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V.M. Karren

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Born

Seattle , The United States

Website

https://www.flybynightpress.com

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel

Influences

Lev Tolstoy, Joan Sales, Jose Saramago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Vassil ...more

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October 2017

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Since 1992 my travels around this wonderful world of ours have been my inspiration for my stories in letters, journal entries, around campfires, in short story form and in novels.

One story flows into another. One experience builds on the other, events tie us to each other in countless ways. Perspectives shift and come full circle.

After twenty-five years of gathering material, the time has now come to tell my stories to you. I hope you enjoy them. Follow along, step by grueling step, rejection letter by rejection letter and help me tell my story to the world.

You can follow the adventure at www.flybynightpress.com.

Hope to get to know you. --Val ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 104 ratings · 28 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Deceit of Riches 4.38 avg rating — 26 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
	Fate and Longing in Lisbon 3.95 avg rating — 20 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
	The Plucked Hen 4.15 avg rating — 13 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
	From the Rooftops (The Deceit of Riches Book 2) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Witch of Drontenburg 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2020	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 Tales of a Fly-by-Night 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019	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 Tales of a Fly by Night: And other stories I never told my mother 4.80 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
	October Revelations 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021	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 Lucky Finn 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Little Sicily 4.50 avg rating — 2 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

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This weekend we are featuring a guest post by fellow author Jacqueline Lambert. Our paths crossed recently in the world of travel writing and we were delighted to read her book More Manchester Than Mongolia: An Unexpected Road Trip Through Back Road Britain, which is due to be released on December 5, 2025! Jackie and her husband Mark have had some incredible adventures, to s

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V.M. Karren wrote a new blog post Guest blog: The Beast, The Balkans & The Kindness of Strangers A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:This weekend we are featuring a guest post by fellow author Jacqueline Lambert. Our paths crossed recently in the world of trav Read more of this blog post »
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V.M. Karren and 1 other person liked Jacqueline Lambert's review of The Tales of a Fly by Night: And other stories I never told my mother: "Some of the most beautiful travel writing you will ever read This is one of those rare books to which I would award six stars if I could. Some books don’t just take you on a journey – they smuggle you through borders, drop you into conversations, and " Read more of this review »
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