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Barbara Rein

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WELCOME TO BARBARA REIN'S NIGHTMARES.
Her book, Tales from the Eerie Canal: 22 Stories of the Delightfully Dark and Creepy, won the Florida Writers Association’s 2021 Royal Palm Literary Award for “Best Published Book of the Year.”
In2ition Magazine named her “2021 Short Story Writer of the Year.”
She writes “horror lite” short stories (goosebumps, not gore) culled from a childhood of macabre fairy tales and endless episodes of Twilight Zone.

Barbara first published in second grade with a poem and short story in Junior Scholastics Magazine. But her book series, Cassandra McGillicuddy’s Adventures in Outer Space, complete with stick figure drawings, was panned by her fourth-grade teacher. Well, Mrs. Atchison, look at her now—an award-winn ...more

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	Tales from the Eerie Canal 4.42 avg rating — 74 ratings — 7 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
	Tales from the Eerie Canal: 22 Stories of the Delightfully Dark & Creepy 3.91 avg rating — 22 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
	On A Roll: My Addiction to Toilet Paper 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Bug Off it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Losing at the Winn-Dixie 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Mascara: Living on the Fringe 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
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	Create an Illusion: Florida Writers Association Collection, Volume 12 by Shutta Crum (Goodreads Author), Ricky Keck, Jody Lebel (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	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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Tales from the Eerie Canal

I think one of the hardest things a writer can undertake is the short story. Stephen King is one who mastered the art and still is one of the best out there. Recently I obtained this book by Barbara Plonsky Rein . I have to say this is one of the best collections of short stories I've read in quite awhile. All the stories are very well written and highl Read more of this blog post »

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The Rose Code

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Not Like Us

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