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027 Grim Oak Press Versus Medical Debt

13 February, 2019 (11:25) | | By: Lancer Kind

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In 2011, author and webmaster Shawn Speakman was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and did not have health insurance due to a pre-existing condition. To combat his fast-accruing medical debt, SF&F writers donated short stories that became the bestselling anthology Unfettered. It paid off more than $200,000 in medical bills.