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Michael’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Hard Road
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Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 2
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Still Black Remains
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Fight Card: Can't Miss Contender
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Nine In The Morning
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Fight Card: CAN'T MISS CONTENDER
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5x5 Fiction: Issue One - Murder, Monsters and Misfortune
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Six Sentences, Volume 2
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Between The Lines at The Yard: Crime Blog
BETWEEN THE LINES
My short story: BETWEEN THE LINES was published at The Yard: Crime Blog.
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Set in Atlantic City after Tim’s first year at college playing basketball, this book is equal parts crime fiction, coming of age, and sports drama. Tim lives to play ball, but he’s got issues. Booze. Dope. PST from a death in the family. A father he h" Read more of this review » |
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The Busker War: A Sarah and Jess Adventure (Santa Lacrimosa Book 3)
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The Busker War was fun from start to finish, landing somewhere between the madcap wit of Dave Barry, the sports-bar storytelling of Dan Jenkins, and the Florida-gone-wild craziness of Carl Hiaasen. From the very first page of The Busker War, Whiskey L ...more |
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"Saints of the Asphalt by Michael Downing was an engaging read. Some stories can be referred to as a slice of life, but this one was the whole pie. The author guides us through the streets of Atlantic City and behind the shiny facades. The main charac"
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
“We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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