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Robert Bose

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in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Robert Bose grew up on a farm in southern Alberta spending every free moment reading Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner, Michael Shea, Brian Lumley and whatever pulp and dark fiction he could get his dirty hands on. He's the editor of a variety of books and anthologies for The Seventh Terrace and Coffin Hop Press, and the author of myriad short stories including the fiendish collection Fishing with the Devil, Terrace VII: Wall of Fire, and Terrace VI: Forbidden Fruit. When not writing, editing, publishing and running unfathomable long ultramarathons, he spends his time pestering his troublesome children, and working as a software architect for a small economic forecasting software company. ...more

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	Fishing with the Devil: and other fiendish tales 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 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
	Terrace V: Penitent's Gold by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Sarah L. Pratt, Chris Marrs 4.55 avg rating — 11 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
	It's A Weird Winter Wonderland by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author) (editor), Axel Howerton (Goodreads Author) (editor), Steve Brewer (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Baby, It's Cold Outside by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah L. Johnson (Editor), E.C. Bell (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 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
	Terrace VI: Forbidden Fruit by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Sarah L. Johnson, Mike Thorn (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Solstice in Purgatory by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Sarah L. Pratt (Editor), Rebecca Piazza (Editor) 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
	Terrace VII: Wall of Fire by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Sarah L. Johnson 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Crimson Quill Quarterly: Volume 7: July 2025 by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Tom Doolan (Goodreads Author), Gregory Mele 4.40 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
	Knucklehead Noir by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah L. Johnson (Editor), Jaclyn Adomeit 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Desert Artemisia: Badlands Bits and Bones by Robert Bose (Goodreads Author), Jim Jackson, Sarah L Pratt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Current Mischief for April

The next couple of weeks are one wild ride with the Coffin Hop Spring book launch featuring Infractus, Murdering Mr. Edwards, and Rocket Ryder and Little Putt-Putt Go Down Swinging, a GoIndieNow Live Panel, a book party, the Eyeball the Wall race, and the Calgary Expo.

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Series by Robert Bose

Purgatorio (3 books)
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Robert Bose (Goodreads Author),

Sarah L. Pratt,

Chris Marrs,

Chris Patrick Carolan (Goodreads Author),

Shane Kroetsch (Goodreads Author),

Taija Morgan,

Lindsay Thomas

4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings

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Robert Bose rated a book it was amazing To Walk on Worlds (The Maxus Cycle, #1) by Matthew John (Goodreads Author)	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 excellent collection of connected stories in the best Sword & Sorcery tradition. Matt has a solid voice, and the prose flows and carries you along through each tale, tossing in a mix of new and recurring characters and exotic locales. It was great ...more
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Robert Bose rated a book it was amazing Welgar the Cursed by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author)	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
This enjoyable collection of Sword & Sorcery stories follows the unfortunate adventures of Welgar, a northern swordsman of considerable skill and the uncanny ability to end up in the most wild, dangerous, and just plain terrible situations. The story ...more
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How far would you go to eliminate evil if you discovered the metaphysical and physical aspects of evil could in fact be understood, mapped, and constrained? Would you dabble, brushing against the fringes as a scholar, or, as the narrator to this trea ...more
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Robert Bose rated a book it was amazing CVLT OF CTHXS by Bam Barrow (Goodreads Author)	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
Bam Barrow’s follow up to Arcanum Fabulas has two of my favourite elements – a series of interconnected stories and a tightly integrated cosmic horror mythos that’s both familiar yet horribly original. I loved how various characters and places reappe ...more
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