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Matt Peters holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans, and his fiction focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society and who break free of those confines in unusual or illicit ways. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Full Sail University and runs Beating Windward Press

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	Loneliness Universe by Eugenia Triantafyllou (Goodreads Author), Matt Peters (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.71 avg rating — 89 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
	Bits of the Dead by Keith Gouveia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Piers Anthony, Joel Arnold (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2008 — 4 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
	Keeping Track: Fiction of Lists by Yelizaveta P. Renfro (editor), Steve Edwards, Kathie Giorgio (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	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
	Skeletal Remains: A Grisly Collection by Keith Gouveia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lorne Dixon (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Robb (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Edgar Allan Poe and the Specter Eliminator by Keith Gouveia (Goodreads Author), Matt Peters (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
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	Combing the Clouds by Dave Berthiaume (Performer), Steve Senkiw (Performer), Matt Peters (Goodreads Author) (Performer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Matt’s Quotes

“He was an eleven year old man.
-(inside joke)”
― M.H. Herlong, The Great Wide Sea

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“What’s up?” I said.
“Nothing.”
“I mean what’s wrong?”
“My leg is broken.”
“Yeah, I noticed.”
― M.H. Herlong, The Great Wide Sea

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“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].”
― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed

tags: books, culture, literature

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“A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair.

James, what’s wrong?' the friend asked. 'Is it the work?'

Joyce indicated assent without even raising his head to look at his friend. Of course it was the work; isn’t it always?

How many words did you get today?' the friend pursued.

Joyce (still in despair, still sprawled facedown on his desk): 'Seven.'

Seven? But James… that’s good, at least for you.'

Yes,' Joyce said, finally looking up. 'I suppose it is… but I don’t know what order they go in!”
― Stephen King

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“Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain.

Popular people, well, they're just the best liars.”
― Rick Remender, Deadly Class, Volume 1: Reagan Youth

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