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Michael R. Goodwin

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Michael R. Goodwin is the author of THE LIBERTY KEY, a novel of supernatural suspense, SMOLDER, a horror novella, and ROADSIDE FORGOTTEN, a collection of five short stories. His collection of short stories, HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BURN, was released by Dark Pine Publishing, and he has released several standalone short stories.

His work has been featured in multiple anthologies such as "124 Beloved" by Regulus Press, "Lunatic Lullabies" by Pyke Publishing, "October Blood" by Hawke Haus, "Devil's Rejects" by Dark Pine Publishing, and "The Sacrament" by Dark Lit Press. Aside from writing, he enjoys reading, composing music, and photography.

He lives in Maine with his wife and four children. ...more

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	The Ritual 3.76 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Smolder 3.73 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Ritual II: Krampusnacht 3.87 avg rating — 123 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
	How Good It Feels to Burn 4.35 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	There Are Worse Things 3.68 avg rating — 87 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 Cameraman 4.06 avg rating — 65 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
	Kindness 4.03 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Broken Justice 4.43 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	SCRIBE 4.39 avg rating — 41 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
	Devil's Rejects: A Horror Anthology for Second Chances by Michael R. Goodwin (Goodreads Author), Ai Jiang (Goodreads Author), Jacob Ian DeCoursey (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2022 — 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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Michael Goodwin and 1 other person liked LubriKate's review of The Ritual: "Just a fun little story about a village and the old gods. Overall the story was full of dread, but I did snort laugh at something the Elder said. I'll always remember this story when I hear that song."
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First read twenty-something years ago, just finished it again today. I'll never understand how Kubrick thought he improved on this masterpiece with his interpretation. This is the purest example of how the book is always better than the movie. ...more
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Michael Goodwin and 2 other people liked Alenna Burleson's review of Sparrows: "When a man takes care of his wife he tries to dig deeper into her secrets, She is the town healer, but he starts to think that she might not be everything she says she is. This was a really good short story and I really think this could be a really g" Read more of this review »
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Michael Goodwin and 3 other people liked Kiera ☠'s review of Roadside Forgotten: "After a slew of back to back disappointing reads, I turned to Michael R Goodwin as his work has never let me down and wouldn't you know it? Another 5 star experience. The stand out story in this one for me is 'Threads of Destiny'. I kept thinking wha" Read more of this review »
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