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	Strings 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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 Cucumber Man: A Short Story 4.23 avg rating — 39 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
	Love's Curse 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Read the End First by Suzanne Robb Adrian Chamberlin (Editor, Contributor), Sean M. Thompson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gregory L. Norris (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Abyss 4.04 avg rating — 23 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
	Rotting Tales by Jessy Marie Roberts (Contributor/Editor), A.A. Garrison (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Phoebe Matthews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Cutlass and Musket, Tales of Piratical Skullduggery by Jessica A. Weiss (Editor), M.S. Gardner, Michael A. Ventrella (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Fem-Fangs by Ty Schwamberger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessy Marie Roberts (Editor), Aaron Legler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	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
	Cobwebs & Antiquities by Chris Bartholomew (Editor), David S. Pointer, Christopher Bleakley 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
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Hola folks,

Last month I released a short story on Kindle called, The Cucumber Man. It is a fun little dark comedy/horror story that I wrote for a laugh with a few friends.

Check it out, it'll only take you 10 minutes to read and it is only 99p (or your country's equivalent) on Kindle, and please leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads when done.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it..:)

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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

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message 2: by Darren

Sep 09, 2011 09:46AM

Hey Fiona,
I've only seen the first two, but I really liked them. Obviously being Russian, they weren't your usual Hollywood influenced blockbusters, which was cool. That's why I thought the books would be good too. So you reckon stick to the films, yeah? lol

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message 1: by Feeownah

Sep 02, 2011 06:15AM

Hi!
Yeh, I read the Day, Night & Twilight watch - they were OK - nothing spectacular. I bought the fourth book in the series but never bothered to read it. I reckon the film would be better, were they good?

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