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David Keyes

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in West Covina, California, The United States

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David Keyes has been writing since he was a teenager. An avid follower of film for most of his adult life, he began reviewing movies in the emerging online format in the summer of 1998 (well before the notion of "blogging" was in fashion). He has kept with that tradition for over twenty years, and in 2014 began to release digital annual anthologies of his essays. Additional publications have followed, including "Admit No One" (2017) and "Hell on Reels," both celebrating bad films and horror movies, respectively.

2020 saw David move to fiction, with the release of "A Nightmare in Oz," the first in his series The New Oz Chronicles. Five novels overall have been published in the series, with a sixth expected in 2027.

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	Blood Mountain 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 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
	Seedling: A Story from the New Oz Chronicles by David Keyes (Goodreads Author), Jackson Smith (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 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
	Prisoners of Oz: Founded on and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum (The New Oz Chronicles Book 4) 4.75 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
	The Black Rainbow of Oz: Founded on and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum (The New Oz Chronicles Book 2) by David Keyes (Goodreads Author), Jackson Smith (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	The Green Delight: A Story from the New Oz Chronicles by David Keyes (Goodreads Author), Jackson Smith (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Shadows Over Oz: Founded on and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum (The New Oz Chronicles Book 3) by David Keyes (Goodreads Author), Jackson Smith (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Legacies of the Leopard King: A Story from the New Oz Chronicles by David Keyes (Goodreads Author), Jackson Smith (illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Cinemaphile - The Complete Writings 2013 (The Cinemaphile Anthologies Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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 Cursed Kingdom of Oz: Founded on and Continuing the Famous Oz Stories by L. Frank Baum (The New Oz Chronicles Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Admit No One: A Painful Education in Bad Modern Movies 4.50 avg rating — 2 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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