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Keith Steinbaum

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THE POE CONSEQUENCE:

WINNER - 2021 Book Excellence Awards for Best Fiction novel

WINNER 2022 Maincrest Media Awards in the Supernatural genre category

WINNER - 2024 American Fiction Awards in the Horror:Supernatural/Paranormal category

WINNER - 2024 Global Book Awards for Suspense Action Fiction

Premise:
After the drive-by shooting of an innocent bystander, the two gangs responsible for his murder face an Edgar Allan Poe inspired vow of revenge from beyond the grave.

“Keith Steinbaum crafts one of those thrillers that resolutely refuses to let go until you have read the last sentence. Then you want to read it again."

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WINNER for the Fiction/Intrigue category in TopShelf magazine's 2020 Book of the Year compet
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Keith Steinbaum For me, writing is a mental health form of therapy like no other. It's an escapist vehicle that enhances my self-esteem while keeping the demons of my…moreFor me, writing is a mental health form of therapy like no other. It's an escapist vehicle that enhances my self-esteem while keeping the demons of my insecurities under control.(less)
Keith Steinbaum First of all, this is quite common and the creative process sometimes needs recharging, so I accept the need to be patient with myself. But it's impor…moreFirst of all, this is quite common and the creative process sometimes needs recharging, so I accept the need to be patient with myself. But it's important to remember that fictional writing allows us to journey into our own minds away from our current realities, so I remind myself each time I write to appreciate the world I'm entering and developing that is all mine. This mind-set limits writer's block for me.(less)
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In Lieu of Flowers

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The Poe Consequence

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You Say Goodbye

4.73 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions
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The Fencers is the fourth book I've read by Geza Tatrallyay, and while two of them are engaging fictional thrillers, (Arctic Meltdown, and the follow-up Arctic Inferno), the other two are autobiographical memoirs from the life of a man who nobody can ...more
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“There will always be con artists, I know that,” Warren admitted. “But that doesn’t mean clairvoyance isn’t real.”
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“He didn’t like the idea of leaving unfinished business behind. He had wanted definite answers about the heart attacks to be able to turn the page on who or what caused so many of his brothers to die.”
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“He tried to get drunk, “to forget about life for awhile,” as that old
Billy Joel song once said, but the scotch couldn't anesthetize his pain
and provide a retreat from the reality of his latest failures.”
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