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Philip Overby

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Genre

Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Horror

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Philip Overby is a weird fantasy writer and creator of the world of Splatter Elf. His writing tends to lean towards dark comic fantasy with a twist of bizarre lime. He's interested in 80s cartoons and movies, 90s sitcoms, and anything that pushes the envelope.

He likes monster hunters, weird magic, were-creatures, and undead unicorns. He lives in Kawasaki, Japan with his wife and collection of magic stones.

His Splatter Elf short stories, "The Unicorn Eater" and "River of Blades" are available on Amazon.com for Kindle. ...more

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	The Unicorn-Eater (Tales of Splatter Elf Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2015	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
	River of Blades 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015	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 Bog Wyvern (Tales of Splatter Elf Book 3) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	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
	One Goblin Army (Tales of Splatter Elf Book 4) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	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
	New Sword Smell: A Splatter Elf Collection 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
	The Strange Edge Magazine Issue 0 by G. Arthur Brown (Goodreads Author) (editor), Andrew Wayne Adams (Goodreads Author), Bill Berry 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	Iron Pen Anthology: Volume 1 by Kassan Warrad (Goodreads Author), Robert MacAnthony, Anita Howitt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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 Best of Martinus Publishing, 2013 by Martin T. Ingham, Bruno Lombardi, J.L. Mo 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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