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Justin A. Burnett is the author of The Puppet King and Other Atonements. He’s also the Executive Editor of Silent Motorist Media, a weird fiction press responsible for the publication of the anthologies Mannequin: Tales of Wood Made Flesh, which was named best horror anthology of 2019 by Rue Morgue magazine, The Nightside Codex, and Hymns of Abomination, a tribute to the work of Matthew M. Bartlett. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and children.

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	The Puppet King and Other Atonements 4.10 avg rating — 122 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
	Hymns of Abomination by Justin A. Burnett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.J. Bagley (Goodreads Author), Yves Tourigny 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Mannequin: Tales of Wood Made Flesh by Justin A. Burnett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jon Padgett (Goodreads Author), Michael Wehunt (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Nightside Codex by Justin A. Burnett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Evenson, Stephen Jones 3.62 avg rating — 26 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
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	Mysterium Tremendum: Axis Mundi by Justin A. Burnett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott R. Jones (Goodreads Author), Benjamin Gardner 4.20 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
	Mysterium Tremendum: Metamorphosis by Justin A. Burnett (Goodreads Author), Matt Neil Hill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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 Last Drug Trial on Earth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	At the Rim of Daylight it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
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