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William Sterling

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Horror, Thriller, Paranormal

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Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay

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William Sterling is an independent novelist who hails from the darkest depths of Georgia.

He is especially into horror, fantasy, science fiction, and anywhere that he can find them overlapping.

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	String Them Up 4.25 avg rating — 73 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
	Punk goes Horror: A Mixtape Anthology by William Sterling (Goodreads Author), Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author), Glenn Rolfe (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 46 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
	Dead Men's Chests 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings — 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
	Killer Be Killed 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — 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
	Through Withered Roots 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Through Frozen Veins 4.14 avg rating — 14 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
	Our Beanie Beastie Nightmare 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Killer Be Killed Book 2: Homewrecker 4.50 avg rating — 6 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
	PUNK goes HORROR II: Hardcore for the Encore by William Sterling (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Clay McLeod Chapmen, Cynthia Pelayo (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
	Synapse 4.67 avg rating — 3 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

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King Sorrow

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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The Long Low Whistle

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)

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Still good, but didn't have quite the chaos magic that the first book had. It felt like Doomsday told two separate stories, back to back (the quests) which made the whole book feel a little segmented. Still, Carl, Donut, and Mongo are a dream team for ...more
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Reynolds approaches the Contemporary Western with all the flourish of a poet and the bite of a good, cheap whiskey. With a saloon's worth of engaging, deep characters, and stomach-turning kills, it's worth saddling right up to the bar for a bloody go ...more
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