Whether you’re a reader or a writer, here are some amazing works of fiction that use experimental storytelling techniques in unique ways.

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Pamela is a freelance ghostwriter, editor, and professional historian. She writes non-fiction and fiction works for both commercial publishers and self-published writers, and has published short stories of her own under her pen name. She is currently writing her first full-length novel.

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