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R.E. Sargent, the author of Relative Terror, One-Star Review and the Fury series, lives in Oregon with his wife, Sandi and their two fur children, Mason, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and Riley, a Chocolate Lab.

Born in California, R.E. spent most of his life living and working in Arizona, where he met his wife. Between them, they raised four sons. Talk about a lot of testosterone in the house!

An avid reader, R.E. fell in love with books when he was a child and the bug never went away. It was his love for the written word--and his admiration for authors such as Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Gregory Mcdonald, Paul Gallico, Donald Westlake and Roald Dahl--that persuaded him to write novels himself. Currently, he is working on the latest novel in the Fu ...more

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	If I Die Before I Wake by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author) (Author, Editor), Peter Rocha, Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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
	If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Supernatural Horror (The Better Off Dead,#2) by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	One-Star Review 3.83 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2018 — 8 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
	If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author), Cara Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Nightmare Creatures by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.31 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of the Otherworldly and Undead (Better Off Dead #5) by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bridgett Nelson (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Evil Little Fucks by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Fury: The Awakening (The Scorned Series Book 1) 3.96 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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
	Devil's Gulch by R.E. Sargent (Goodreads Author), Steven Pajak (Goodreads Author), Bridgett Nelson (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Relative Terror really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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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R.E. Sargent and 1 other person liked Margo's review of The Haunting of Elena Vera: "This is a classic possession tale, told masterfully with lots of great scares and characters you will fall in love with. I loved the casual queer representation, which is something we need more of in all genres in my opinion. This was my first read b" Read more of this review »
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R.E. Sargent and 7 other people liked Corrina Morse's review of The Haunting of Elena Vera: "This book will possess YOU!! Your thoughts and dreams….your very soul! It's creepy good, with Nightmare on Elm Street/Insidious vibes. Fast paced, atmospheric, chilling and terrifying, complete with jump scares, definitely raised my heart rate and le" Read more of this review »
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“There once was a guy from Cape Cod. Who flew in his plane and—oh, God! He crashed in the sea. And between you and me. There’s something around here with claws.”
― R.E. Sargent, If I Die Before I Wake

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