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Chris Raven

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Chris Raven was born in South East London some 50 or more years ago. He originally started out in Community Theatre in the 1980s, but became side-tracked by health and social care, where he has made his living for the past 30 years.

Chris returned to Theatre in 2015, and has performed with the Matchbox Theatre, The Beckenham Theatre, Belmont Productions and No-Frills Theatre. He was also part of ‘Old and Out’, a LGBTQ+ theatre Company who devised and performed an original musical revue at ‘The Tramshed’ Theatre in Woolwich in February 2020, as part of their LGBT History Month.

Chris returned to creative writing when he became a member of ‘The Indie Collaboration’, an international online writing group that produced a number of short story an ...more

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Dead Shambles by Chris Raven

Dead Shambles is available to buy from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle. It is also available on Amazom.com and in various formats on Smashwords.

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Published on January 20, 2014 03:14 • Tags: amature, chris-p-raven, comedy, dramatics, horror, musical, stageplay, vile-horrors, zombies

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	Dead Shambles 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Kiss and Tales A Romantic Collection by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), Alan Hardy (Goodreads Author), Madhu Kalyan Mattaparthi (Goodreads Author) 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Spectacular Tales II: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), Dani J. Caile (Goodreads Author), Regina Puckett (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 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
	Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tales by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), Kristina M. Blasen (Goodreads Author), Peter John 4.50 avg rating — 8 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
	Spectacular Tales by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), A.L. Butcher (Goodreads Author), Donny Swords (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 9 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
	The Atomic Monster from Out of Space 4.50 avg rating — 2 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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	Trevor's Odd Assay it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), Kristina M. Blasen (Goodreads Author), Alan Hardy (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Tall Stories by Chris Raven (Goodreads Author), Peter John, Adam Bigden 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 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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