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Peter Molnar

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Horror, Crime, Science Fiction

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Dan Simmons, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk

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PETER MOLNAR is the author of three novels, including Broken Birds and the Splatterpunk
Nominated collection Rhapsody in Red: Two Novellas of The Damned, as well as numerous short stories, music, book, and video game reviews. He is a teacher and Creative Writing mentor in the secondary school system. He lives just outside Philadelphia with his wife and daughter.

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	Knives for the People 4.40 avg rating — 10 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
	Afflictions and Placebos: Stories 4.86 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
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NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ON AMAZON-Discover the short story collection Five-Time Stoker-Award Winner and New York Times Bestselling author, Jonathan Maberry, calls "Wicked, weird, and wild-these tales dig deep into the most intense side of literary horror." Spanning 25 years of writing, "Afflictions and Placebos: Stories" unearths the black beating heart of the world in all its facetsPeter Molna Read more of this blog post »

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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