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Anthony Renfro

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Anthony lives in Apex, North Carolina. He is a reader, writer, runner, husband, father, and stay at home dad - one of the toughest jobs anyone could ever do.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 509 ratings · 158 reviews · 55 distinct works

	A Zombie Christmas 3.48 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Nightlight Tales 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Zombie Thanksgiving 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Zombie Christmas 2 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Zombie Holiday Trilogy 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	A Vampire at Christmas 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Nightlight Tales 2: A Collection of Horror Short Stories 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Living Sand 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Need to Feed 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Tales from the Blog (12/31/2017): A Vampire at Christmas 6

5 out of 5 stars: A deadly and dashing vampire

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Now it was on to victim number two, which he found in a bar called “I Got Crabs.” A seedy little strip joint (all nude dancers) that oozed sleaze from the ceiling to the floor and everywhere in between. Music pumped, men cheered, got drunk, as hellish looking lights danced across the entire room. The women were low rent, the ones w

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Diary of a ROBLOX Avatar – BRAINROT Stealer: A Fast-Paced, Easy-to-Read Adventure for Kids 8–12

by Javier Muñoz

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The Silmarillion

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Police Stories: The Rookie Years: True Crime, Chaos & Life as a Big City Cop

by Patrick O'Donnell

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Choose the book you want to read for a discussion in December. Remember, a vote is a commitment to follow-up if your vote wins.

Lock In by John Scalzi
2014, Hardcover 320 pages, 3.83 avg rating
$10.67 Kindle, paperback starts at $7plus

5 votes, 35.7%

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
2008, 306 pages, AR 3.82
$7.99 Kindle, cheap used hardcover, $7 plus for paper

3 votes, 21.4%

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
2014, 316 pages, AR 3.75
$8.97 Kindle, cheap in paperback (4 bucks and up)

The Last Policeman (The Last Policeman, #1) by Ben H. Winters

2 votes, 14.3%

Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
2012, 373 pages, AR 3.7
$5.19 Kindle, cheap used print

2 votes, 14.3%

Ende: A Diary Of The Third World War by Anton-Andreas Guha
1986, 146 pages, AR 4.62
NO EBOOK, paperback very cheap ($2ish)

2 votes, 14.3%

A Zombie Holiday Trilogy by Anthony Renfro
2014, 80 pages, just a couple of ratings so far
$3.99 Kindle, $7 paperback

0 votes, 0.0%

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