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Co-author of The Giant Smugglers and Deck Z The Titanic Unsinkable. Undead. with Chris Pauls. Contributor to the Onion and other fine publications. ...more

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	Deck Z: The Titanic: Unsinkable. Undead. by Chris Pauls (Goodreads Author), Matt Solomon (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 2,379 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Giant Smugglers by Matt Solomon (Goodreads Author), Chris Pauls (Goodreads Author) 3.46 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Fortunate Accidents by Matt Solomon (Goodreads Author), Randy Wyrick (Foreword) 3.33 avg rating — 3 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

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