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John Kenyon

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Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories, Crime

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John Kenyon is the author of the story collection "The First Cut" and the novella "Get Hit, Hit Back." By day, he is executive director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization. He founded and edited the short-lived crime fiction magazine, Grift, edited the ebook collection Grimm Tales, and has published stories with Beat to a Pulp, Needle, Pulp Modern, Shotgun Honey and elsewhere. ...more

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	Grimm Tales by John Kenyon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nigel Bird (Goodreads Author), Kaye George (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2011	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
	Pulp Modern, Autumn 2011 by Alec Cizak (Goodreads Author), Thomas Pluck, David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Pulp Modern #2 by Alec Cizak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jeremy Shane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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 First Cut 4.38 avg rating — 8 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 Mystery of the Vanishing Pets (The 3Ds, #4) by Janis Hennessey (Goodreads Author), John Kenyon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Soks Gemma (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Get Hit, Hit Back by Jack Tunney (Goodreads Author), John Kenyon (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Grift Magazine #1 it was amazing 5.00 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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Untreed Reads: GRIMM TALES: A Great Collection	2	7	Jul 25, 2012 02:25AM
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Jan 15, 2013 09:53PM

Seems to me, folks should have some appropriate return greeting when they hear an admired author has become their friend (once again) around this GoodlyReading salon.

So ~ conjure in your mind if you will, a lovely carafe of sangria and Dave Brubeck jazz -- a stack of books and our repartee in between.

Glad you're out there -- uh, I mean here.
~ your colleague, Absolutely*Kate

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message 1: by Ed

Oct 14, 2008 03:24PM

Many thanks for the add, John. Much success and good reads to you. Have a great week.

Ed Lynskey
author, PELHAM FELL HERE

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