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Don Gillette is a member of the Academy of American Poets and is an active voting member of the Horror Writers Association. He holds both BS and MA degrees in English.
Born and raised on the Atlantic Coast, he has been writing fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry since he begged for (and got) one of the original "Tom Thumb" typewriters for his 6th birthday.
Don has published three novels (Pandemonium, Rubber Dead Man, Sarcophagus), a collection of his political humor articles from time spent as a newspaper editor (The Meeker Collection), a poetry collection (The Face In The Mirror Is Not Mine), a short fiction collection (Old Leather), and a mixed media fantasy collaboration (Fallen Angels) along with several chapbooks.
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	The Meeker Collection: Humor From The Pages of The Wilson County Advocate 1991-1993 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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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So let me give you some history. Back in the day, I was the Personnel/Finance officer of the 3rd Battalion, 109th Armor. Our officer association was started before World War II and it was called "The Forrest Critters Officer Association," named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest who, for some r Read more of this blog post »

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