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Joseph Carro

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Born

in Portland, Maine, The United States

Website

https://www.josephcarro.com/

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Genre

Horror, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Influences

Stephen King, Joe Hill, Carl Hiaasen, Terry Brooks

Member Since

March 2012

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Joseph Carro holds an MFA from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine. He coauthored the Little Coffee Shop of Horrors anthology series as well as After the Burn: A Post Apocalyptic Anthology and serves as Community Manager for Headless Hydra Press, a publisher of tabletop roleplaying game supplements. Additionally, he has served as an editor and proofreader for the Glyphs Productions line of comic books since 2015 and has written for itcherMag. When not writing or editing, he can generally be found engaging in some sort of geeky/nerdy activity throughout the day. Oh, and he was also in a movie with Kelsey Grammer (and will say that every chance he gets). He currently resides in Woodford, Vermont inside the infamous Bennington Trian ...more

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	The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology by Paul Carro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 118 ratings — 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
	The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2 by Paul Carro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 39 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
	The Little Coffeeshop of Horrors Anthology 3 by Paul Carro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author), S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 15 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
	After the Burn: A Post-Apocalyptic Anthology by Franklin Ard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Carro (Goodreads Author) 4.44 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
	Horrors of the Deep: Startling Sea Stories by Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Franklin Ard (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Derek B. Hoffman (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	After the Burn by Franklin Ard (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author), Paul Carro (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Horrors of the Deep: Startling Sea Stories by Franklin Ard (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Beechwood (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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Well, after the release of Horrors of the Deep, I've been pretty busy working on other short stories for other collections and anthologies. I had an alien first contact story accepted for an upcoming anthology, which I'm excited for, and I'm working on some short stories for Volume III of The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology. On top of that, I was invited to submit a story for yet another a

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A Moveable Feast, The Restored Edition

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Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Core Book 9th Edition

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The Institute

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“Nothing beats a glass bottle of Coke and a trusty Moon Pie under the heat of the Alabama sun.”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

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“I guess when you live somewhere, you take things for granted in your own backyard and the nuances get lost in daily commutes.”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

tags: back-yard, commute, commuters, home, life, living, living-life, nuance, travel

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“Everything's already been done at least five times in all forms of media. However, your own take on it is what will set it apart.”
― Joseph Carro

tags: inspirational, writers-on-writing, writing, writing-process

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

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“Nothing beats a glass bottle of Coke and a trusty Moon Pie under the heat of the Alabama sun.”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

tags: alabama, coke, inspirational, life, mardi-gras, mobile-alabama, moon-pies, southern, southern-fiction, southern-food

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“I guess when you live somewhere, you take things for granted in your own backyard and the nuances get lost in daily commutes.”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

tags: back-yard, commute, commuters, home, life, living, living-life, nuance, travel

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“How do you mourn someone who turned out to be a total stranger?”
― Joseph Carro, The Little Coffee Shop of Horrors Anthology 2

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“Everything's already been done at least five times in all forms of media. However, your own take on it is what will set it apart.”
― Joseph Carro