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November 01, 1954

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Born in late 1954 in Easthampton, New York, Alan Loewen is the product of a long line of German Mennonite farmers on his father's side and a long line of Episcopalian whalers and fishermen on his mother's side.

In his early years, Loewen became an avid reader, devouring fantasy and science fiction as fast he could read. His favorite novels to this day will always be H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds along with Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. Loewen knows that his writing did not originate in a vacuum and acknowledges he stands on the shoulders of giants who have inspired him over the years: C. S. Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft, Alan Garner, Robert Holdstock, and many others.

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	Opal Wine 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dark Dreams and Darker Visions: Ten Stories of Dark Fantasy 3.78 avg rating — 9 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
	Come Into My Cellar: Darker Tales From A Cerebral Vault 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	The Seven Sisters 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	In Humor Most Odd: The Collected Silliness of Alan Loewen 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Lovecraftiana: Vol 8, Issue 1, Walpurgisnacht 2023

by J.M. Turner

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Wonderful Pictures But No Text As a fan of Shinto shrine architecture and aesthetics I found the photographs enchanting. A pity that there was no accompanying text to explain what each photo represents.
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Wonderful Photographs, But No Text As a fan of Shinto shrine architecture and aesthetics, this photograph are a sheer delight. Unfortunately, there is no accompanying text to explain what each picture conveys.
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Wonderful Pictures, But No Description As a fan of Shinto Shrine architecture sand aesthetics, the photographs are a delight, but sadly lacking in any description of what each picture represents.
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Lovely Pictures, But No Description As a fan of Shinto shrine architecture and aesthetics, I loved the photographs. Sadly, there is no description or explanation of what each picture represents.
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Lovely Pictures, But No Description As a fan of Shinto shrine architecture and aesthetics, I loved the photographs. Sadly, there is no description or explanation of what each picture represents.
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Alan Loewen rated a book liked it Urban Legend: The Haunting of Langdon Hall by Kit Crumb	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
Entertaining Story In Desperate Need of an Editor The narrator is a woman reporter doing a story on the haunting of Langdon Hall and discovers more than what she bargained for. With a real ghost to deal with and two recluse owners of the hall, the sto ...more
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Comic Fantasy Romances Create a Braided Novel I confess I struggled to understand how a mind that came up with The King in Yellow could produce a string of rather silly stories that compose In Search of the Unknown. The stories follow a young man empl ...more
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No … Just … No I bought The Slime of Our Lives thinking I was going to get some blob-oriented horror, but instead got eight sophomoric x-rated shaggy dog stories that aimed for and achieved the lowest denominator. Don’t get me wrong.McLaughlin is a fi ...more
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A cation Packed Werewolf Thriller Moonrise was an interesting tale of werewolves living amongst humans in a large metropolis. There is lots of action and the author knows how to write a fight scene. My only complaint is the work is in serious need of a ...more
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