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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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“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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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”
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