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Cathryn Grant

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Cathryn Grant’s short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Her short story, “I Was Young Once” received an honorable mention from Joyce Carol Oates in the 2007 Zoetrope All-story Short Fiction contest. Her flash fiction has been published in the ezine, Every Day Fiction, and at her website under Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour.

She is the author of three novels: THE DEMISE OF THE SOCCER MOMS, BURIED BY DEBT, and THE SUBURBAN ABYSS, as well as the Madison Keith suburban noir ghost stories. One reader commented that she “makes the mundane menacing”.

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Cathryn Grant's Blog: Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour

Flash Fiction: The Graduation Gift

THE SEA OF red robes caused the two waffles with syrup, not as digested as he’d thought, to swim through Jim’s stomach like it was a pond full of pollywogs. Despite the heat and the dizzying effect of all that … Continue reading →

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	Fatal Cut (A Suburban Noir Ghost Story #1) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 26 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
	Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Demise of the Soccer Moms 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Buried by Debt 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 6 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
	Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 2 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Shallow Water (A Suburban Noir Ghost Story #2) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Last Chance (A Suburban Noir Ghost Story #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
	Flash Fiction for the Cocktail Hour - Volume 3 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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 Suburban Abyss 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Lonely Ghosts (A Suburban Noir Ghost Story #6) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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The Accursed

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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison*: Inside Oracle Corporation; *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

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The Big Sleep and Other Novels

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