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Chris Tarry

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Born

in Swift Current, Canada

Website

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Chris Tarry is a Canadian writer and musician living in New York. His fiction has appeared in The Literary Review, On Spec, The G.W. Review, PANK, Bull Men's Fiction, Monkeybicycle, and elsewhere. His nonficiton has appeared in the anthology, How To Expect What You're Not Expecting, Outside In Literary & Travel Magazine, and other cool places. In 2012, his story "Here Be Dragons," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Chris holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia, and is a four-time Juno Award winner (the Canadian Grammy). He is also considered one of New York's most sought-after bass players. His debut story collection, How To Carry Bigfoot Home, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press in Spring 2015. ...more

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	The New Voices of Fantasy by Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jacob Weisman (Editor), Alyssa Wong (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	How To Carry Bigfoot Home: Stories 3.95 avg rating — 61 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
	How to Expect What You're Not Expecting: Stories of Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Loss by Jessica Hiemstra (Editor), Lisa Martin-Demoor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kim Jernigan (Foreword) 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel: Season One by David Kreizman, Chris Tarry (Goodreads Author), Jenny Turner Hall 4.15 avg rating — 34 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
	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel: Season Three by David Kreizman, Chris Tarry (Goodreads Author), Jenny Turner Hall 4.67 avg rating — 18 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
	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel: Season Two by David Kreizman, Chris Tarry (Goodreads Author), Jenny Turner Hall 4.11 avg rating — 19 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
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	How to Carry Bigfoot Home by Chris Tarry (17-Mar-2015) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Consolations - Revised edition: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

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Lost in Space: A Father's Journey There and Back Again

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“Say...What's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?”
― The Far Side

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“I'm not about to lie to you, if your work is crap then I will insult it and your intelligence, and some of you may not take it well...”
― Random Writing Teacher

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