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Beth W. Patterson was a full-time musician for over two decades before sidestepping into the world of writing (a process she describes as “fleeing the circus to join the zoo”). Much of her fiction is based on real-life musical experiences made more plausible by the infusion of things that go bump in the night. Her most recent book is Mongrels and Misfits and her short stories and poetry have appeared in the anthologies A Bard Day’s Knight, Sha’Daa: Facets, Cogs in Time 2, Rise of the Goddess, Poets in Hell, Steampunk Fairies, Lurking in the Deep, and Klarissa Dreams. She has also penned some nonfiction articles on music.

Patterson has played in fifteen countries across the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia. She appears on over a hundred ...more

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	Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors with New Takes on Sherlock Holmes by Michael A. Ventrella (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Contributor), Jim Avelli (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Dragon Eaters (Heroika, #1) by Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.E. Lindberg (Goodreads Author), Walter Rhein (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Poets in Hell (Heroes in Hell, #17) by Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Morris, Bruce Durham (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Release the Virgins by Michael A. Ventrella (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ian Randal Strock (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Thomas Nackid (Afterword) 3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings — 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
	Lurking in the Deep (Lurking series, #1) by Jaidis Shaw (Goodreads Author), Timothy Black, K.C. Finn (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Wild Harmonic 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Villains (Beyond Fantasy #5) by Beth W. Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Beth W. Patterson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Aziza Sphinx (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Spirit of Rodeo 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
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