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Alan Crawford

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Born

in Sydney, Australia

Website

https://www.storiestotellcollection.com.au

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Influences

Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams

Member Since

June 2025

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/alancrawford

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Retired, with plenty of time on his hands and a healthy dose of grumpiness. The Stories to Tell Collection offers absurd Australian satire with loads of sarcasm, cynicism, and a twisted take on the world. Inspired by the likes of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams.

Several curious people, really it’s just one, asked how or where the ideas came from. Thankfully, there’s no clear answer. When the trousers, mind, or weather conditions suit such things, the computer opens, a page appears, and it starts to flow.

Wondrously weird, odd, and strange things abound. Easy to read, hard to forget.

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Average rating: 4.89 · 44 ratings · 30 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Story or Two to Tell (Stories to Tell Collection Book 1) 4.93 avg rating — 27 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
	Very Odd Short Stories (Stories to Tell Collection Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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
	More Stories to Tell (Stories to Tell Collection Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 6 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
	Really Odd Short Stories: (Stories to Tell Collection Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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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Series by Alan Crawford

Stories to Tell Collection (3 books)
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Alan Crawford (Goodreads Author)

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Alan Crawford made a comment on Londa Williams’s review of A Story or Two to Tell (Stories to Tell Collection Book 1) " Thanks Londa :) "
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Alan Crawford liked Londa Williams's review of A Story or Two to Tell (Stories to Tell Collection Book 1): "A Story or Two to Tell is one of those rare books that had me laughing out loud one moment and shaking my head in disbelief the next. Alan Crawford has created a wonderfully cynical narrator whose observations on bureaucracy, human nature, and everyd" Read more of this review »
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Alan Crawford liked Book Lover's review of A Story or Two to Tell (Stories to Tell Collection Book 1): "A Story or Two to Tell is a darkly funny and refreshingly different read. Alan Crawford's sharp humor, cynical observations, and unique storytelling voice make this collection both entertaining and memorable. The blend of absurdity, crime, and satire" Read more of this review »
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Alan Crawford liked booklover's review of Very Odd Short Stories (Stories to Tell Collection Book 3): "I finished Very Odd Short Stories, and it does exactly what the title promises. Each story feels different, but they all share the same strange, offbeat tone. You never quite know where things are going, and that keeps you engaged the whole time. Some" Read more of this review »
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Alan Crawford made a comment on Kaylee’s review of Very Odd Short Stories (Stories to Tell Collection Book 3) " Thanks Kaylee :) "
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“Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul - all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but always has been - arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshipped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul - it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.”
― Oliver Kornetzke

tags: donald-trump

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