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Marla Buchanan

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Born

in Aurora, IL, The United States

June 21, 1965

Website

http://www.marlabuchanan.com

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Genre

Horror, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Rod Serling, Alfred Hitc ...more

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March 2015

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Marla Buchanan is a songwriter, vocalist, bassist, proprietress of Marla's Curious Crafts and Oddities, and is the author of the memoir, “Rescue in Arabia: a true story of abduction, tragedy and hope,” and other works, including short non-fiction, and supernatural/speculative/weird fiction. She is the mother of four adult children (and the grandmother of one). She lives in Northern Illinois, and has worked in social services and education. She was married to her Syrian-born ex-husband, Salim Kassem, the father/abductor of their son, Mohamad (“Moe”) Kassem, for approximately 6-1/2 years. They were divorced in 1994.
In October 2002, Moe was abducted by his father and taken to the Middle-East, where they remained until Salim was killed in a ca ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 85 ratings · 20 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Rescue in Arabia: a true story of abduction, tragedy and hope 3.45 avg rating — 47 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
	A Dirty Girl's Essays on George Carlin's "7 Words You Can't Say On Television" 3.62 avg rating — 13 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
	Madame Marla's Lunchtime Tales of Terror 4.50 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
	Cannibals: Do people taste like chicken? 2.14 avg rating — 7 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
	Mulberry May Belle it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Gaga for Gargoyles 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Aunt Esther's Handbook For Holy Badasses 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Zombie Anatomy: The Walking Dead and Decay 2.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Mulberry May Belle and Bandit the Wonder Dog by Marla Buchanan (Goodreads Author), Michele Champion (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Madame Marla's Lunchtime Tales of Terror SHORT STORY: 'Tornado' really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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A Tale of Normalcy, Mediocrity and the Murderously Mundane

Once upon a time, Nellie Normal and her companions, Mary Mediocrity and Millie Mundane were having lukewarm, weak tea in a very ordinary way in a plain, cracker box sort of house on a dead end street in a nothing little town. They discussed their extremely boring and tedious cookie-cutter lives in similar monotone voices, as cliquish conformists tend to do, for individuality was a naug