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Jo Kaplan is the Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of It Will Just Be Us and When the Night Bells Ring. Her short stories have appeared in Fireside Quarterly, Black Static, Nightmare Magazine, Vastarien, Horror Library, Nightscript, and Bram Stoker award winning anthologies. She has also published work as Joanna Parypinski. In addition to writing, she teaches English and creative writing at Glendale Community College and plays cello in the band Guerra/paz. You can find her on social media @joannapary.

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	It Will Just Be Us 3.62 avg rating — 1,870 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	When the Night Bells Ring 3.67 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2022 — 10 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 Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors by Doug Murano (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annie Neugebauer (Goodreads Author), Sarah Read (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Midnight Muse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World by Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ramsey Campbell (Contributor), Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	House of Haunts by Heather Daughrity, Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Christy Aldridge (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 67 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
	Shakespeare Unleashed (Unleashed #2) by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author), Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 65 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
	These Lingering Shadows by Daemon Manx (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Megargee (Goodreads Author), Christy Aldridge (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Wilted Pages: An Anthology of Dark Academia by Ai Jiang (Goodreads Author), Christi Nogle (Goodreads Author), Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Horror Library, Volume 8 by Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jana Heidersdorf (Illustrator), Octavia Cade (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023 — 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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Jo Kaplan made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — This book is not mine, please move it (part 20) topic " Hi, GR librarians! There are several books listed on my author profile that are not mine. I do not know who this other Jo Kaplan is, but I don't want ...more "
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Jo Kaplan and 1 other person liked Audrey \| WellReadandUndead(ish)'s review of The Midnight Muse: "These mushrooms were MEAN, man! This was one of the best fungicore horrors I’ve ever read. It takes it to the level that I’ve always craved. The setting, a giant forest, somehow feels so perfectly claustrophobic and inspires a feeling of dread and ho" Read more of this review »
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Jo Kaplan liked Charles's review of The Midnight Muse: "I received an e-ARC and am giving my honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this opportunity! This has been sitting in my NetGalley, taunting me, for so long as it was so far out when I first got it. It was WELL worth the wait and" Read more of this review »
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Jo Kaplan and 1 other person liked Valerie Aethra's review of The Midnight Muse: "- body horror - forest rot mushroom horror - heavy metal band - government conspiracy - eerie occult - rottagegore - macabre music obsession - 4.5 stars rounded up - multi-pov 3rd person I love mushrooms so much, and add them to an eerie atmospheric horror wh" Read more of this review »
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Jo Kaplan made a comment on Jason Lavoie’s review of The Midnight Muse " I would LOOOOVE an adaptation with a metal version of the Garth Brooks song!! "
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A wholly original banger with prose sharper than the Butcher's blade. The personal is deftly blended with the apocalyptic, and sincerity and blasphemy walk hand in hand. I loved it. ...more
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“To hate is so easy, so comforting. To love is much more difficult.”
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“just as memories of the past drift through these halls, so too does the future, in glimpses and shadows.”
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“Think of me when your heart is sore and the world seems cruel. And think of me when your heart is full, too—for I will be there with you in your joy.”
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