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Kyle Pinion

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Kyle Pinion is a writer and film critic from Decatur, GA. His work focuses on horror, the fantastical, and the bad things people do to one another. Before entering the world of fiction, he was a federal and state lobbyist for good causes. He lives in a cute house with his partner and their two dogs, surrounded by work that inspires him

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Taking Root
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Kyle Pinion (Goodreads Author),

Rich Tommaso (Illustrator)

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The Odyssey

by Homer

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The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War Book 1)

by D.M. Smith

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The Sun Also Rises

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Pulling up stakes on this one, folks. Fantasy for people who want it to read like a DnD campaign full of people trying way too hard. The MCU snarky-blockbuster thing in the genre cannot end sooner.
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Breezy and readable enough, but two things really bugged me: for some reason Hoffman kept pivoting to reverie for his protag and you really only should do that if it serves the scene or your character. And in neither case did it really accomplish any ...more
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