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Deborah Rae Cota

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http://www.goodreads.com/Rockstar64

born

in Castro Valley, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.dantechronicles.com

twitter username

deborahraecota

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Horror

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J.R.R. Tolkein, Jeffery Deaver, Bentley Little, Dean Koontz, George R....more

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June 2011

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A ten year old girl reads a sign in the hall of her elementary school advertising a contest for Halloween stories. Inspired by the local Saturday night “Creature Features” show, hosted by Bob Wilkins, she writes a story about a traveling salesman who won’t take no for an answer, and his murderous final customer who drives him mad when the salesman’s severed hand keeps knocking on ever door he closes. Upon reading this story, the girl’s teacher emphatically says, “You need to submit this!”
She submits the story, and wins a stack of books as her prize.
Two months later the teacher asked her to stay after class.
“Here,” the red-haired teacher said. “I want you to have this. It isn’t much, but I think you can use it.” The girl takes the bag; a sm...more

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My personal Visual Cast of The Dante Chronicles: Corson

As I write, I envision certain actors in the parts to give voice to the dialogues. Corson Dante created a myriad of images, and the actors that could easily fill pieces of them. Corson is not just any villain. He is a lost lamb, psychotic child, a manipulated son, a power hungry, damaged fool, and a pawn. He is mad; about his mother and because of her. This part required someone with model-like... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.57 · 23 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Kindred 4.69 of 5 stars 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	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 Brotherhood 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 9 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
	The Traveler (The Dante Chronicles, #3) 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

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