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Kevin Catalano is the author of the dark thriller, Where the Sun Shines Out (Skyhorse), and of the short-story collection, Deleted Scenes and Other Bonus Features (Stephen F. Austin University Press). His other work has appeared in places like PANK, storySouth, Booth, Gargoyle Magazine, Fanzine, and Aethlon: a Journal of Sport Literature. He earned his MFA from Rutgers University-Newark, where he currently teaches writing.

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Where the Sun Shines Out

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Exigencies

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Pear Noir! (#5)

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The Sky Is a Free Country

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The Word Made Flesh

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Surreal South '13

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Poiesis Review #7

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Get Lit, Round 1: Flash Fic...

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Deleted Scenes

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