Meagan Stanley
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Meagan Stanley is a 20 year-old from a small town in Northern California where the only nightlife is at a frozen yogurt shop with an outdoor fire pit. As a lover of stories, Meagan is working towards a bachelors in English with a concentration in creative writing, praying that she did not peak fifteen years ago with her short story titled Bailey and Meagan go to the Grocery Store. When she’s not banging her head against her keyboard, Meagan likes to eat too much ice cream with her husband Mark while watching The Office, getting absorbed into the blackhole of Youtube, and flailing chaotically while listening to everything from BTS to Of Mice & Men

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