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Jim Musgraveauthor profile |
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| born | February 24, 1946 | ||||||||||||
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| gender | male | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Fall River, Mass., United States | ||||||||||||
| website | http://presidentsparasite.wordpress.com | ||||||||||||
| genre | Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, History | ||||||||||||
| influences | Albert Camus, Thomas Harris, J. D. Salinger, Franz Kafka, James Patterson, Stephen King | ||||||||||||
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about this author
James Musgrave (aka, Efraim Z. Graves) is an author and college educator in San Diego, California. His recent non-fiction title, The Digital Scribe: a Writer's Guide to Electronic Media (AP Professional, ISBN 0-12-512255-1) has been internationally published. He has a M.A. degree in Creative Writing from San Diego State University. He was awarded the “Ebook of the Year Award, 2001-2002” from Bookbooters.com for his thriller, Russian Wolves. In addition, Mr. Musgrave has finished as a Finalist in the New Century Writer Awards for his novel excerpt, Iron Maiden. Runner-Up in the $10,000 Annual Heekin Foundation Awards for New Fiction Writers (1994). He has published short fiction in many literary journals, including: San Diego Writer's M...more |
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books by Jim Musgravecombine editionsavg rating: 4.25 | 8 ratings | 4 distinct works
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Jim's writing
The President's Parasite and Other Stories (Sampler) (Literature & Fiction)
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You can download this free publisher's sampler containing excerpts from each of the 30 stories in my collection.
Zinggong (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
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It's the story of a future where the Pan-Asian rulers vacation in the Wild West of the United States, and their entertainers consist of genetically engineered "cowboys and outlaws" and slave labor American humans who cater to the tourist droves from Asia. In other words, Pan-Asia now owns our country, and "Zinggong" (means "palace on tour" in Chinese) is the place where Asians can now rest and relax from all their wars and other work. San Diego Detective, Julien Gaston, belongs to a group of freaks who can remember things, and he sets out to mount a rebellion against the Pan-Asian rulers. How does he accomplish it? He enlists the aide of some rather attractive and dynamically war-like "duplicant" women, who can do things he only dreams about.
Audio Short Story: "A Betting Man" (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 07/07/2008 08:09PM
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A Marine starts a betting craze in a San Diego bar that leads to finding his lost lover.
What Were You When You Were Alive? (Literature & Fiction)
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updated 04/26/2008 09:08AM
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Audio Story By Efraim Zimbalist Graves (Jim Musgrave)
A Gulf War veteran wins a different kind of "Survivor Game" in San Diego, fighting prejudice against the homeless...
The President's Parasite and Other Stories (Literature & Fiction)
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In The President's Parasite, Jim Musgrave resurrects all that has gone missing in today's literature: originality. The title story is a Kafkaesque piece from the point-of-view of an intellectual tapeworm trapped inside a moronic president, and the satirical impact is worthy of Swift. The other stories range from a widower trapped inside the Clock Tower in Baghdad that he constructed, to a baseball pitcher who becomes a living vegetable after a batted ball strikes his head. All in all, there is something for everyone in this collection of 30 eye-popping stories from a truly gifted author.
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Jim said "yes" to attending the event: The Pros and Cons of Independent and Conglomerate Publishing. date: July 17, 2008 11:00AM location: Rancho-Palms Library, 2920 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States description: GLAWS, Greater Los Angeles Area Writers Society, has invited myself and a group of authors to discuss the pros and cons of both indie and conglomerate press. I am sure there will be discussions on marketing as well as a lively discussion. Please come if you can. Jim said: If it's online I'll be there; otherwise, no. | |||
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Jim wrote The President's Parasite and Other Stories (Sampler): Sampler from The President's Parasite and Other Stories.
"You can now download a free sampler of stories from the new short story collection The President's Parasite and Other Stories."
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"Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
— Carl Gustav Jung
— Carl Gustav Jung
"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."
— e.e. cummings
— e.e. cummings
""For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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— Jeremiah 29:11
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— Jeremiah 29:11
"Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone."
— Jeanette Winterson (Written on the Body)
— Jeanette Winterson (Written on the Body)
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