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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


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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
Brand New Cherry Flavor: A ...
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
Stabs At Happiness
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Within Normal Limits
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1987
Brand New Cherry Flavor: A ...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011
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Stabs At Happiness by Todd Grimson
" 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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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
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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

Stainless by Todd Grimson
" 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 »
Stainless by Todd Grimson
" 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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The Drop by Michael Connelly
The Drop (Harry Bosch, #17)
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read in January, 2012
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.
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