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Rachel Smith

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So, in lieu of a sensible biography I have made some lists. And I guess I'll give a bit of useful information about myself: I’m from Iowa but I’ve lived other places, I am a librarian, and I’m also a bit of a guinea pig whisperer. I prefer to write about plagues and ensembles of characters up against some odds and making light of their situations using the inevitable levity that comes when facing certain doom. At some point I may write about other stuff, and possibly things. I also maintain a blog of photos and irreverent reviews called Guinea Pigs and Books (guineapigsandbooks.wordpress.com).

Night of the Squirrels: Dawn of the Interns is the first in my Squirrelpocalypse trilogy. The Guinea Pig edition of the second in the trilogy - Day o
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For the love of Burger King.

138. Hampton Heights – Dan Kois

This is very folksy, quiet horror, and it’s sweet. 80s paperboys in Milwaukee get picked up in a windowless van and taken to the Hampton Heights neighborhood to sell newspaper subscriptions door to door and afterwards, they will get Burger King. 1980s Burger King – it’s very appealing to every dude who comes out to the van driven by a 26 year old in a precarious rela

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