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Josh Douglas

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in Omaha, now lives in Taiwan , The United States

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Josh Douglas is an English teacher from San Francisco currently residing in Taiwan. Born in Omaha and raised in Borneo, Saudi-Arabia, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Kidnapped by punk-rock and skateboarding from 1985 to 2014. Former dishwasher at Chuck E. Cheese, assistant editor at a newspaper in Mexico, layout director at a car magazine, park ranger assistant in Sitka Alaska, and zookeeper. Now he enjoys hiking , collecting rocks, and failing miserably at Jiu-Jitsu.

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The Vampire, The Tutor, and The Facepeelers

I'm 41.877777773% finished with the sequel.
I humbly vow to bestow my readers with more violence, hatred, evil, and bad things.
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