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Writer, reader, book/music/film/travel reviewer for In Classic Style, editor, cook, lawn mower, treat master to Zippy, Kipling, Ajax The Gray, & Eartha Kitt'n.

If you feel like reading a short sharp tale, please find the paperback for Sandcastle and Other Stories at your local bookstores, please request a copy there and share the book with your friends. The eBook is available at Amazon (coming soon to Barnes and Noble, the iTunes Bookstore, and for kobo readers).

Thank you for giving short stories a chance.


Village Books in old Fairhaven is the best bookstore in the Pacific Northwest, and Justin Bog is speaking there.


For your calendar: I will be reading from my newest literary suspense novella, The Conversationalist, and a short off-center tale from Sandcastle and Other Stories at Village Books in Fairhaven on Friday May 31st at 7pm. Please join me for this and feel free to ask questions about the writing life, the writing process, and how I created these stories. Village Books Website: click HERE. Every...

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Published on May 24, 2013 12:13
Average rating: 4.55 · 55 ratings · 33 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Sandcastle and Other Stories
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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At-Risk by Amina Gautier
" I loved this collection of short stories. The last time I enjoyed a collection this much was with FLannery O'Connor and Alice Munro.

The narrative voice immediately seduced me. By the end of page two, I found myself longing for Jason's Summers. I w... " Read more of this review »
At-Risk by Amina Gautier
" Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, At-risk (University of Georgia Press) by Amina Gautier is a heartbreaking, eye opening, and endearing collection of stories that focus on African-American children in turmoil. Fathers leave,... " Read more of this review »
At-Risk by Amina Gautier
" This book was wonderfully compelling. Amina introduces us to many child characters, all of which are, in one way or another, "At-Risk," a label that is attached to them because of the environment that they live in and/or the adult's expectations o... " Read more of this review »
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" Excellent book, struck close to home with me as most of the stories take place in and around the area where I have worked for several years. I feel like I know these kids, that I have worked with many of them over the years and have looked into th... " Read more of this review »
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