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Average rating: 3.93 · 1,227 ratings · 383 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Portrait of a Nuclear Family 3.80 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2022 — 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 Horror Collection: Morte Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), D.W. Hitz (Goodreads Author), J.P. Behrens (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 165 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
	Missing in Miskatonic (Travis Daniels Investigations #1) 4.24 avg rating — 119 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
	To Hell and Back by Joe Mynhardt (editor), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author), Nick Roberts (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 75 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
	We Don't Talk Anymore and Other Dark Fictions 4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — 7 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
	Little Town of Deathlehem: An Anthology of Holiday Horrors for Charity by Michael J. Evans (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Cowan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), D. Alexander Ward (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Murder in the Monashee Mountains (Travis Daniels Investigations #2) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Contact 2: Blood & Steel (CONTACT! Military-Horror Anthology series) by Chris McInally (Goodreads Author), Alister Hodge (Goodreads Author), Daniele Bonfanti 3.92 avg rating — 24 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
	Blue Legs & Other Coming of Age Stories by J.P. Behrens (Goodreads Author) (editor), Everett Cooney, Laura L. Mays Hoopes 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Trinity of Chosen (Ages of Avarath #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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This is a hard story to tell and to title. To say it was a defining moment in my life is almost an insult to the memory of the event itself and the months that followed. Months… Years that followed and still continue. I’ve written on this before, but never this publicly.

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Red Empire (Rogue Team International Series, #5)

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J.P. Behrens and 1 other person liked Eva Malone's review of Portrait of a Nuclear Family: "That was a wild fun read. What lengths would you go to for the perfect family? "
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J.P. Behrens made a comment on Maddy Pickett’s review of Portrait of a Nuclear Family " Totally understand! My other work is not nearly as dark. DM me and I’ll send you some ARCs to make up for Portrait. "
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J.P. Behrens made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book not listed on my Author Page topic " Hello, This book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... is not listed on my list of works. I am one of the contributors. Thanks. ...more "
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J.P. Behrens and 2 other people liked Devyn Ramirez's review of Portrait of a Nuclear Family: "I was not prepared First off, would you consider this book to be Splatterpunk? I would say this book is very well written and almost expressive. My only complaint really is that there were several mistakes made that were never corrected during proofre" Read more of this review »
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J.P. Behrens and 1 other person liked Shannon Blanchard's review of Portrait of a Nuclear Family: "What did I just read? LOL YIKES. Great story, kept me invested. A bit gruesome."
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