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M.C. August

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Chicago, The United States

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Horror, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Ray Bradbury, Robert Eggers and Rod Serling.

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Average rating: 4.73 · 30 ratings · 25 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	DEATH IS FUNNY SOMETIMES 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Smorg War of '84 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution

by Coy Hall (Goodreads Author)

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M.C. August liked Cris's review of Conjuring the Hurricane: "Many thanks to Books Forward and Sarah Hanson writes for including me in this book tour! Conjuring The Hurricane is a memoir in verse written by Sarah Hanson. A memoir in verse uses poetry to tell a connected, personal storyline. This was my first ex" Read more of this review »
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M.C. August and 1 other person liked Sean's review of Smorg War of '84: "This was such a fun and fast read. A frenetic story of greed and bad choices with some heart sprinkled in there for good measure. It read like a season of Fargo and I mean that in the best way possible. I think this would be really great if it got a " Read more of this review »
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BENEATH THE SMOG is my 11th read from Bowyer, and I would rate it as one of my favorites. Namely in part because of the great memorable characters, led by Travis and Davina. And also Craig, who tells a story that readers of the author's autobiography ...more
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M.C. August and 2 other people liked Horror Reads's review of Welcome to Neverbury: "This is less just a collection of stories and more a guide to the horrific and sometimes funny small town of Neverbury. The author takes us on a personal tour of the bizarre, the mad, and the terrors which is simply daily life for the residents. I lo" Read more of this review »
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M.C. August made a comment on Clare Lune’s review of Metro Kinetic " YES, I loved Carl and he is my new favorite character of any book from Brian. "
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