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Perusing a resume of Susan Matley's entire work history would be a kick. She has been an actress, an accountant, a family historian, a life-long journalist, and a musician. Her "right" and "left" brains have an effective partnership, which serves her well in the world of speculative fiction, but I'll get to that later.

Many readers will remember Matley as one half of the Cowboy song and poetry duo "Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue." I first met Susan in that role, but life has altered course since I last saw her.

She and her late husband Bruce Matley retired from Cowboy music in 2015, the year...