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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 3.57 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Exigencies by Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Luke Spooner (Illustrations) 4.18 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2015	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
	Pear Noir! (#5) by Daniel Casebeer (Editor), Michael Kimball, Sarah Bridgins 4.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011	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 Sky Is a Free Country by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Schuler Benson, Mike Bernicchi 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2019	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 Word Made Flesh 4.25 avg rating — 16 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
	Surreal South '13 by Josh Woods (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Gray Baughan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kendall Giles (Contributor) 4.92 avg rating — 12 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
	Poiesis Review #7 by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dai Akaboshi, Phill Arensberg 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019	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
	Get Lit, Round 1: Flash Fiction by Marcus Speh (Goodreads Author) (Author), Dan Cafaro (Editor), Katrina Gray (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	Deleted Scenes 3.90 avg rating — 10 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
	Exigencies: A Neo-Noir Anthology by Letitia Trent (Goodreads Author), David James Keaton (Goodreads Author), Damien Angelica Walters (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Nine Years Old

It was nine years to the day (plus one b/c I'm dumb) that my novel came out. Incidentally, I just learned that it's only a few sales away from actually making royalties. So if you're interested...Where the Sun Shines Out

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Kevin Catalano wrote a new blog post Nine Years Old It was nine years to the day (plus one b/c I'm dumb) that my novel came out. Incidentally, I just learned that it's only a few sales away from actuall Read more of this blog post »
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I was expecting (hoping) for something much more sexually explicit, but much of that is off the page. I loved, however, the little quiz a third of the way through the book.
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Kevin Catalano is on page 134 of 192 of Snow White: I feel crazy reading this. Snow White by Donald Barthelme progress:	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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Kevin Catalano liked Hannah's review of Where the Sun Shines Out: "This was a disturbing and gripping read. While I was thinking “oh no, I don’t want to read about this” I couldn’t put it down. Not thrilled with the ending, it didn’t need to be happy, just clearer. Also, the time jumping everywhere was very confusin" Read more of this review »
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Kevin’s Quotes

“And the rain was brain colored
and the thunder sounded like something remembering something.”
― Stan Rice

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“Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.”
― Mary Gaitskill, Veronica

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“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
― Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone

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“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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“If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the hundred thousands of books you should have already read - if you wait for the time, you will never do it. ‘Cause there ain’t no time; world don’t want you to do that. World wants you to go to the zoo and eat cotton candy, preferably seven days a week.”
― Harry Crews

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