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Daniel Perry is the author of the novella Modern Folklore (Little Ghosts Books, 2024) and the short story collections Nobody Looks That Young Here (Guernica, 2018) and Hamburger (Thistledown, 2016). His fiction has been short-listed for the Carter V. Cooper Prize, and has appeared in more than 30 publications including Joyland, The Dalhousie Review, Exile: The Literary Quarterly, SubTerrain, Riddle Fence, Little Fiction and the Stone Skin Press anthology The Lion and the Aardvark (U.K.). He has also published book reviews in The Malahat Review, The Antigonish Review and Broken Pencil. He has lived in Toronto since 2006. ...more

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	The Lion and the Aardvark: Aesop's Modern Fables by Robin D. Laws (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Demonakos (Goodreads Author), Steve Dempsey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Nobody Looks That Young Here 4.04 avg rating — 26 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
	Modern Folklore really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 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
	Hamburger 4.31 avg rating — 16 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
	CVC: Book Two: Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Anthology Series (2) by Gloria Vanderbilt (Compiler), Daniel Perry (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Hearing Voices: The Bareback Anthology by Bareback Press, Daniel Perry (Goodreads Author), Carrie Martin (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	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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