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Andrew Barger
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Edgar Allan Poe; J.D. Salinger; F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott and Zelda FitzgeraldThis is the second time I have read The Great Gatsby and it will likely not be the last. The first was for the extreme pleasure that the novel yields and this most recent time was to study how Fitzgerald did it. As a writer I am constantly peeking behind the literary curtain of others writers to see how they did it; how they pulled off the fictional magic trick. In... Read more of this blog post »
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Coffee With Poe
— published 2003 — 4 editions |
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The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology
— published 2010 — 2 editions |
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The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Vampire Anthology
— published 2012 |
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The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology
by Andrew Barger (Goodreads Author) , Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving — published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Complete Stories and Poems
— published 2006 — 179 editions |
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The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology
by Andrew Barger (Goodreads Author) , Sutherland Menzies , Frederick Marryat — published 2010 — 4 editions |
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Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades (Infernal Trilogy #1)
— published 2013 — 3 editions |
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Azra'eil and Fudgie: A Short Story
— published 2011 |
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The Brownie of the Alabaster Mansion: A Short Story
— published 2011 |
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Barger does a masterful job in writing The Divine Dantes: Squirt Guns in Hades (Infernal Trilogy #1).
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“. . . never seen him inspired by any more dangerous stimulant than strong coffee, of which he was very fond & of which [he] drank freely. MacIntosh says that the measure of a man's brain is the amount of coffee he can drink with impunity.
SARAH HELEN WHITMAN (POE'S FIANCÉE) TO JOHN INGRAM
DECEMBER 13, 1874”
― Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe
SARAH HELEN WHITMAN (POE'S FIANCÉE) TO JOHN INGRAM
DECEMBER 13, 1874”
― Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe
“He is our man's-man of literature.”
― Andrew Barger, Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems
― Andrew Barger, Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems
“People talk and rumors follow,” I said.
“Most people claim that only a person possessed of the devil could write such horror.”
“And what do you think?”
“You are an angel to me, Eddy, but never bet the devil your head.”
“That would make a great title for a story,” I observed.”
― Andrew Barger
“Most people claim that only a person possessed of the devil could write such horror.”
“And what do you think?”
“You are an angel to me, Eddy, but never bet the devil your head.”
“That would make a great title for a story,” I observed.”
― Andrew Barger
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| Goodreads Librari...: Need to be Added as Author on Two Editions | 3 | 139 | Apr 18, 2012 04:46am | |
| Goodreads Librari...: Unable to Edit Anthology Data | 3 | 146 | Apr 22, 2012 07:11am | |
| Goodreads Librari...: Editor Cannot Edit Book Data | 8 | 159 | Apr 23, 2012 07:26am | |
| Goodreads Librari...: Unable to Edit Anthology Data | 5 | 156 | Apr 25, 2012 04:30pm | |
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| Goodreads Librari...: Editions Need Combining | 2 | 20 | May 29, 2012 10:22am | |
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| Goodreads Librari...: Please Add Editor on Book | 2 | 29 | May 30, 2012 05:46pm | |
| Paranormal and Ho...: **CLOSED** BotM (JANUARY) Nominations Are Now Open! (Small Press) | 15 | 79 | Dec 23, 2012 11:06am |
“They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.”
― Andrew Barger, Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales
― Andrew Barger, Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales
“The difficulty with Poe is not figuring out which of his stories rise to the level required of this collection, but rather which of his stories to exclude from it.”
― Andrew Barger, The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology
― Andrew Barger, The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology
“Is not our purest form of writing that done without the taint of money?”
― Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe
― Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe
“The short story is not, as some believe, a lesser form of literature than the novel.”
― Andrew Barger, The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology
― Andrew Barger, The Best Werewolf Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Werewolf Anthology
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Wish me luck on your goodreads giveaway :-)