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	Horn (Horn, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Exile (Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Series, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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
	Bleed (Horn, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 8 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
	Frost (Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Crusade (Keith Murphy Urban Fantasy Thrillers #3) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	You Don't Want to Be Published (and Other Things Nobody Tells You When You First Start Writing) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
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If You’re A Writer, Debt Is The Enemy

(So I was writing an upcoming essay about file architecture and publishing, and discovered a few unpublished essays I’d written during my morning commute over hte last year. This was originally finished back in April, with some minor rewrites to bring it in line with the current circumstance, so please forgive me if the tone sounds at odds with the current run of essays)

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The Pulp Crime Megapack: 25 Noir Mysteries

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