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Bill Gauthier

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Bill Gauthier lives in Southeastern Massachusetts. His collection Catalysts and his novellas Alice on the Shelf and Shadowed are available through Crossroad Press. His novel Echoes on the Pond came out in June 2023 from Macabre Ink/Crossroad Press.

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	From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness (Borderlands, # 5) by Thomas F. Monteleone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elizabeth E. Monteleone (Editor), Jon F. Merz (Goodreads Author) (contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,165 ratings — published 2003 — 7 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
	Shadowed 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Alice On the Shelf 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Echoes on the Pond 4.23 avg rating — 13 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
	The Monster in the Closet 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
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Gauthic Times: The Bill Gauthier Newsletter #181, or Musings on Courage from a Coward

Hello, friends. This past week was pretty good. Pamela and I had breakfast with a close friend, G went to a robotics camp and found something she loved, and I got some writing stuff done. I needed a week like this. We all did. Welcome to the 181st installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about […]

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The Calamities (The Fiends)

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A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison

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