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George R. Appelt Jr.

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George currently haunts a small town in Pennsylvania where he channels sinister, short stories, suspense novels, and quirky mysteries.

George's first novel Shepherd's Fall was published in April of 2012 by Kismet & Company Publishing.

George's second novel Life Bites, A Jay Watson Mystery was published in Nov of 2013 and is now available.

He is a member of Mid-Atlantic Horror Professionals,Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, and Pennwriters. He won First Place in 2002 Central Pennsylvania Writer’s Organization’s contest for short fiction. His short stories have appeared in the Mt. Zion Speculative Fiction Review and on AlienSkinMag.com.
He spent three years as a syndicated cartoonist on ArtistMarket.com.

George is currently at work on a paran
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Ten Reasons We Love Vampires

While preparing for the release of my new novel, Life Bites: A Jay Watson Mystery, I got to thinking about why we love vampires. They are, after all, one of the coolest monsters in our literature and movies. And no matter how many vampire stories we have read or viewed, it’s like eating potato chips--we always have room for one more.

1. Hang out in Cool Lairs
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