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Al Raines

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Born

in Jamshedpur/Mumbai, India

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http://www.undercoverutopia.com

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Horror, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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ved vyas, thomas jefferson, stephen king, george orwell

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August 2007

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	November Rain: New International Version 3.76 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2007 — 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 Prayer: It Will Prey on Your Mind 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	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
	Soul Search Engine: till now... 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008	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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message 7: by maria

Jun 18, 2008 08:52AM

Hey there,Al
Thank you for add me as your friends.
It`s my honor to be in your friends list.
Best regards
Maria

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message 6: by Reny

May 26, 2008 07:32AM

Hi...thanks for the add!

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message 5: by Jeremy

Jan 23, 2008 11:59PM

I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

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message 4: by Jeremy

Jan 01, 2008 01:59PM

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
http://hauntedhousedressing.com/signe...

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message 3: by Jeremy

Dec 24, 2007 12:54AM

Hi Al!

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)

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message 2: by Al (last edited Aug 25, 2016 01:59PM)

Nov 28, 2007 03:00AM

you can find my favorite books on my website www.abhigyanjha.com
www.alraines.net

thank you for the wishes.

may the galactic spirit fill your holiday season with all the gist you cherish.

do visit the sites of my own novels.

www.novemberrain.in
www.theprayer.in

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message 1: by Jeremy (last edited Aug 25, 2016 01:58PM)

Nov 27, 2007 05:45AM

Thanks for the friendship, Al!

If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite novel of all time? Or novels?

Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous friendships, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.

-Jeremy :)

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