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Seth Augenstein is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. His debut story collection The Gospels of Extinction from Lost Meridian Press contains "taut, indelible stories... which are just as smart as they are frightening" (Kirkus). His previous novels were Lama with a Gun (2023, an "exhaustively researched, bloody, and compelling work of historical fiction," Kirkus), and Project 137 (2019). His 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, lastly at The Star-Ledger. He picked up some state journalism awards, along travels to crime scenes, hospital operating rooms, natural disasters, funer ...more

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	Project 137 4.21 avg rating — 43 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
	The Gospels of Extinction: a collection of stories 4.79 avg rating — 24 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
	Full Metal Horror: A Monstrous Anthology by Adam Bennett (Goodreads Author), Sam M. Phillips (Editor), Brian Rosenberger (Goodreads Author) 4.29 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
	Lama With A Gun 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	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
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“The main obligation is to amuse yourself.”
― S.J. Perelman

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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.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666

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“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Collected Works

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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.”
― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

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