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Seth Augenstein is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. His new novel Lama with a Gun (2023) was called an "exhaustively researched, bloody, and compelling work of historical fiction" by Kirkus, and his debut, Project 137 (2019) won a Readers Favorite award. His short stories have appeared in more than a dozen magazines and fiction podcasts, including Writer's Digest, The No Sleep Podcast, and The Molotov Cocktail. He spent a decade writing for New Jersey newspapers, most recently at The Star-Ledger. He picked up some state journalism awards, along travels to crime scenes, hospital operating rooms, natural disasters, funerals, and quiet homes. He was also the editor of Forensic Magazine, a tour guide at the James Joyce Centre, and a student ...more

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	Project 137 4.19 avg rating — 42 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
	Full Metal Horror: A Monstrous Anthology by Adam Bennett (Goodreads Author), Sam M. Phillips (Editor), Brian Rosenberger (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 14 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
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	Dreaming The God by Rosemary Edghill, Karen Dales (Goodreads Author) (editor), Glenn Bresciani really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 5 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
	Laid Off 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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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“History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness.”
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“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”
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