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Flash Boom

By Mike Meginnis

September 19, 2014

Experiencing the atomic bombing of Japan through the short animated film Pikadon.

Win a Free Copy of Fat Man and Little Boy by Mike Meginnis

By Black Balloon Publishing

August 07, 2014

Enter before August 31 for your chance get this powerful debut novel before anyone else.

Fat Man and Little Boy

By Mike Meginnis

August 06, 2014

Fat Man struggles in the wreckage of World War II Japan until he is found by his older brother, Little Boy.

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