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Michael Estrin

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Born

in Los Angeles, The United States

Website

https://www.slackernoir.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Crime, Humor and Comedy

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January 2011

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My first novel, Murder and Other Distractions (2012), tells the story of a bored clickbait writer who becomes entangled in a bizarro double-homicide. My short stories have appeared at Akashic.com and Out of the Gutter. My creative nonfiction has appeared in Narratively, Vox, and Tablet. Like the ashes of a Viking warrior dispatched to Valhalla, my journalism is scattered all over the Web.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife, Christina, and our dog, Mortimer. Pro tip: never name your pet after a villain from an ‘80s Eddie Murphy comedy. You've been warned. ...more

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Good guy with a gun

A friend recently told me he stopped following the news. “I realized that it just made me anxious and angry, partly because that’s what it’s designed to do, I guess, but also because it’s usually stuff I can’t do anything about.” He was talking about the national news, specifically the political genre, aka news you can’t use. I prefer news you can use, which is why I opt for local news. The local

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	Murder and Other Distractions 3.48 avg rating — 95 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
	Ride/Share: Micro Stories of Soul, Wit and Wisdom from the Backseat 4.57 avg rating — 14 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
	Not Safe for Work (Porn Valley Mystery, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 12 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
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	Ornamental Alphabets by Raymond Cohn, Michael Estrin (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1955	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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	2,000 DESIGNS, FORMS AND ORNAMENTS, AN ALBUM THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE RANGE OF ORNAMENT FROM PREHISTORIIC TIMES UNTIL THE PRESENT. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
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