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L.A. Barnitz

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Born

in Lake Spring, MO, The United States

Website

https://labarnitzbooks.com

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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J.R.R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Ursula Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Octavia But ...more

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August 2026: I continue to work on the second novel in The Cursed Cycles series. The Stonebound Heir is only the first story of the fate of Ascarya Erde in the 43rd generation after Starfall. If you loved the characters in this medieval India-inspired world and bittersweet stories where loyalties are tested and betrayals are all too common, please follow me on IG and sign up for my occasional newsletter at https://forms.gle/M3FofXkb34jPdAk18

My latest novella - A Haunting at Bent Creek - is available only at labarnitzbooks.com. It’s a sharp little Ozarks gothic story about a woman facing life alone after her husband’s death. Barely holding onto her family's farm, the last thing Dorie Coppedge needs is a visit from her dead sister and a forme ...more

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For those who understand how hard it is to leave a place, even when it's a hard place. Harrow's MC Opal is one of the best drawn I've read so far in her works. She's a hardened punk with spunk who's not quite beyond reach because she cares for her yo ...more
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This is a story for those who want good guys to be good and bad guys to be bad. I'm not always in that camp, but I did greatly enjoy this story about a misfit group headed off to learn more about the mysterious Trell who have overrun the southern par ...more
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