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Ben Guilfoy

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Ben Guilfoy was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he found an intense love of various foods and a seething hatred of snow. But since an early age, he had an interest in stories of all kinds (but mostly the fantastical kinds). He studied English and Communications/Journalism at Framingham State College (now University) and currently works at a daily newspaper as an editor and page layout designer.

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Never too early for a little 'Armageddon'

The 9th chapter of "Weirdo Company," which I'm calling "The Armageddon Protocol," is coming along nicely. Here's a short bit from it:

Davis pushed the door open, slowly, carefully. Across the cafeteria, Ahuizotl’s ears perked up. The creature’s head bolted toward her.

“...Well, fuck,” she muttered.

The monster leapt off the body it had been consuming and bounded toward her. Davis dodged to the si...

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Ben Guilfoy's Books

Average rating: 3.91 · 68 ratings · 21 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Box 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	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
	Show Me the End of the World 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 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
	Weirdo Company: Zombies vs Unicorns (Weirdo Company, #1) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	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
	Weirdo Company: Hellshark (Weirdo Company #3) 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	Weirdo Company: Ninja Werewolf Assassins! (Weirdo Company #2) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Weirdo Company: Blood of the Keres (Weirdo Company, #4) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Weirdo Company: Andrew Jackson's Sasquatch Squad! (Weirdo Company, #8) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 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
	Weirdo Company (Volume 1) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 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
	Weirdo Company: The Kishi Seduction (Weirdo Company, #7) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 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
	Weirdo Company: Chupacabras on a Boat (Weirdo Company, #6) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 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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Weirdo Company: Ninja Werewolf Assassins! (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Sep 24, 2012 03:48pm

Description: An excerpt from Weirdo Company: Ninja Werewolf Assassins! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009FUA14Q

Weirdo Company: Zombies vs Unicorns (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Aug 30, 2012 05:44pm

Description: An excerpt from 'Zombies vs Unicorns,' the first entry in the 'Weirdo Company' series.

What If Captain America Was Dead? (Drama)

1 chapters — updated Apr 25, 2012 06:35pm

Description: A young man deals with his depression by thinking about the comic books he adored as a child. I originally wrote this short story as a class assignment just after 9/11, and I have decided to share it here for everyone. (There is no intention of copyright infringement, nor will any profit be made from it.)

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Mystic River

by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author)

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Millennium Omnibus (Star Trek Deep Space Nine)

by Judith Reeves-Stevens

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Queen and Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1

by Greg Rucka

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Dec 11, 2012 05:01pm

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Ben Guilfoy made a comment in the group Star Trek Reads — Who is your favourite captain to read? topic "In some respects; a lot of the clothing and hairstyles are pretty terrible. But the scripts are still mostly fantastic, and the show looks practically...more "
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Quotes Ben Likes

“It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

tags: love, poets, romance

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“Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.”
― Richard Matheson, I am Legend and Other Stories

tags: legend

85 people liked it

“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

tags: humour, individuality, science-fiction

3,536 people liked it

“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.”
― Alan Moore

tags: life

5,636 people liked it