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John R. Platt

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http://www.johnrplatt.com

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,347 ratings · 91 reviews · 35 distinct works

	Die Laughing 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Gone Fishing: A Bite of Horror really liked it 4.00 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
	Storm Front really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Oldest Living American Serial Killer Tells All it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Step to Man it was amazing 5.00 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
	Before the Beginning 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
	Happy Birthday: A Horror Story liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Bad Girls of Blackout #1 by John R. Platt (Goodreads Author), Bruce Schoengood 1.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	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
	Perception and change;: Projections for survival it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970	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
	A Hell-Fire Cure for Baldness it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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John rated a book it was amazing S R Bissette's In The Mood For...Monsters - Color Edition by Stephen R Bissette	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
Great art and analysis -- exactly what we've come to expect from Bissette! ...more
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John rated a book it was amazing Usagi Yojimbo Volume 41: Ten Thousand Plums by Stan Sakai	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 personal nature of the second story lifts this above the usual excellence.
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Bleak...even for me!
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John rated a book really liked it From the World of Minor Threats: The Brood by Heath Corson	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
A fully realized family...even if they don't realize it themselves. ...more
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John rated a book it was amazing Night Drive by Richard Sala (Goodreads Author)	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
A love letter to the lost.
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John rated a book it was amazing Ice Cream Man, Volume 10: Imperious Wrecks by W. Maxwell Prince	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
Chocolate?
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John rated a book liked it From the World of Minor Threats: Welcome to Twilight Volume 1 by Patton Oswalt	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
A mix.
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John rated a book liked it Groo: Minstrel Melodies by Sergio Aragonés	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
Entertaining, but doesn't aim as high. Entertaining, but doesn't aim as high. ...more
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John rated a book liked it Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King (Goodreads Author)	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
Lovely, tragic, but kind of detached.
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John rated a book really liked it Ice Cream Man Volume 11: Horror, Horror by W. Maxwell Prince	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
Many flavors of pain.
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