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Keith McCleary

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in Rochester, NY, The United States

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http://www.keithmccleary.com/

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Keith McCleary is a writer and graphic designer from New York. He is the author of Circus+the Skin (Kraken Press), the graphic novels Killing Tree Quarterly and Top of the Heap (Terminal Press) and co-author of the audio novella The Gothickers (CCLaP). His prose and comics have appeared in Heavy Metal, A capella Zoo, Pseudopod, theNewerYork, and Weave. He currently writes the ongoing comic book series Curves & Bullets with Eisner-nominated artist Rodolfo Ledesma, and he is also the Comics Curator at Entropy. Keith holds an MFA from UC San Diego, and received his BFA in Film & TV Production from NYU, where his thesis film 'Australia' won a Warner Bros Production Award in 2002. ...more

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Bruse Tarl

Bruse Tarl was a rancher. He’d cut his teeth in Zendikar but now lived in Thunder Junction, as he had for some time.

Time worked different in Thunder. From the moment you arrived the time you’d been there flowed backward and forward. Being there a day felt like two days – the day you arrived, and the day before it. After a month you could remember the month you’d been there, and you still knew to t

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	Circus + The Skin 3.73 avg rating — 33 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
	theNewerYork by Joshua Raab (Goodreads Author), Steve Almond (Goodreads Author), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 27 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
	States of Terror: Volume Two by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jamie Grefe (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015	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
	States of Terror: Volume One by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Miller (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014	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
	States of Terror: Volume Three by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amelia Gray (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016	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 Radvocate #13 by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Allison Whittenberg (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	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
	Heavy Metal #270 by Enki Bilal, JD (Goodreads Author), Emperor 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Radvocate #14 by Matt E. Lewis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith McCleary (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Karl Sherlock 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016	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
	Amor Forense: Birds in Shorts City by Pepe Rojo (Editor), Aurelio Meza (Translator), April Paletta (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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 Sea Witch 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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Keith made a comment on his review of Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) " aslowdyke wrote: "I have a deep respect for the fact that you compared this to another transfemme book, ngl" we're all out here doing our best, yeah? ...more "
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Keith’s Quotes

“The world is my idea; as such I present it to you. I have my own set of weights and measures and my own table for computing values. You are privileged to have yours.”
― Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao

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“...it obeys none of the natural laws of hereditary and environmental change, pays no attention to the survival of the fittest, positively sneers at any attempt on the part of man to work out a rational life cycle, is possibly immortal, unquestionably immoral, evidences anabolism but not katabolism, ruts, spawns, and breeds but does not reproduce, lays no eggs, builds no nests, seeks but does not find, wanders but does not rest.”
― Charles G. Finney, The Circus of Dr. Lao

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“I thanked him and he asked me if my cape got caught on stuff when I was running and jumping, and I said, "Sometimes.”
― Joe R. Lansdale

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“All I'm trying to say is that if you're not willing to observe this, if you're just going to condemn it, you're never going to see it. It's there, whether you like it or not. This is stupid life-force we're dealing with here," he said. "Think how old it is, Jim. Think how huge it is. Understanding it doesn't make any difference.”
― Jim Paul, Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon

tags: humor, philosophy

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