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Josh Hilden

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Born

in Ann Arbor, The United States

August 03, 1976

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, History

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Stephen King, Jack McDevitt, Judy Blume, Kevin Siembida, Julian May, H ...more

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February 2012

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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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Sargasso Sea

I'm in a bad place.

A really bad place indeed.

I figure I should get all of this madness out into the bright light and judgmental eyes of the digital world.

Why?

To answer that question, let me back up to 2011.

Between 2005 and 2011, I suffered a series of nervous breakdowns that crushed me, almost into rubble. After a decade of only the Spoose knowing how bad off I was, I opened up to my family doctor Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.98 · 931 ratings · 146 reviews · 475 distinct works

	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 3.80 avg rating — 46 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 — 28 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)

3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings

Summer Camp of the Dead (2 books)
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Josh Hilden (Goodreads Author),

Melanie Heins (Illustrator)

4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings

The Long Night (1 book)
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2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings

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Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department

by Carol Leonnig

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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

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To Lose the Earth (Star Trek: Voyager - Relaunch #14)

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