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Steve Zappa is the author of The Kinky and Unfortunate Events of Billy "Bone Spurs" Bumble (satire), Alma Mendoza (dark comedy), and Pineapple Abyss (memoir). He studied literature and philosophy at California State University, Fullerton. He lives in Orange County, California. ...more

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Alma Mendoza is my dark comedy, set in the town of Sitka, Alaska. I probably should've done the audiobook back when I published the novella, but here it is now. It's available on Audible and Spotify.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 112 ratings · 37 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pineapple Abyss: A Memoir 3.89 avg rating — 53 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 Kinky and Unfortunate Events of Billy "Bone Spurs" Bumble: A Novelette 3.53 avg rating — 34 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
	Alma Mendoza: An Alaskan Dark Comedy Novella 3.64 avg rating — 25 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
	Alma Mendoza: A Novella by Steve Zappa (Goodreads Author), Mikayla Klien (Narrator) 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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“People find what they are looking for." (after brother saw a ghost at cemetery)”
― Steve Zappa, Pineapple Abyss: A Memoir

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“(psych doctor) "...treated me like a check in a box every morning, like a chore that needed to be briefly handled.”
― Steve Zappa, Pineapple Abyss: A Memoir

tags: indifference, psychotherapy

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