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Oren Hammerquist

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in Everett, Washington, The United States

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Oren Hammerquist was nominated for the 2015 Pushcart Prize for his essay "Desert Daddy" available in Motherlode: Essays on Parenthood anthology, was featured in Romance Magazine for his short story "Abbie Oleander", and recently published "Mining Chernobyl" in Triangulation: Steel Cities anthology from Parsec Ink. His second novel Savage Animals will be
available this May, and he will release a collection of short stories titled Love Transcends this fall. His first novel Murphy's Second Death is available online at most retailers.

Oren Hammerquist has been in the Army for eight years and served in Afghanistan. In the Army, he served in both the Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery. He is married with three little girls (the oldest be ...more

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	Murphy's Second Death 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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	Motherlode: Essays on Parenthood by Ashley Parker Owens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca Dickinson, Amanda Etcheto 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Hindsights it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Soldier Story: An Anthology by Ashley Parker Owens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John Sparks (Contributor), Oren Hammerquist (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Man with Three Names and other stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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