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Mark Allen specializes in tough, uncompromising, hard-hitting fiction. He uses words like a scalpel, carving through the surface layers to rip open the dark, shadowy corners of the soul.

He won his first short story writing contest at the age of 16 with "Fatal Love," the true life tale of his uncle's sacrificial death in Vietnam, and shortly thereafter published several poems in various anthologies. His short stories have appeared in "Night Terrors" horror magazine and his romantic action novel "The Assassin's Prayer" was optioned by Showtime for a feature-length cable TV movie. His horror script "Gristle" was a semi-finalist in the prestigious 2010 Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition where it was called "a perfect blend of high drama an ...more

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	The Assassin's Prayer 3.95 avg rating — 152 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
	Gristle by Mark Allen (Goodreads Author), Derric Miller 3.93 avg rating — 133 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
	Resurrection Bullets 3.74 avg rating — 78 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
	The Killing Question 3.79 avg rating — 73 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
	The Assassin's Betrayal 4.16 avg rating — 57 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
	Chunks of Hell: A Horror Anthology 4.22 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
	The Sweetheart Buck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19 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
	MUDSLINGERS by Mark Allen (Goodreads Author), Derric Miller 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Worse Than Death: Day One of the Zombie Apocalypse 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	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
	Suck A Bus 3.35 avg rating — 17 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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BOOK REVIEW: Zimbabwe Hustle by Nate Granzow

Buy on AmazonLet’s cut right through the meat of the matter and get down to the bare, bloody bone— Zimbabwe Hustle is ferociously funny. Chuckles galore, as well as some full-fledged guffaws. If I was one of the cool kids instead of old enough to be a cool kid’s parent, I would cheekily say it made me LOL. (Wait, do cool kids still use that acronym now that even gray-haired grandmas know wh Read more of this blog post »

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Border Trouble (Remington #6)

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Separation of Church and Hate

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