We're all going to pretend this isn't actually Carter writing this, right? Right. OK, so with that out of the way...

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Carter loves stories and one day he got tired of thinking, I want to read a story about ________. He started writing those stories that he wanted to read himself and discovered a new passion. 

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He is a father, musician, gamer, and general-purpose nerd living in central North Carolina with his partner and several animals of varying species.

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Carter loves telling stories from the perspective of average people trying to live ordinary lives that are thrust into extraordinary circumstances. He enjoys writing both science fiction and fantasy and blending those genres in fun ways. Whether it's an alien invasion with Appalachian granny magic or telekinetic and telepathic aliens working in a mining camp on an asteroid that's light years away from an abandoned Earth, nothing is off the table.

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Because of the world we currently live in, it must be stated that Carter Payne uses no generative AI in his writing. Every word, good or bad, was written by him.