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Ted Wenskus

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in Rochester, NY, The United States

April 06

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Humor and Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

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Ted Wenskus is a freelance writer and lives in Rochester, NY. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies including Rom Zom Com, Strangely Funny, Zombie Zoology, and the alternate-history collection Rochester Rewritten. His first novel, The Mostly Weird Chronicles of Steffan McFessel, co-authored with Marcos Donnelly, was released in 2011. Ted has also written numerous short plays which have been produced in England, Australia, Dubai, the Philippines, and throughout New York. He is currently working on a variety of fiction and theater projects (as always).

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	Dracula by Bram Stoker, Amanda Friday (Narrator), Russell Gold (Narrator) 4.03 avg rating — 1,533,224 ratings — published 1897 — 10 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
	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery, Susan Iannucci (Narrator), Amanda Friday (Narrator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,150,922 ratings — published 1908 — 2038 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
	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Andy Harrington (Narrator), Rob Goll (Narrator) 3.85 avg rating — 553,649 ratings — published 1882 — 108 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
	Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) (full-cast production) by L.M. Montgomery, Susan Iannucci (Narrator), Amanda Friday (Narrator) 4.29 avg rating — 200,211 ratings — published 1915 — 36 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 Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Josh Innerst (Narrator), David Stifel (Narrator) 4.09 avg rating — 178,738 ratings — published 1320 — 105 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 Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott R. McKinley (Narrator), Rob Goll (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.93 avg rating — 74,570 ratings — published 1912 — 22 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 Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Elizabeth Klett (Narrator), Amanda Friday (Narrator) 3.69 avg rating — 46,923 ratings — published 1903 — 737 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 House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan Iannucci (Narrator), Elizabeth Klett (Narrator) 3.45 avg rating — 43,917 ratings — published 1851 — 1319 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
	Down for the Count 3.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Rochester Rewritten: Rochester in the Alternative by Ted Wenskus (Goodreads Author) (Lead Editor, Contributor), David Henn (Editor), Jennifer Moser Jurling (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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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