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“I want to instill a greater sense of self-worth within undervalued people, particularly nerds of color like me through imaginative fiction, whether it be through sci-fi or sword & sorcery.”

Some might say that award-winning illustrator and graphic designer, MCOLINALSTON honed his writing craft through being a CNBC paintbox operator, a web developer, and a Doubleday Direct book cover designer because the “universe” guided him toward storytelling. The Pratt Institute graduate instead would say, “I simply want to write the kinds of stories that got me through this hard-knock life.” Now an award-winning author, having self-published his first dystopian/sci-fi novel, A RELIVING OF EARTH AND PAIN—VOLUME ONE, Colin’s passion for writing stems from his certainty that stories have defined human experience as they defined him.

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