it raised more money than any of the previous Fantastic Books anthologies funded through Kickstarter. They hit their

(1) PUBLISHER STRUGGLES TO GET AMAZON TO LIST “JEWISH FUTURES” ANTHOLOGY. [Item by Michael A. Burstein.] Fantastic Books and I are having trouble getting Amazon to list the Jewish Futures: Science Fiction from the World's Oldest Diaspora edited by Michael A. Burstein ebook on Amazon. Fantastic Books publisher Ian Randal Strock told Facebook readers: Amazon.com has

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Brookline Town Meeting moderator stepping down after 27 years Wicked Local His presence is almost as synonymous with Brookline’s legislative body as the famous Town Meeting Cookie, but after 27 years as moderator, Sandy Gadsby is stepping down.  Gadsby announced in an email to Town Meeting members last week he will not seek re-election on May 4, despite initially pulling papers to run. “I have consistently publicly held that, if someone whom I believed was competent to perform the duties o...