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K. Allen Wood

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http://www.goodreads.com/kallenwood

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http://www.kallenwood.com

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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Dean Koontz, Stephen Crane, Terry Brooks, R.A. Salvatore, John Saul

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K. Allen Wood’s fiction has appeared in 52 Stitches, Vol. 2, The Zombie Feed, Vol. 1, Epitaphs: The Journal of New England Horror Writers, The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair, Anthology: Year One, and Appalachian Undead.

He is also the editor/publisher of Shock Totem, a bi-annual horror fiction magazine. He lives and plots in Massachusetts.

For more info, visit his website at www.kallenwood.com.

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Remember the Typos: The Best of the Worst

For most writers the typo is just part of the game. We create them all the time. Some we catch on edits, but others remain invisible to us despite reading them over and over again.

For me, a perfectionist of sorts, coming across a typo, especially one overlooked many times, can be extremely annoying. But not all typos are horrible...well, they are, actually, but some are at least good for a few... read more »

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Average rating: 4.22 · 362 ratings · 98 reviews · 18 distinct works · Similar authors

	Shock Totem 1: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jennifer Pelland (Contributor), Don D'Ammassa (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	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
	Shock Totem 3: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), D. Harlan Wilson (Goodreads Author), John Skipp (Contributor) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	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
	Shock Totem 2: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vincent Pendergast (Contributor), Leslianne Wilder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	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
	Shock Totem 4: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.C. Wise (Goodreads Author), Michael Penkas (Goodreads Author) 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	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
	Shock Totem: Holiday Tales of the Macabre and Twisted 2011 by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Kevin J. Anderson, Jennifer Pelland 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings	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
	Shock Totem 5: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jack Ketchum (Contributor), Ari Marmell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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
	Shock Totem 6: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted by K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jack Ketchum, Lee Thompson 4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	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
	Beautiful Sorrows by Mercedes M. Yardley (Goodreads Author), K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor), P. Gardner Goldsmith (Foreword) 4.61 of 5 stars 4.61 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	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 Wicked by James Newman (Goodreads Author), Mark Allan Gunnells (Introduction), K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	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
	Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writers, Vol. 1 by Tracy L. Carbone (Editor), Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author), K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011	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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K Allen Wood rated a book 4 of 5 stars Right to Life (Cemetery Dance Novella Series, #4) by Jack Ketchum read in May, 2013	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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K Allen Wood liked Karen Kocik's review of Shock Totem 2: " Ricardo Bare always finds a new way to tell a story, especially those with mysterious and other-worldly personas. You can actually feel yourself in the spaces he opens up for you. Shock Totem itself is a superb publication full of short stories th... " Read more of this review »
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K Allen Wood liked Brad Howard's review of The Wicked: " Excellent book! I highly recommend if you're a horror fan of authors like Bentley Little and Richard Laymon. Interesting take on a wicked evil in a town with great characters. Moloch. "
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K Allen Wood liked Ron's review of The Zombie Feed, Vol. 1: " Uneven, but then I find that most anthologies are. Best of the lot IMO, are the stories by Kristin Dearborn, Maggie Slater, Ray Wallace, Joe Nazare, and Danger_Slater. "Lifeboat" by Simon McCaffrey begs to be a novel and I wish he'd follow up on t... " Read more of this review »
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