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Brian LeTendre

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Springfield, MA, The United States

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Horror, Fiction, Paranormal

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Brian LeTendre writes scary stories filled with shadowy cabals, monsters and madness--and those are just the good guys.

He is the author of the Parted Veil series: COURTING THE KING IN YELLOW, CHASING THE KING IN YELLOW, LOVECRAFT'S CURSE and LOVECRAFT'S PUPIL, as well as the short story series INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS.

In 2015, Brian and Jolene Haley teamed up to form the Horror Twins, and released HARROWED, the first book in their Woodsview Murders series in September 2015. The second book in the series--HAUNTED--will be released in 2018.

Brian is a lifelong gamer and comic nerd, and co-hosted/produced a podcast about geek culture called Secret Identity from 2006-2017, producing over 2000 hours of programming. He currently podcasts about music (T ...more

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	Dark Carnival by Jolene Haley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristen Jett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessi Shakarian (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Harrowed (The Woodsview Murders, #1) by Jolene Haley (Goodreads Author), Brian LeTendre (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Courting the King in Yellow 3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Lovecraft's Curse 4.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Lovecraft's Pupil (The Parted Veil Series Book 3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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
	Private Showing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Making Ear Candy: The Audio Confectioner's Guide to Podcasting it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
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My Steam Recap 2023

Another gaming year is in the books, and I spent a good portion of it on my Steam Deck. In 2022 I played 11 games on Steam, and that jumped to 31 this year. More and more games are getting verified on the Steam Deck as well, including some all-time classics. In fact, Half-Life was probably my favorite Steam Deck experience this year.

November 19th was the 25th anniversary of Half-Life, one of

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