Max Griffin

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Max writes horror and science fiction stories, often with a dark twist. John Gardner's The Art of Fiction is the single most important influence on his thinking about the craft of writing. Authors as diverse as John Updike, Dean Koontz, Richard Matheson, and Lawrence Block inspire and inform his literary style.

Max Griffin is the pen name of a mathematician and academic. Under his professional name, he is the author of a graduate textbook in real analysis and numerous research articles in nonlinear functional analysis. He is currently retired from positions at a major comprehensive university in the southwest. He is the proud parent of a daughter who is a librarian, and the grandparent to two beautiful little boys. He is blessed to be in a
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Average rating: 3.3 · 116 ratings · 24 reviews · 36 distinct works
Flatland

3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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Seeking Hyde

4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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The Time of His Life

2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008
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The Hounds of Hollenbeck (S...

3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Lindermont Lovers

3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009
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The Ascension

2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Other Side Of The Window

2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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On The Road

2.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009
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Murder Me Tender

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Swedish Pot Roast

The title of this post refers to a recipe that appeared in the 1950s with the old Presto Pressure Cooker. This was before slow cookers and other kitchen innovations, and I suspect almost no one has one of these in their kitchen today. Cooking under pressure did more or less pulverize the meat and vegetables in fairly short order, but it’s really no substitute for slow roasting.

However, the flavor

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“It was as though all the angels of heaven and all the demons of hell danced together in his soul.”
Max Griffin, Flatland

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