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Anthony Trendl

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Palos Heights, IL, The United States

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Classics, Fiction, Poetry

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Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker ...more

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November 2012

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Anthony Trendl is an author, speechwriter, and speaker from Chicago who now lives in the Deep South. His writing ranges from playful children's tales to spiritually influenced psychological short stories.

"The Raging Giant Blue Goldfish: 22 Short Stories" Occasionally outlandish and often sentimental, these will evoke the days of old storytelling told in a new way. Heartwarming, thoughtful, and entertaining. Goldfish, cats, turtles, funny little ghosts (and a couple scary ones), baseball, dogs, tea, amazing kids, and terrible ice cream.

"The Joro Spider Journal: The Blue Book" It's a journal filled with 50 beautiful photos and 50 incredible quotes.

"Death, Misery, & Other Curiosities: 12 Dark Short Stories Filled With Angst and Tragedy" Death. ...more

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Average rating: 4.65 · 51 ratings · 9 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The First Time You Die 4.78 avg rating — 9 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
	Mr. Smith and His Delicious Ice Cream: A Bluster County Tale 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Death, Misery, & Other Curiosities: 12 Dark Short Stories Filled With Angst and Tragedy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	My Biggest Game: A Baseball Story: A Bluster County Tale 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	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
	Underscore 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Escape from Hicklebirkle Manor 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	How Wind Began: The Story of Pepper Jack 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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 Raging Giant Blue Goldfish: 22 Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	The Book of Endorsements: A Ridiculously Short Spiritual Satire Featuring 50+ Glowing Reviews it was amazing 5.00 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
	The Boy Who Hated Doing Everything 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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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New Book: The Book of Endorsements

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The Book of Endorsements: A Ridiculously Short Spiritual Satire Featuring 50+ Glowing Reviews

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Made for His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

by Alistair Begg

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Unsucceeding: Waking Up From My American Dream

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Crying for a Vision and Other Essays (The Collected Steve Scott)

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“Chucky, the once ever-gracious gray Persian cat, had sinned. He had broken the commandment of the house. All who lived within it must abide it. There was only one commandment: the Declaration of Solidarity, and that was this, 'Thou shalt live as if every life is your own.”
― Anthony Trendl, Escape from Hicklebirkle Manor

tags: animals, cat, commandments, escape, rat, romance, silly

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“Bowing low, he gave a last confident nod toward home plate, the kind that said, 'You know kid, I'm Danny Dragoon. I pitch fire, and you can't hit fire. No one can.”
― Anthony Trendl, My Biggest Game: A Baseball Story: A Bluster County Tale

tags: baseball, childhood, little-league, pitcher, sportsmanship

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“Freedom is won, lost, given away, and rented out. They peddle their souls but no one is buying. Nobody wants what the Devil already owns. The best they can do is trade.”
― Anthony Trendl, Underscore

tags: devil, freedom, god, religion, soul

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“But no name has ever equaled the odd name of Triplebippleabbledabblekadupledop Smith...”
― Anthony Trendl, Mr. Smith and His Delicious Ice Cream: A Bluster County Tale

tags: ice-cream, names, silly, tongue-twister, trip

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tags: baseball, childhood, little-league, pitcher, sportsmanship

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tags: animals, cat, commandments, escape, rat, romance, silly

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“His name was Pepper Jack. Or, that what's we called him. OK, no one really did, but we should have. It would have been a cool name for a guy, and a pretty accurate one to boot.”
― Anthony Trendl, How Wind Began: The Story of Pepper Jack

tags: food, nicknames, pepper, silly

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“Jeremy Jeppers hated doing everything. That is, almost everything. He loved to dream about great adventures fighting house-sized dragons, navigating the darkest forests, and flying into thunderstorms with his jet. No matter how harrowing the challenge, Jeremy was always the hero.”
― Anthony Trendl, The Boy Who Hated Doing Everything