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Matthew Fries

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Matthew Fries is a graduate of the creative writing program at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He writes in many genres, but tries to keep it light and humourous. Proudly Canadian, he reverts to UK spelling (see humourous), and seeks to obtain cult status.

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Average rating: 4.34 · 86 ratings · 49 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sick Box (The Sick Box Trilogy, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Blood, Then Water: Short Horror stories 4.57 avg rating — 14 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
	The Rabbit Hole (The Sick Box Trilogy, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 13 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
	Mystery Weekly Magazine: August 2021 by Mystery Weekly Magazine, Kerry Carter (Editor), C. Matthew Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 9: October 2022 by Wayne Kyle Spitzer (Goodreads Author), Brian Hogan, Stephan Mcquiggan 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Wake it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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
	Blood, Then Water Short Horror Fiction 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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The Sick Box Trilogy (2 books)
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