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James G. Kelly

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in Richmond, The United States

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4fW48-LJb8OaV...

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Horror, Poetry, Short Stories

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Stephen King

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James G. Kelly (the G. stands for gore) was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1960. Two of his poems were published in Demonminds Magazine and one won a poetry contest in Suspense Magazine.

Jim has a youtube channel under the Pseudonym The Creepy Pasta Poet. Link above. There you will find over 50 poems and short stories written and read by the author himself.

His poems have been described as Edgar Allen Poe meets Dr. Seuss. Basically flash fiction horror stories written in rhyming form. They can get rather graphic hence what the G. stands for.

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First Chapter of My Book "The Scarecrow"

This is the first chapter of my book "The Scarecrow" If you like horror, gore, suspense and a bit of a twist I think you'll like "The Scarecrow". Come in. Be scared.

October 1834

"Becka, grab the children and get over to the church. The pastor should already be there. Go! Go!" said Thomas frantically as he reached above the fireplace and grabbed his double-barreled shotgun. Becka picked up her 16 Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 09, 2009 09:25 • Tags: chapter, first, gore, horror, scarecrow, suspense

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message 2: by Ingela

Jun 05, 2009 11:57PM

Thank you for the invitation. I've tried to read Stephen King's books, I really have, but they are just too much for me. They give me the heebee jeebees. lol However, I love the movies based on his books, like Misery, It, The Shining, Silverbullet, etc...

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message 1: by Renee

Apr 08, 2009 07:22AM

Thanks for the friend invite James and for the review. I'm glad you liked it. As soon as I get a few minutes today I'm going to check out your writing. It sounds like it's just what I'm into.

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