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Todd Grimson was born in 1952 in Seattle and moved to Portland, Oregon at an early age. At the age of 22, having gone through all kinds of dead-end employment, Grimson took a civil service exam and ended up working at the VA Hospital in its surgical intensive care unit, which he found highly educational. He went on to work nightshift in the emergency room at Emanuel Hospital, where most local victims of violent crime were seen—an intense experience informing his first novel, “Within Normal Limits,” which he wrote under the mentorship of Paul Bowles, whom he had met and studied with during a summer writing workshop in Tangier, Morocco. Published in the prestigious “Vintage Contemporaries” series as a trade paperback original, “Within Normal...more Todd Grimson was born in 1952 in Seattle and moved to Portland, Oregon at an early age. At the age of 22, having gone through all kinds of dead-end employment, Grimson took a civil service exam and ended up working at the VA Hospital in its surgical intensive care unit, which he found highly educational. He went on to work nightshift in the emergency room at Emanuel Hospital, where most local victims of violent crime were seen—an intense experience informing his first novel, “Within Normal Limits,” which he wrote under the mentorship of Paul Bowles, whom he had met and studied with during a summer writing workshop in Tangier, Morocco. Published in the prestigious “Vintage Contemporaries” series as a trade paperback original, “Within Normal Limits” earned critical acclaim and was the winner of the Oregon Book Award in 1988.

It was shortly before the publication of this first novel that Grimson was first
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), an incurable, degenerative disease. However, his symptoms went away and did not reappear until the summer of 1991. Stricken suddenly, housebound and incapacitated, Grimson found himself having vivid and surreal dreams, which later became the source and literally a part of the novel, “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” which blends this phantasmagorical dreamscape with the innovation of “cinematic realism.” Critically acclaimed both in the US and in the UK, this novel was followed by “Stainless” (Schaffner Press: Feb. 2012), an urban noir vampire novel set in late 1990’s L.A.

In recent years, Grimson has been writing and publishing short fiction online under the nom de plume “I. Fontana,” appearing in such literary reviews as BOMB, Bikini Girl, Juked, New Dead Families, Spork, Lamination Colony and Spork, while working on a new novel, “sickgirl101,” a thriller which delves into the online Alt Sex underworld, exploring and exposing the darker side of contemporary sexuality as perhaps no one else has done before.(less)

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The teenage boy is wearing dirty tattered jeans. You can see tender pearl-white skin here and there. Mulberry scab on one bare knee. He has on a black leather jacket. There is an illegible violet-red emblem on the back.

He goes directly to the hiding place and extracts the briefcase. Look at his slender ass. Stepping over puddles of water contaminated with machine-oil, glinting rainbows i...

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Average rating: 3.49 · 141 ratings · 33 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	Stainless: A Modern Romance 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1996 — 6 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
	Brand New Cherry Flavor: A Novel of the Occult 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1996 — 5 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
	Stabs At Happiness 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Within Normal Limits 3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1987	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
	Brand New Cherry Flavor: A Novel of the Occult 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Todd Grimson liked The Lit Bitch's review of Stabs At Happiness: " These are the stories of societies taboo outcasts. The characters that polite society would rather ignore. Degenerative and hopeless, these characters help set the tone and paint this collection of short stories the darkest black. Many of the chara... " Read more of this review »
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Todd Grimson said "yes" to attending Stabs At Happiness Book Release Event date: November 30, 2012 07:15PM location: The Jack London Bar at the Rialto Pool Hall, 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR, The United States description: BOOK RELEASE EVENT AT THE JACK LONDON BAR Writers, Poets and Musicians Gather to Celebrate Release of Diverse Collection of Short Stories by Critically Acclaimed Portland Author Todd Grimson November 13, 2012 (Portland, OR). Artists, actors and other notable locals will gather Friday, November 30th for a book release event featuring a reading and concert, celebrating the release of a new collection of short stories titled “Stabs At Happiness” from Portland author Todd Grimson. This free event will...more
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Todd Grimson and 1 other person liked Kate's review of Stainless: A Modern Romance: " I did not expect a small-press local author vampire book to be well written. Not a big fan of serial-killer or gore content, I was still moved by Grimson's artful writing. A writer like this loves stories, and is good to their readers, despite the... " Read more of this review »
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Todd Grimson and 1 other person liked Carly Wallace's review of Stainless: A Modern Romance: " Hea y'all Anne here with my second review for Todd Grimson. Stainless a modern romance with a gothic old school style that brings back fond memories of Vampires that turn to dust and rip humans to shreds when hungry. Oh the good old days, and Todd... " Read more of this review »
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Todd Grimson made a comment on his recommendation of Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) to Aggie ";-)"
Jan 13, 2012 11:30pm
Todd Grimson is currently reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)	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
Jan 05, 2012 01:53am
Todd Grimson rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Drop (Harry Bosch, #17) by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author) read in January, 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
Better than some of the recent ones. He's settled into a routine, and maybe if he slowed down a bit he could match the earlier, more ambitious titles in the series.
Jan 05, 2012 01:52am · see review
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Todd Grimson rated a book 4 of 5 stars Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) by Richard K. Morgan	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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