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John Franz

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Born

in The United States

Website

https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-Franz/author...

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

Influences

Jeff VanderMeer, Mark Z. Danielewski, Chuck Palahniuk, Haruki Murakami

Member Since

March 2026

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John Franz is the author of the Blue Seven Mainline series and writes literary horror and weird fiction for people who should know better.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 99 ratings · 86 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Elephant Blue (Blue Seven Mainline #1) 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings	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
	Junkie Jack 4.22 avg rating — 18 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
	Phase Liminal (Dragonflower Psychosis #1) 3.39 avg rating — 14 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
	The Fourth Digression of Mr. Shackles 4.50 avg rating — 8 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
	Seven Yellow: Book Two of Blue Seven Mainline 4.29 avg rating — 7 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
	Before the Sky Falls (Ningyo #1) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	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
	Sock Puppets it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Starfish and Secondhand Sunshine: Two Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Mainline Stranger Rainbow: Book Three of Blue Seven Mainline really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Dark Tales From Dandelion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Blue Seven Mainline (1 book)
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4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings

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John’s Recent Updates

John Franz made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Wrong Cover topic " Hello! My book, Phase Liminal, has the wrong cover attached to it. The updated cover is on Amazon and I've tried updating it here, but haven't had any ...more "
Oct 08, 2026 06:34AM
John Franz made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Need Author Split Please :) topic " Hello! Thank you for your wonderful service to the community. My book, Mainline Stranger Rainbow, is attached to the wrong John Franz. Here is his page ...more "
Oct 08, 2026 06:31AM
John Franz made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My Book Cover topic " Hey! I changed the cover of my book, Phase Liminal, on Amazon, but it has not changed here yet. I already sent a request for this a few weeks ago, so ...more "
Aug 12, 2026 06:27PM
John Franz made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Cover Art topic " Hey there! This title has a new cover on Amazon but it has not been updated on Goodreads yet. Thank you for all that you do! -John Franz "
Aug 03, 2026 09:27AM
John Franz made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My book was assigned to the wrong author topic " Hello! My book, Phase Liminal: Dragonflower Psychosis Book One, is currently assigned to the wrong John Franz. He writes a bunch of self-help and garde ...more "
Jul 21, 2026 06:30AM
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John Franz liked HomelessMind's review of Seven Yellow: Book Two of Blue Seven Mainline: "John Franz has done it again!! Another remarkable read! Going into this read, I thought I was ready…but I quickly realized I wasn’t prepared for everything this book had in store. Seven Yellow was such a remarkable experience for me…beautifully writte" Read more of this review »
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John Franz is now following Sarah Mclennan and Aiden Messer
May 25, 2026 05:17PM