{"id":5932,"date":"2022-08-08T19:39:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T02:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?page_id=5932"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T02:22:57","slug":"contraband-in-speculative-fiction-for-dreamers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/contraband-in-speculative-fiction-for-dreamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Contraband: in Speculative Fiction for Dreamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"patreon-campaign-banner\"><div class=\"patreon-patron-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"patreon-text-over-button\">To view this content, you must be a member of <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/PLUGOarts?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fplugoarts.com%2Fblog%2Fcontraband-in-speculative-fiction-for-dreamers%2F&utm_medium=patreon_wordpress_plugin&utm_campaign=5573905&utm_term=&utm_content=creator_profile_link_in_text_over_interface\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick's Patreon<\/a><\/b><\/div><div class=\"patreon-universal-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/patreon-flow\/?patreon-unlock-post=5932\"><div class=\"patreon-responsive-button-wrapper\"><div class=\"patreon-responsive-button\"><img class=\"patreon_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/patreon-connect\/assets\/img\/patreon-logomark-on-coral.svg\" alt=\"Unlock with Patreon\" \/> Unlock with Patreon<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"patreon-text-under-button\">Already a qualifying Patreon member? <a href=\"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/patreon-flow\/?patreon-login=yes&patreon-final-redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fplugoarts.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F5932\" rel=\"nofollow\">Refresh<\/a> to access this content.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cContraband\u201d  by Patrick Lugo is the third graphic short story in Speculative Fiction  for Dreamers. Juan has been captured at the border and his sister, a  contraband runner named Cruise, is tasked with making his delivery of  something rare, something strangely organic in an inorganic  techno-world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5937,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5932","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3egHU-1xG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3385,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/oct24\/","url_meta":{"origin":5932,"position":0},"title":"Oct24","author":"PLUGO","date":"October 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m Patrick Lugo Illustrator, Author (mostly of article & movie reviews) and Comic Creator.My Primer children\u2019s picture book Little Monk & the Mantis, earned some acclaim. 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