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Angel Zapata calls Augusta, Georgia his home. Born and raised in New York City, his award-winning fiction and poetry is a conglomeration of street smarts and Southern charm. He’s authored a crime thriller novelette, literary and genre short story collections, and four poetry chapbooks including “Pearl Street” from Rinky Dink Press. His latest poetry collection, “miraculous,” is available from Main Street Rag.

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	The Man of Shadows 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Offering of Ink and Feathers 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of the Exorcist 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flames of Quiet Light: Thirteen Tiny Tales of Love and Loss 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prayers from Crooked Spines 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luz de tormenta (Voces / Literatura nº 267) (Spanish Edition) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pleroma 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grim and Grisly Shades of Red it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	5x5 Fiction: Issue Two - Secrets, Scuffles, and Surprises by Angel Zapata (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L. Munoz, Alana Mander 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	5x5 Fiction: Issue One - Murder, Monsters and Misfortune by Angel Zapata (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael J. Solender, Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stigma at Cavalcade of Stars

Jeanette Cheezum has my poem, Stigma , up at Cavalcade of Stars. And, in case you missed it last month, she also published another one of my works, Relative Degrees. Read more of this blog post »

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“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
― Francois Auguste De Chateaubriand

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message 3: by Kathryn

Feb 21, 2011 02:44PM

Hi Angel,
proud to be your friend here. Kathryn Meyer Griffith www.damnationbooks.com www.eternalpress.biz

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Angel, thank you for adding my book Flashing My Shorts to your list of Good Reads. I know you enjoyed reading it and highly recommend it to others. I believe it's the kind of book one can read on the run, one short-short story at a time!

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