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Tim Paggi is a horror writer, poet, playwright and performer from Baltimore, MD. He is the author of "How to Kill Friends and Eviscerate People" and the forthcoming "The Other Side of the Hallway." He holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Publication Arts from the University of Baltimore, and serves as associate editor for Bruiser Mag. ...more

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	How to Kill Friends and Eviscerate People 4.47 avg rating — 43 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
	Work Ethic 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Workforced it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	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 Other Side of the Hallway: A Corporate Horror Novelette 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025	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 Un Saddest Factory presents Ten Minute Play Festival: August 2011 (Volume 2) by Un Saddest Factory, Jenn Strunge (Cover Design), Megan McShea (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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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Tim Paggi and 16 other people liked Strega Di Gatti's review of This'll Make Things a Little Easier: "A good way to have a bad time. This'll Make Things a Little Easier features cosmic horror with Lovecraftian edges, including a straight-up pastiche in which a character is coy about the world’s new “tentacled fish god or whatever”. The first three st" Read more of this review »
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