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Rakie Keig

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Website

http://rakiekeig.blogspot.com/

Twitter

@rakie

Genre

Horror, Young Adult, Thriller

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Guy N Smith, David Wellington, Peter Clines

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Rakie was born in England, but quickly abandoned those shores for the sunny Isle of Man. Their novels were first published by Hadesgate Publications and Aswang Press.

When not pretending to be a writer, Rakie works at the Mobile Library, driving a bus full of books. They've previously worked in a pathology department and the criminal courts, resulting in a whole lot of anecdotes that they can't tell at dinner parties.

Their interests include horror books, Italian cannibal movies, anything with zombies, WWE, books, Fallout 4, fonts, shiny objects, Ghostbusters, red wine, coffee, books, their feminist agenda, pictures of doggos, and books. They are involved with the local literary festival, Manx Litfest, and totally doesn't try to kidnap the ...more

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	Times of Trouble: A Time Travel Anthology by Lane Adamson (Editor), Matthew Baugh, Thom Brannan (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Phobophobia by Dean M. Drinkel (Editor), Adrian Chamberlin (Goodreads Author), William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Terror Island 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Creature Feature by Neil Jackson (Editor), William Meikle (Goodreads Author), Rakie Keig (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009	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
	Home Ground 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Phobophobias by Dean M. Drinkel (Editor), Christine Morgan, John Palisano (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Horror Express Volume 4: 10th Anniversary Special by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author), John Carpenter, Sara Brooke 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Moths it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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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