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Scott Branchfield

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When Scott Branchfield was in eighth grade, his English class put on a stage production of Dracula. Scott looked at all the parts to be cast and decided the part he really wanted to play was Renfield. The crazy sidekick to the count looked like it would be enormously fun to play. Unfortunately he lost the flip of the coin and the part went to his best friend instead. Ah well, perhaps that was the impetus for writing a story about Renfield (upcoming).

Scott is generally mild mannered, but sometimes finds himself swearing at inanimate objects when they fail to behave as they are supposed to. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Idaho State University. He is an avid reader of all of the subgenres of speculative fiction, as well as m ...more

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	Star Liner 4.24 avg rating — 21 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
	Rainbows Aren’t Just for Leprechauns: A Speculative Anthology, Reimagining Colors by Eric Klein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anamura Alententa (Goodreads Author), Andrew Paradiso 4.70 avg rating — 10 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
	Feast or Famine?: A delectable anthology of speculative fiction, concerning humans' relationship with food – or the lack thereof by Eric Klein, Margret A. Treiber (Goodreads Author), Assaph Mehr (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 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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Starliner is a science fiction novel set several hundred years in the future. The main character, Jan Stot, is a young man who has graduated from a performing arts college on his home planet of Flose. But Jan finds that getting a job in the entertainment industry is nearly impossible. On a lark, he applies for a job as an entertainer on a star liner that is making runs to the new colony world of A Read more of this blog post »

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A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8)

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A Cup of Zen: 21 Short Stories to Calm the Mind, Stop Overthinking, and Find Inner Peace - Includes Reflections for Beginners (The Zen Storyteller Book 1)

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Scott Branchfield made a comment in the group Share your Blogs! — My novel topic " Here is my blog: https://scottbranchfield.blogspot.com... I also have a novel coming out on October 30th called The Methane Sea ...more "
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