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Larry Nocella

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I do not do book "dedications" to someone you never heard of. Every word I write is for you, the reader. Yes, YOU! The person reading this now.

You are entrusting me, the writer, to make the best use of your time. As a thank you for that trust, and to reward your faith, I promise to work hard writing the best works possible.

I intend to leave you with something positive - be it a compelling story, an interesting thought, or a laugh. Thank you so much for reading!

Larry Nocella sold his first article at age fourteen, and has been writing ever since. He is the author of the novels Razor Wire Karma, The Katrina Contract, Loser's Memorial and Where Did This Come From? the world's first CarbonFree novel, according to CarbonFund.org.

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	Four Weird Tales of Horror 3.69 avg rating — 13 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
	Where Did This Come From? 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 201 — 6 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
	Razor Wire Karma: a novel really liked it 4.00 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
	The Katrina Contract 3.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Razor Wire Karma 3.33 avg rating — 3 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
	Loser's Memorial 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	One Odd Cat: Strange Adventures in Strangeness 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
	For Reasons Unknown and Unknowable (Four Weird Tales of Horror Book 1) 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
	It Never Goes Away 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Smell of Ash (Four Weird Tales of Horror Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Larry liked John's review of This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7): This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "A surprising lack of Uzi Jesus."
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Larry liked John's review of The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6): "Wasn't a big fan of the T'Ghee card game, but I did find the totems hilarious so I'll call it a win. I really enjoyed the major story beats."
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Larry liked Alex Kudera's review of To Float in the Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight: "I'm on page 54. July 20: I'm on page 99. Some sections are quite strong and exactly the kind of thing I like to read. https://kudera.blogspot.com/2026/07/t... July 22: I'm on page 180, and I will likely finish tonight. Some of the topics and essays are mu" Read more of this review »
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Larry liked Alex Kudera's review of Alien vs. Predator (Penguin Poets): "I wouldn't say I'm highly qualified to rate contemporary poetry, but these hold my attention and he mentions Arnold Horshack. That said, I believe that many of them have only local meaning, rhyme, subtext, and so on; the allusions are great--heavy in " Read more of this review »
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Larry rated a book it was amazing No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required by Brittney Hartley	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 ideas for the future of humanity and how we can make meaning that helps - not harm. A reasonable argument for a common experience. Hartley occasionally is academic and that gets tedious, and is sometimes over-thinking our existence. This will s ...more
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“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
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