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Thomas Gaffney

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Thomas Gaffney (he/him) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started writing as a child, making his own comic books and Choose Your Own Adventure® novels for the neighborhood. But then he fell in love with all things horror while reading a beat-up copy of Stephen King's IT that his mother brought home in a grab bag of used books.

After surviving twelve years of Catholic school, Gaffney embarked on several careers—computer programmer, barista, account manager—that allowed him to explore the Philadelphia suburbs and meet an eclectic array of people and personalities that have made their way into his stories. Much like Henry Bemis in the Twilight Zone episode “Time Enough at Last,” Gaffney considers himself “a bookish little ma
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Thomas Gaffney Finish. Forget perfect. Forget editing. Sit down, type/write/transcribe/however you get your ideas out of your head and recorded, and complete a proje…moreFinish. Forget perfect. Forget editing. Sit down, type/write/transcribe/however you get your ideas out of your head and recorded, and complete a project. You get better at writing by writing. And you get better at stories/novels by completing something. So even if you have to jot down an unrelated short story ~ 1000 words just to have a finished work under your belt, DO IT.(less)
Thomas Gaffney The captives were saved, the heroes vanquished the enemy, peace was brought to the warring countries, and the citizens of Planet Earth rejoiced in a n…moreThe captives were saved, the heroes vanquished the enemy, peace was brought to the warring countries, and the citizens of Planet Earth rejoiced in a new age of unprecedented peace.
With a soul-piercing scream, a tearing of flesh, and a renewed thirst for blood, The Devil awoke from his nightmare and vowed vengeance upon God's children to prevent this dream from every happening...(less)
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It's been a hot minute since I've blogged anything. To be honest, my website (and blog) were out of commission for a few months due to a certificate issue between Google and my domain name provider. I got that fixed up, and both my site and blog are back online!

In the meantime, I stopped working on my original manuscript (DIE) and moved back to an old idea that I had shelved—tentatively titled, DR

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