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Kevin J. Kennedy

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Born

in Scotland, The United Kingdom

Twitter

https://twitter.com/KevinJKennedy01

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Ebooks

Influences

Richard Laymon. Carlton Mellick III. and Edward Lee.

Member Since

September 2013

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Kevin J. Kennedy is a horror author, editor, and anthologist. He is the owner of KJK Publishing and runs the bestselling 'The Horror Collection' series. He is the author of Halloween Land, The Clown and Nothing is Real.

He lives in the heart of Scotland with his beautiful wife, three cats, Carlito, Ariel and Luna, and a Pomchi called Orko. He can be found on Facebook if you want to chat with him.
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	The Horror Collection: Gold Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Becky Narron (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Cross (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Halloween Land 3.44 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	100 Word Horrors: An Anthology of Horror Drabbles by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Cross (Goodreads Author), John Dover (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Collected Christmas Horror Shorts by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Brandy Yassa (Editor), C.S. Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Horror Collection: Black Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Becky Narron (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Chizmar (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 294 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
	The Horror Collection: White Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Mark Tufo (Goodreads Author), Amy Cross (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Horror Collection: Sapphire Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Natasha Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Graham Masterton 4.11 avg rating — 266 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
	The Horror Collection: Purple Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Ray Garton 4.02 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Collected Easter Horror Shorts (Collected Horror Shorts #2) by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brandy Yassa (Editor), Lisa Vasquez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Horror Collection: Lost Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Russell James, Mark Towse (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 194 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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“Last name, Van Helsing, first name Abraham.”
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“Hey, how is a divorce like a hand grenade?” I ask. He shrugs. “You pull off the ring and your whole house is gone.”
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“felt like a trudge through a pissed off walk-in freezer.”
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“No fuckin way: cunt dies when ah fuckin well say eh dies.

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