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Muhamad Rivai

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in Jakarta, Indonesia

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Horror, Suspense, Psychology

Influences

Stephen King, HP Lovecraft, RL Stine

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October 2009

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Muhamad Rivai lahir di Jakarta dan mulai aktif menulis di internet sejak tahun 2005. Genre fiksi yang biasa ditulisnya antara lain horor dan thriller. Beberapa cerita pendeknya pernah dikompilasi dalam buku kumpulan cerpen Setelah Gelap Datang (Indie Book Corner, 2012), menjadi salah satu penulis di Cerita Horor Kota (PlotPoint, 2013). pemenang Sayembara Cerpen Fiksi Ilmiah Vol. 2 (Serana 42), dan pemenang utama the Wattys 2022.

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	Cerita Horor Kota by Anastasye, Dwitasari (Goodreads Author), Faisal Oddang (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 65 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
	Setelah Gelap Datang 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012	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
	Mealova by Catz Link Tristan, Glenn Alexei (Goodreads Author), Eva Sri Rahayu (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 18 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
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	Buku Humor Inggris – Indonesia: English Indonesian Joke Book (Language Learning Joke Books) by Jeremy Taylor (Goodreads Author), Muhamad Rivai (Goodreads Author) (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
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The Three-Body Problem Trilogy: Remembrance of Earth's Past

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Muhamad Rivai said: " "Hell Screen" karya Ryonosuke Akutagawa adalah cerita pertama yang saya baca dalam antologi The Weird.

Cerita pendek ini menceritakan seorang pelukis nyentrik bernama Yoshihide yang terkenal karena karyanya selalu menimbulkan perasaan tak nyaman bagi ...more "

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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message 2: by Muhamad

Dec 13, 2012 06:29AM

Luz wrote: "Hi Someone... thanks add friendnya yah. Baidewei lihat aku dimana?"

Haha, baru lihat ada yang komentar dua tahun lalu. Udah nggak inget. :D

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message 1: by Luz

Mar 02, 2010 06:06PM