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Matt Micheli

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Matt Micheli is an award-winning horror and dark-fiction author out of New Braunfels, TX. He has several fiction and non-fiction pieces featured in various magazines and anthologies and is a multi-contributor to This is Horror, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Horror Tree. A widower (he lost his wife to Cancer) and a loving father to a daughter and husky dogs, he spends his days dabbling in domestication and his nights in Tequila, always searching for the next great story.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 931 ratings · 453 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Two Minutes with the Devil 3.96 avg rating — 183 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
	The White 4.09 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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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	Scratched 3.81 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Pornageddon (Matt Micheli Books) 4.23 avg rating — 65 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
	A Halloween Story 2 4.33 avg rating — 51 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
	The Vines 4.29 avg rating — 45 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
	The Box (Chapbook Series) 4.11 avg rating — 44 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
	A Halloween Story: The Complete Collection 4.15 avg rating — 41 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
	Memoirs of a Violent Sleeper 3.59 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2010 — 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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The Rum Diary – Hunter S. Thompson, rum, cock-fighting, more rum, and . . . well . . . more rum.

It was 1959. Or was it 1960? He was 22 (He of course, being Hunter S. Thompson ). He flew into San Juan, Puerto Rico to work for a small sport’s paper, which later gave rise to the story stemming from the Caribbean hotspot, fittingly titled: The Rum Diary. The idea was to write an American novel tha

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Famous For Nothing

by T/James Reagan (Goodreads Author)

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Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

by Walter Kaufmann

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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

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Matt Micheli answered E. Mercy's question: Do you ever write stories just for yourself that you never show anyone else? I get sort of conflicted on what to do with some things I write because the idea of it being seen by anyone makes me quite uncomfortable. Silly, but it's how I am. What about you? Hi! I write everything for myself but aren’t afraid to submit them if there is a “call” the story may work for. About half of the stories in my recently released collection were unpublished until now—they were written without intent many years ago wi See Full Answer
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Matt Micheli and 1 other person liked Amanda Ruzsa's review of PIECE OF SHIT LOSER SCUMBAG: THIS IS NOT A MEMOIR: "This collection is … man, the right word eludes me. Polished? Grown-Up? Professional? Real? They’re the kind of stories I read when I was an adolescent craving adulthood, more mature people around me, elevated thinking. This collection hooked me imme" Read more of this review »
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Matt Micheli liked Stephanie's review of PIECE OF SHIT LOSER SCUMBAG: THIS IS NOT A MEMOIR: "Thank you to BookSirens for providing a review copy. Matt Micheli wrote my favorite novella last year (The Vines), so I was eager to check out his short fiction. Even though all of the characters within a incredibly awful people, I enjoyed every stor" Read more of this review »
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Matt Micheli answered Adam Burnett's question: Hey Matt - any plans to publish in paperback any time soon? I've heard good things about your books, particularly 2 Minutes With the Devil, and would love to check it out but I really prefer print. Hey, Adam! It is available in print if you haven't found that info over the last year since messaging me! Sorry for the extreme delay. Not sure how I missed the message!
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