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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6569623.Benjanun_Sriduangkaew" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjanun Sriduangkaew</a> (on Goodreads)

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Blog of Benjanun Sriduangkaew <a href="https://beekian.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://beekian.wordpress.com/</a>

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&#8220;Benjanun Sriduangkaew writes love letters to strange cities, beautiful bugs, and the future. Her work has appeared in <em>Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Phantasm Japan, The Dark,</em> and year&#8217;s bests. She has been shortlisted for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and her debut novella <em>Scale-Bright</em> has been nominated for the British SF Association Award.&#8221;<span style="color:#999999;"> (Clarkesworld Magazine description)</span>

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<strong>The Machine Mandate</strong>

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A space opera universe where artificial intelligences have achieved independence from humanity and formed the collective known as the Mandate. All titles are standalones and have different protagonists (all of whom are lesbians), though some recurring characters appear throughout. (from beekian.wordpress.com)

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0862J2FVD/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Machine’s Last Testament</em></a> (novel)

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<a href="http://futurefire.net/2019.50/fiction/machines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Where Machines Run with Gold</a> (free short story with the same characters from <em>Now Will Machines Hollow</em><em> the Beast</em>)

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZN3Q2WM/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster</a> (short story with the same characters from <em>Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast</em>)

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<a href="https://beekian.wordpress.com/made-of-knives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Made of Knives</a> (free short story with the same characters from <em>And Shall Machines Surrender</em>)

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJWJ7VB/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>And Shall Machines Surrender</em></a> (novella)

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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FYZDP7Q/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast</em></a> (novella)

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