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Terrye Turpin

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in McKinney, Texas

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Fiction, Horror, Paranormal

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Stephen King Margaret Atwood Shirley Jackson Ray Bradbury Neil Gaiman ...more

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Terrye is a native Texan who writes stories set in her home state and other strange places. In her free time Terrye enjoys exploring antique, junk, and thrift stores for inspiration and bargains. She’s had stories published in small print and online journals, and writes short, humorous essays for her blog - https://terryeturpin.com/. ...more

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Average rating: 4.67 · 12 ratings · 6 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Imposter: And Other Stories 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Trains in a Perfect World: A Short Story it was amazing 5.00 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
	The Weird and Whatnot: November 16, 2019 by Valerie Haskin (Editor), Rachel Rodman, D.L. Shirey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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

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What Can You Say in 100 Words?

Exploring brevity

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Tonight I cancelled my membership to Medium, the home for much of my very short fiction, short stories, and essays. Most are still posted there, but I don’t write there often enough now to justify the cost of membership. Many of the short stories I wrote over the years I compiled in my first book of short stories and I will need to comb through the rest to

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The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)

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I'm Goin' Back: A novel about fame, fallout, and finding your way back

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Confessions

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