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Rob Smales

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Born

in Salem, Massachusetts, The United States

Website

http://www.RobSmales.com

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Genre

Horror, Thriller, Short Story

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May 2011

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Lifelong reader, recently turned writer, my friends were surprised when I turned to writing horror. They remember me reading a lot of Sci-Fi while growing up. And I did. But there was an awful lot of Fantasy, Crime, Mystery and, yes, Horror in the mix.
Though I do have a few non-horror stories in my head and fighting to get out (I started this ride writing a series of Sci-Fi shorts to read to my son at night), most of what I write about comes from the darker side of life. And unlife. I'm going to just keep sprinkling material onto the mulch pile in my mind and see what comes up. ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 761 ratings · 157 reviews · 52 distinct works • Similar authors

	Friends in High Places 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	LaundryLegs 4.48 avg rating — 23 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
	Echoes of Darkness 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	A Sharp Stick in the Eye by Rob Smales (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author), Renée Miller 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Dead of Winter 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Carol of the Bells 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Wicked Abandoned: An Anthology by the New England Horror Writers by Rob Smales (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott T. Goudsward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chad Anctil (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Spearfinger (Carl Spaberg, Ace Reporter Book 1) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	Monkey Bones by Rob Smales (Goodreads Author), J.F. Posthumus (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Red Blood, White Wood (Grave Marker Book 17) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Rob Smales entered a giveaway The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author)	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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Rob Smales and 1 other person liked Danielle Yvonne's review of Friends in High Places: "Friends in High Places By Rob Smales “We were hiding in the deep shadows—but if we could do it, others could too, and my imagination populated the dark places around us with all kinds of things, angry carnies the least of them.” Oh heck yes. This is the" Read more of this review »
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Rob Smales rated a book it was amazing Of Men and Monsters by Tom Deady (Goodreads Author)	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
Missing this would be monstrous. Character development. Coming of age. A creeping sense of dread. A cool creature, crushing situation, and capable, caring children, all set at cruising speed--that's a lot to pack into a novella, and I'm only in the C ...more
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Rob Smales has read Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck	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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Rob Smales liked Paul McNamee's review of Spearfinger (Carl Spaberg, Ace Reporter): "Fun horror romp with great characters! More tales of Carl Spaberg would be most welcome!"
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Rob Smales liked Elissa Hess's review of Spearfinger: Carl Spaberg, Ace Reporter: Book One: "Wow, what a vivid writing style! This was the first time I held something that Rob's pen had produced. From the very first page, "Spearfinger" throws you into a world where the lines between murder mystery and supernatural thriller blend, all while b" Read more of this review »
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Rob Smales has read Cunt-Kick the Witch Bitch (Edward Lee Books) by Edward Lee	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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Rob Smales rated a book it was amazing The Two-Bear Mambo (Hap and Leonard #3) by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author)	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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Rob’s Quotes

“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result -- eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly -- in you.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

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