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Josh Hilden

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in Ann Arbor, The United States

August 03, 1976

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, History

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Josh is a native of the Metro Detroit region of Michigan and currently calls Dayton, Ohio home. He cut his writing teeth in the role-playing game (RPG) industry working for companies such as Palladium Books and Third Eye Games. Josh married his wife Karen in 1996. They have six children and two grandchildren. Josh writes in a variety of genres, but the majority of his books are in the realms of science fiction and horror.

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25 Years Later

We all know where we were when the towers came down.

It happened 25 years ago. But we'll never forget the details of that day.

Every year, people tell their story of where they were and what they were doing when the towers came down. I got tired of it. For the last few years, I've abstained from the storytelling.

It's not that the incident didn't affect me. Quite the contrary. I was as scarred as Read more of this blog post »

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	The Rising (The Shores of the Dead, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 70 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
	The Shores of the Dead: Book 2: The Journey by Josh Hilden (Goodreads Author), Marla Terrible (Editor), Bradley McDevitt (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Dead Reign Rpg by Josh Hilden (Goodreads Author), Kevin Siembieda, Joshua Sanford 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The Final Stand (The Shores of the Dead, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Frankenstein, King of the Dead: Overture of Chaos really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Nightmares & Echoes 3: 2016 Gorillas With Scissors Press Charity Anthology by Josh Hilden (Goodreads Author), Al Halsey (Goodreads Author), Ben Mason 3.91 avg rating — 22 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
	Last Train Out - "A Short Tale From the Shores of the Dead" 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	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
	Best Friends: A Short Tale of Friendship 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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 Shores Of The Dead: Omnibus Edition 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	One Way Ticket 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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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The Shores of the Dead (3 books)
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Frankenstein King of the Dead (6 books)
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Jennifer Tovar (Editor)

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Summer Camp of the Dead (2 books)
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The Long Night (1 book)
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Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

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