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Matt Darst

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Matt Darst got hooked on books early. He read recreationally at first, but soon began hitting the hard stuff after discovering a dog-eared copy of "Salem's Lot."

By twelve, Matt’s addiction to the written word took a turn for the worse. He started writing…for fun. His experimentation with notebooks (a classic gateway) led to dabbling with typewriters.

Matt went cold turkey in law school. He decided to straighten out his life. He got a job, a house, and a dog. His normal life was good. Still…

Pen and pad call to Matt late at night, cooing his name, telling him to take one last hit of fiction. Sometimes, when Matt’s weak, he heeds the siren call of the drug. He wakes from each blackout amid reams of freshly written pages, pages that have seeming
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Matt Darst Hi, S.K. I'm so very sorry that I haven't answered your "question" earlier. I just came across it, and I now realize I need to check Goodreads more of…moreHi, S.K. I'm so very sorry that I haven't answered your "question" earlier. I just came across it, and I now realize I need to check Goodreads more often.
I really appreciate your comment about the cover. A very talented artist by the name of Matt Hale worked on it with the publisher and myself, taking my rough sketch and extremely vague idea of a dead end street and making it so much more. We're currently working with Matt on my next cover for a paranormal superhero tale called Freaks Anon. Matt's work, by the way, can be found at http://matthaledesign.com.
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A Digression: New Order Find Joy Through Division

Here's a recent blog post that tries to be all things:

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Stop by to read my thoughts on the band New Order, their album Lost Sirens, their influence on my novel Dead Things, my hopes for their next album, and a hint at what's to come in my next book, Freaks Anon.

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