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Michael Duda

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Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

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Michael Duda writes about the things a place tries to forget and the people who refuse to let it. His work runs across three lines that share one preoccupation — ruins, grief, and holding on past the point of sense. War Dogs, beginning with the novel Pit Bull, is grimdark military SF: the war ended, the soldier didn't. Rattletrap and Mouse turns the same idea warm; The Whisper Lounge turns it toward horror, set in Akron, where he lives. Different genres, one idea: the holding on is the point.

He lives in Akron, Ohio with his wife and their dogs, and spends too much time thinking about buildings that should have been condemned years ago.

Also wrote as M. Duda
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The Rattletrap Watch — A New Novella Series

I've been wanting to continue this since 2019, ever since the short story was first published in The Sound of Blue.

Fortunately, writing novellas are more manageable than a full length novel. I've learned this while wrapping up my second book. At about 20k words, outlining, plotting and actually writing the story turned out to be a fun diversion while finishing the horror book. Sometimes, I just mi Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.82 · 85 ratings · 26 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound of Blue 3.82 avg rating — 34 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
	Spectrum: Stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, the Unusual and the Sometimes Ordinary 3.78 avg rating — 32 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
	War Dogs: Pit Bull 3.82 avg rating — 11 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
	A Metal Heart Shines Brightest 3.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Stars in the Winter Sky 4.50 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
	Rattletrap and Mouse (The Rattletrap Watch Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2026	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 Whisper Lounge 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Michael Duda made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Cover update — Rattletrap and Mouse (Kindle, ASIN B0H89WXK8R) topic " Thank you! "
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