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Andrew Anderson

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Bathgate, The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction

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Yukio Mishima, Sjón, Raymond Chandler, Roald Dahl, Auður Ava Ólafsdótt ...more

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Andrew (he/him) is a writer and musician born and raised in Bathgate, Scotland, in the last millennium.

He writes flash fiction and short stories, alternating between general fiction, crime, sci-fi and fantasy themes. He also records his own music, which is available on all major streaming platforms.

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	Forgotten Ones: Drabbles of Myth and Legend by Alanna Robertson-Webb (Editor), Michelle River (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Moorefox (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	VSS365 Anthology: Volume One by Mark A. King (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alva Holland, M. Irene Hill 4.49 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Oceans (Dark Drabbles, #9) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Angler 3.97 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Forest of Fear, Volume 1 (Fright Night Fiction, #1) by Zoey Xolton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author), Olivia Arieti really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Hate (Dark Drabbles, #8) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Ames (Goodreads Author), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Worlds (Dark Drabbles, #1) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Becky Benishek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Unravel (Dark Drabbles, #5) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bob Adder (Contributor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Monsters (Dark Drabbles, #3) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Ames (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Apocalypse (Dark Drabbles, #6) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author), David Bowmore (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Year One: 2019 (Dark Moments, #1) by Ben Thomas (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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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Voices

by Arnaldur Indriðason

bookshelves: 2012, iceland, crime, mystery, currently-reading, 2026

read in July 2014

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Stone Age Rampage (Time Hunters, Book 10)

by Chris Blake

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, fantasy, childrens-and-middle-grade, historical-fiction, read-with-my-kids

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Andrew’s Quotes

“Is it not amazing that around a man as cold as I am, there should always be fire? Sometimes it tries to burn me, but I usually collect my things and leave.”
― Halldór Laxness

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“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”
― J.D. Salinger

tags: love

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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

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“If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.”
― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

tags: philosophical

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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