Michael A. Dibaggio is a Catholic voluntaryist who works full-time as a software developer, but his real passion is writing and world-building. Along with his wife, Shell, he is the co-creator of the Ascension Epoch, an open content, collaborative fiction project released under Creative Commons (http://www.ascensionepoch.cc). He will shortly be releasing his first novella, "Copper Knights and Granite Men", and has another full length novel nearing completion. These works, as well as the "House of Refuge" short story, are all set in the Ascension Epoch shared universe.
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