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Barry Simiana

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in Sydney, Australia

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Literature & Fiction

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Barry Simiana lives = for now - on the North Coast of NSW Australia with his wife and four children.

Barry's first serious publication was 2007 in the anthology "NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD: Short Stories Bound for the Screen" published by St Martins Griffin. It was selected - along with fourteen others - from over 600 submissions, judged by a panel of Hollywood insiders and readers from all over the world, judged and chosen as likely film material.

Next publication was the long awaited "A TOUCH of EVIL" in 2011, published by Nitewriter Media. Nine short stories and novellas, all exploring answers to the eternal question 'What if ...?' The long road to developing a television show based on these stories and others has been undertaken.

Coming soon is t ...more

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Back when I was a kid, and yes it WAS many moons ago, Those two words were the most important ones to use to show regret over your actions that may have hurt another in some way. Those two words had gravitas and at least implied respect either for the act of penitence or the feelings of those hurt. They were not words used lightly, fo

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Average rating: 4.24 · 25 ratings · 14 reviews · 6 distinct works

	A Touch of Evil 4.31 avg rating — 13 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
	Gone to Mums 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Transported Legends - Halloween 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Touch of Evil it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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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Better Off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26)

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Barry Simiana is currently reading Better Off Dead (Jack Reacher, #26) by Lee Child (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
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Better. We seem to be losing the superman complex that’s bogged some of the books in the series down. Hope this continues. Onward to the next one.
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It seems there is a great deal of time between the first three book, the fourth and this, the fifth. You get a sense of the change of style, though the good doctor has lost little of his charm. His friends seemed different. But it was an okay experie ...more
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Loved the book, but the reader was no Hugh Laurie which sort of spoiled it.
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Waste of an hour
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Liked it a lot. To me it was better than the rest so far. Tight writing, good plot design. Yeah, real good.
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