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	Alien Family Values (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 30) by Sandra L. Medlock (Goodreads Author), Sabrina Chase (Goodreads Author), Sarah Arnette 4.44 avg rating — 39 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
	It Came from the Trailer Park: Volume 4 by William Joseph Roberts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tim Bischoff (editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 26 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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	Cursed Canyon: Wyrd West (Raconteur Press Anthologies #39) by Nick Nethery, Fred Phillips (Goodreads Author), M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Pet Monsters: Ten Tales of Monsters and the Kids Who Befriend Them (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 78) by David Badurina (Goodreads Author), Samuel A. Mayo (Goodreads Author), C Lenz 4.56 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
	Dreams of Gold and Fire (The Gold and Fire Series Book 1) 4.42 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2025 — 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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	The Muse Within Us: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy and Horror (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 77) by Wally Waltner (Goodreads Author), Malory, Fred Phillips (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 6 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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For the third straight year, I’ll have a story in It Came from the Trailer Park, Volume VI, the annual Halloween humorous horror anthology from Three Ravens Publishing. It’s currently available for preorder on Amazon.

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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
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― Mark Lawrence, Emperor of Thorns

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“Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector."
"I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once.
"Elvii?" Marcone inquired.
"The plural could be Elvises, I guess," I said. "But if I say that too often, I start muttering to myself and calling things 'my precious,' so I usually go with the Latin plural.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

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