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Coy Hall

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Coy Hall lives in West Virginia, where he splits time as a professor of history and author. His books include Grimoire of the Four Impostors (2021), The Hangman Feeds the Jackal: A Gothic Western (2022), The Promise of Plague Wolves (2023), and A Séance for Wicked King Death (2023).

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	The Hangman Feeds The Jackal: A Gothic Western 4.57 avg rating — 167 ratings — 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
	Grimoire of the Four Impostors 4.50 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Promise of Plague Wolves 4.43 avg rating — 149 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
	A Séance for Wicked King Death 4.73 avg rating — 110 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
	Colossus with a Poison Tongue: A Novel of the Occult 4.56 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Death's Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of World War I by Coy Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jay Charles, Zakariah Johnson 4.42 avg rating — 83 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
	The Owl Men of Shanidar 4.39 avg rating — 71 ratings — 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
	A Pantheon of Thieves and Other Weird Tales 4.57 avg rating — 51 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
	Rider in the Widow Lands: A Sword & Sorcery Short Story 4.62 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
	The Switchblade Svengali 4.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — 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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The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)

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Coy Hall and 1 other person liked Andrew Monge's review of A Lady's Vengeance (Mercy Book 1): "Mercy #1: A Lady’s Vengeance is a helluva series debut from Dick Remington, following the title character as she hunts down her family’s killers. Love Mercy’s progression from angry-but-green wannabe to hardened gunslinger as she gains experience, ba" Read more of this review »
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Coy Hall rated a book it was amazing A Lady's Vengeance (Mercy Book 1) by Dick Remington	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 this new series from Point of Impact, we get the pleasure of meeting Mercy Reynolds, a woman thrust into a life of cathartic violence after the murder of her family. A railroad company wanted the farm, and being told no wasn’t an option. So that’s ...more
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Coy Hall and 1 other person liked Linley's review of Rider in the Widow Lands: A Sword & Sorcery Short Story: "Quick, effective read I enjoyed this short tale. Hall has a way with words and character, and this piece is no exception. I would like to see more works in this universe - a little creepy, a little fantastical, and a whole lot page-turning!" Read more of this review »
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Coy Hall and 1 other person liked S.J. Shank's review of Rider in the Widow Lands: A Sword & Sorcery Short Story: "After reading Coy Hall's new Sword & Sorcery story, my admiration only grows. "Rider in the Widow Lands" is a terrific, moody tale about a flinty-eyed "hero" whose past, only glimpsed, could surely fill volumes. The world-building, the vibes, the acti" Read more of this review »
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Coy Hall rated a book it was amazing Mr. Perkins Goes to Hell by Michael Shotter (Goodreads Author)	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
Intriguing tale that follows bank manager Jim Perkins through an alien invasion and interdimensional shift. Not quite just another day at the office. Functions as a standalone story or as a prequel to Shotter's novel, 500 (which is a must read for me ...more
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Coy Hall rated a book it was amazing Murder in Greasepaint: A Rock Cobbler Case by Whiskey Leavins (Goodreads Author)	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
Funny, extremely clever, and pretty smart beneath its painted face, this is the first novel in Leavins’ Rock Cobbler series. And what a start. From the opening notes, skillfully layering the details of a dead clown student over winking puns and wordp ...more
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“The stench of decayed flesh mixed with the charred village, and he wondered if he smelled the villagers or the festering wound above his ear. That was the world in which he lived - a world in which that quandary could occur to a man.”
― Coy Hall, Grimoire of the Four Impostors

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“Hyacinth understood the power of pageantry and the allure of secrecy. Each of these things alone bent wills, but the mixture of both intoxicated. She'd learned this truth from either the Church or the French.”
― Coy Hall, Grimoire of the Four Impostors

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