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Richard Cody

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in San Jose, CA, The United States

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http://stores.lulu.com/rcodywrites

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Poetry, Short Stories, Dark Fiction

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Richard Cody is a writer of poetry, fiction, and third person bios. His work has appeared in many and varied print and virtual publications.

He has recently produced three books, all available as print on demand volumes at RCodywrites and/or Amazon.Com:

The Jewel in The Moment, random observations in Haikuish is the first collection of his experiments with the venerable Haiku form.

Darker Corners collects fourteen tales of the strange and macabre.

In these pages you will meet vampires, murderers, children and others who know where the shadows go. This expanded edition of Darker Corners pulls six new tales of dark wonder into the light. Read at your own risk. Some things are better left unseen.

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The Blue Dog Journal

Originally begun in 2005, with more than 5 years of hiatus in between chapters, my open ended narrative about life in a small town on the border of California and possibility, The Blue Dog Journal, is enjoying fresh writing with two new chapters since November 21, 2011!

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Average rating: 4.0 · 19 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Sniper: American Single-Shot Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan by Gina Cavallaro, Matt Larsen (Goodreads Author), Richard Cody (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2010 — 17 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 black flag of anarchy; antistatism in the United States

by Corinne Jacker

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The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

by Ann VanderMeer

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