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S. Faxon is an award winning author, publisher, and creative warrior.

She's a member of the Horror Writing Association, served as the President of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild, and is a founding member of the Semi-Sages of the Pages, a writing podcast group. She also co-founded No Bad Books Press, LLC with her writing and business partner, Theresa Halvorsen.

She teaches English Language Arts to high schoolers and is grateful every day to work with the next generations of readers and writers. ...more

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	Lost Aboard: Tales of the Spirits on Star of India by Theresa Halvorsen (Goodreads Author), S. Faxon (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2021 — 6 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
	Singing All the Way Up by Stephanie Sanders-Jacob (Goodreads Author), S. Faxon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Origins 4.76 avg rating — 17 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
	Tiny Dreadfuls: Horrors, Oddities, and Tales of the Dark 4.43 avg rating — 14 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
	Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales by Dennis K. Crosby (editor), KC Grifant (Editor), David Agranoff (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 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 Animal Court 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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
	Released: A Horror Anthology by S. Faxon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Theresa Halvorsen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kevin David Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 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
	Foreign & Domestic Affairs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Feasts and Follies of the Animal Court 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Blood Lords 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Update on Reading: Magyk by Angie Sage

Update on reading Magyk by Angie Sage Update

This book was given to me as a wedding gift from one of my high schoolers (I’m a high school English Language Arts teacher.) I’m a little over halfway through and here’s what I think so far (no spoilers):

The conversational-like storytelling of the narrator has been very entertaining. It did take me a couple of chapters to adapt to the multiple perspectiv Read more of this blog post »

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

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