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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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Mystery & Thrillers, Comics & Graphic Novels, Short Stories

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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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By the Time Bob and I Got to Phoenix

October 30th, 2002. The Xcel Energy Center. St. Paul, MN. I was in the second or third row, waiting for Bob Dylan to take the stage. As he did, he walked past a stage light that cast a shadow of his face, in profile. The exact profile so famously portrayed on the legendary Milton Glaser poster, and the cover of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits. Only recently had I started listening to Dylan’s music,

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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 — 514,597 ratings — published 1900 — 3320 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) 3.23 avg rating — 2,915 ratings — published 1832 — 29 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 — 676 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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The Club of Queer Trades (Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Short Stories)

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“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
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“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
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