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Doctor Gaines

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in Lincoln, NE, The United States

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Fiction, Thriller, Paranormal

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Josh is a writer & director living in Portland, OR. He published a few things under the pen name "Doctor" Gaines, a pseudonym he no longer uses.

He wrote "Michigan, Ten Cents," "Clara's Quilt," "The Shot," "The Golden Calf," "White Bark," "Poisonous Snakes of the Midwest," and contributed to the collections "Spooklights" and "High Strange Horror." He also directed an award-winning short film, "Cordial Kill," which can be found here: https://vimeo.com/237987672

He runs a Patreon for his artwork at patreon.com/thejoshgaines

Any other titles bearing the moniker Josh Gaines are by a different author of the same name. ...more

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	High Strange Horror: Weird Tales of Paranoia and the Damned by Jonathan Raab, Michael Bryant, Toni Nicolino 3.82 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Shot 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Spooklights by Jonathan Raab (Editor), Doctor Gaines (Goodreads Author), Colin Scharf 3.82 avg rating — 17 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
	Michigan, Ten Cents 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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

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