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Alex Burrett

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in The United Kingdom

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http://www.alexburrett.com/

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Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, Paranormal

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Kafka & comics

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January 2011

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My first collection of short fiction, ‘My Goat Ate Its Own Legs’, was published in the UK in 2008 by Beautiful Books. In 2009 it was published in the US and Canada by Harper Perennial. In 2015 it was published in translation in France by Aux Forges de Vulcain.

I write to reflect on what it means, for me, to be human. It is my hope that others will find my reflections entertaining and engaging… thought provoking, even. This is what I get from my favourite books and comics such as The Outsider / L'Étranger, Candide, The Wasp Factory, Animal Farm, anything by Kafka, Anna Karenina, Lucifer etc.

Poetry is very dear to me: reading it and writing it. In September 2021, I challenged myself to write a sonnet every day for a year: lovessonnets.com.

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	My Goat Ate Its Own Legs: Tales for Adults – Bizarre Dark Comedy Fiction About the Weird Human Race 3.69 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2008 — 27 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
	Outstared by a Bullfrog 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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	Money Puppets: A proposal for ending the hegemony of currency money. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	A damaged boy 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Welsh Psycho

My supernatural, psychological novel is free to download today and tomorrow from Amazon:

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Welsh Psycho
Young Axel Williams killed two boys. After twenty years in prison, he heads to the Welsh mountains to escape his past. But his neighbours want him to kill again. As do the mountains.

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“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
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