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Author: Martin H. Greenberg

📘 A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters by Martin H. Greenberg

A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters gathers thirteen urban and paranormal tales that showcase brave, resourceful heroines. Each story highlights women armed with weapons—or their own bodies—facing a range of monsters, villains, and challenges, while sometimes even saving men along the way.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy

Authors: Martin H. Greenberg

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