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Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and spooky tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include the dark fiction collections The Children’s Horror and Pre-Approved for Haunting, the novellas Gargantuana's Ghost, Turn, and JK-LOL, as well as the novelette Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare. He is the editor and publisher of the anthology And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel. His forthcoming works include the Killer VHS novella Night of the Witch-Hunter from Shortwave Publishing and his debut sci-fi/horror novel Abducted from Dark Matter Ink. His 2023 short story "The Scare Groom" was selected for Best Horror of ...more

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	Night of the Witch-Hunter (Killer VHS Series, #6) 3.58 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare 4.54 avg rating — 96 ratings — 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
	Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories 3.90 avg rating — 88 ratings — 7 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
	Abducted 3.21 avg rating — 92 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
	La Casa de las Nueces 3.81 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
	JK-LOL 3.78 avg rating — 40 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
	And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel by Patrick Barb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Clair (foreword), Lillah Lawson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 36 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 Children's Horror: Cursed Episodes for Doomed Adults 3.75 avg rating — 36 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
	Gargantuana's Ghost 4.73 avg rating — 26 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
	Split Scream Volume Three by Patrick Barb (Goodreads Author), J.A.W. McCarthy (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 27 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

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Patrick Barb and 1 other person liked Taylor R's review of Split Scream Volume Three: "I do love a good lesbian love story about paintings that vomit bile."
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Patrick Barb liked Stranger Steph's review of JK-LOL: "Online trolls beware! This book is very fun, fast, and bloody. Barb created an antagonist MC that you can easily root against while still keeping him human and almost relatable. There's plenty of dark humor, add in the cool use of multi media and you " Read more of this review »
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THE MONSTERS AMONG US is a transgressive tale of supernatural pulp phantasmagoria, written by an author with Biblical-sized storytelling ambitions. Kent Priore provides a Weird Tales, dark fantasy take on Testaments Old and New, crafting a tale as sh ...more
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Patrick Barb rated a book it was amazing Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten (Goodreads Author)	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 powerhouse of a debut collection. Ten weaves themes of the immigrant experience, of the experience of growing up as a girl/woman, and the experience of moving beyond the past to find the new “you” at the end of the transformative journey, coalescin ...more
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Patrick Barb made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Alternative Cover Request topic " Hello, I am the author. The cover of the book has been updated a while back. I would like an alternative cover edition created for that one and to have ...more "
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