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Orrin Grey

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

October 30, 1981

Website

http://orringrey.com

Genre

Short Stories, Horror

Influences

Mike Mignola, Montague Rhodes James, E.F. Benson, Fritz Leiber ...more

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March 2009

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https://www.goodreads.com/orrin_grey

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Orrin Grey is a skeleton who likes monsters. When asked, he claims to mostly write oubliettes.

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Orrin Grey's Blog: Shovel Murders & Monologues

“We have uncovered history, gentlemen.” – Green Hell (1940)

What has to have been more than twenty years ago now, I saw a promotional still of the incredible “sun temple” set from Green Hell, and knew that I had to watch it.

Of course, it was more than just the set. Green Hell is the second-to-last movie directed by the great James Whale, and the fifth film to feature none other than Vincent Price, “before he specialized in spooks,” as costar Douglas Fairba

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	Fungi by Orrin Grey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Painted Monsters & Other Strange Beasts by Orrin Grey (Goodreads Author), John Langan (Introduction) 4.23 avg rating — 148 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
	Mutagenesis (The Warlock Sagas #2) 3.63 avg rating — 102 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
	Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales by Orrin Grey (Goodreads Author), Gemma Files (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Never Bet the Devil & Other Warnings by Orrin Grey (Goodreads Author), Bernie Gonzalez (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 65 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
	Monsters from the Vault: Monsters from the Vault: Classic Horror Films Revisited 3.77 avg rating — 56 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
	Godless 4.13 avg rating — 39 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
	Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season One, Volume Three by Orrin Grey (Goodreads Author), Aeryn Rudel (Goodreads Author), Howard Tayler 3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014	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 Cult of Headless Men 4.19 avg rating — 27 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
	How to See Ghosts & Other Figments 4.65 avg rating — 20 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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“Like most pure fungi narratives, its interpretation and retelling into human terms is uncertain.”
― Orrin Grey, Fungi

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“His father was captured shortly after by the AMANITA PHALLOIDES and executed horribly.”
― Orrin Grey, Fungi

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“He was born of a human-fungal love affair that shook the court of Onddo. His mother was a human, a princess of the court, by the name of ‘Agatha’. His father was the notorious pirate captain, AGARICUS AUGUSTUS — THE PRINCE.”
― Orrin Grey, Fungi

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“For these beings, fall is ever the normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond. Where do they come from? The dust. Where do they go? The grave. Does blood stir their veins? No: the night wind. What ticks in their head? The worm. What speaks from their mouth? The toad. What sees from their eye? The snake. What hears with their ear? The abyss between the stars. They sift the human storm for souls, eat flesh of reason, fill tombs with sinners. They frenzy forth....Such are the autumn people.”
― Ray Bradbury

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“If the liberal arts do nothing else, they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.”
― Roger Zelazny, Unicorn Variations

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“Our bodies are the most permanent of Trapper Keepers.”
― Adam Cesare

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