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J.R. Meehl

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in The United States

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http://daventrypress.webs.com/

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Comics & Graphic Novels, Short Stories

Influences

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Editor and president of Daventry Studios, a publishing company that prints new material from upcoming writers, and annotates the classics for new audiences.

Meehl also has authored some short works and is currently working on comic books and his first novel: Grootslang

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What I’ve Learned from Rudy (aka the Best Dog Ever)

Rudy does not like Batman. Rudy is my mom and dad’s American Bulldog, and, several years ago, upon my booting up Arkham Knight, Rudy noticed the visage of Batman on the screen and barked, first from across the room, and then, after cautiously approaching, from close to the TV, in an attempt to fend off the intruder. On the other hand, he appeared to like watching Pluto.

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	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) by L. Frank Baum, J.R. Meehl (Goodreads Author) (Annotations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 519,876 ratings — published 1900 — 6533 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
	Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe, J.R. Meehl (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.24 avg rating — 2,980 ratings — published 1832 — 17 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 Duc de l’Omelette (Daventry Press Annotation) by Edgar Allan Poe, J.R. Meehl (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 2.37 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1832 — 20 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 Girl from Bleecker Street 3.60 avg rating — 5 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

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“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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“It doesn't matter where the story comes from, it matters where it takes you.”
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“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
― Samuel Johnson, Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]

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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
― Jack London

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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

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