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Liam Sweeny

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Born
in Albany, NY, The United States
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Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy

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I was born in a rotted wooden shack by the moonlight on a cold winter's night...

Okay, so I was born in a hospital in March on the nation's bicentennial year of 1976. People were partying and I was unleashing bio-terror on my parents every changing time.

Born and raised in the Capital District of New York, Albany and it's environs, I grew up with the pride of knowing that "going to the city" never meant Albany.

I didn't start writing fiction until I got back from Louisiana after Katrina. It took that to launch me from stanzas to scenes.

I've written three Sci-fi/Fantasy novels, a few collections and novellas, and I drifted to old haunts, to the most fun parts of my life - delinquency. So now I write cops and crimes.

I like making great charac ...more

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Black Friday Mayhem

Okay, so I stayed home on Black Friday. I also stayed home on "Grey Thursday" (a.k.a. Thanksgiving) and unfortunately, I'll be online on Cyber Monday (but with the tax office, so I should be okay.)

Whew! Police pepper-sprayin' folks in an Odessa, TX Walmart, some melee in a mall somewhere that involved a Taser... a shopper's taser, not a cop's... And ya know what? No one got arrested in that last i Read more of this blog post »
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Welcome Back, Jack!
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Dead Man's Switch
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Street Whispers: Stories
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Troy Love Story
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The Serpent and the Sun
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113400 Writer's Advice and Feedback Group — 176 members — last activity May 04, 2020 10:21AM
This group is for all writers who want some writing advice or feedback on their stories. Anyone can join, whether they're full-time authors or just te ...more
1865 SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 43351 members — last activity 7 hours, 16 min ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
58291 Pulp Fiction — 1949 members — last activity Sep 07, 2026 10:39AM
Hard Boiled detective novels, noir, and great crime novels (old and new)
97141 The Underrated Authors Project 2013 — 140 members — last activity May 04, 2020 09:50PM
Now, I am not sure if this has been done before, so I apologise if this already exists (I'd be surprised if it hasn't). I wanted to make a group dedic ...more
110624 Get Plucked - Ask Thomas Pluck — 66 members — last activity Nov 25, 2013 12:52PM
A Q&A group for writer Thomas Pluck, editor of the anthologies to benefit PROTECT and author of Blade of Dishonor, the Jay Desmarteaux yarns and the D ...more
162646 Indie Mystery, Crime and Noir. — 21 members — last activity Apr 23, 2020 03:36PM
This group was created by a group of indie authors. We write books, good books, sometimes great books, and we read each other's books. This group is a ...more
50920 Beta Reader Group — 29788 members — last activity 19 hours, 3 min ago
A place to connect writers with beta readers. A cliche is just one of the things to look out for while writing. They can slip in unnoticed and ruin a ...more
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message 3: by L.R.
May 11, 2015 09:52AM

Johnson L.R. These books are made for walking! http://sarahbookpublishing.com/produc...


message 2: by Liam
Nov 17, 2013 07:26PM

Liam Sweeny Zoë wrote: "Hi Liam. Thanks so much for Friending me. So, what's next up on your TBR pile?"

Haven't figured that out yet. Haven't been on Goodreads in a while. Still uploading my own already-read list.


message 1: by Zoë
Mar 15, 2013 02:13AM

Zoë Sharp Hi Liam. Thanks so much for Friending me. So, what's next up on your TBR pile?


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