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Angel Zapata

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Angel Zapata calls Augusta, Georgia his home. Born and raised in New York City, his award-winning fiction and poetry is a conglomeration of street smarts and Southern charm. He’s authored a crime thriller novelette, literary and genre short story collections, and two poetry chapbooks. When he was a kid, creepy shadow people would stand by his bed and watch him sleep. Now he stands by their beds.

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	The Man of Shadows 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	An Offering of Ink and Feathers 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Son of the Exorcist 4.44 avg rating — 9 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
	Flames of Quiet Light: Thirteen Tiny Tales of Love and Loss 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Prayers from Crooked Spines 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	Luz de tormenta (Voces / Literatura nº 267) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 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
	Grim and Grisly Shades of Red it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	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
	5x5 Fiction: Issue Two - Secrets, Scuffles, and Surprises by Angel Zapata (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L. Munoz, Alana Mander 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	5x5 Fiction: Issue One - Murder, Monsters and Misfortune by Angel Zapata (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael J. Solender, Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	5x5 Fiction: Issue Three - Avoidance, Allowance, and Animosity by Angel Zapata (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Cole (Goodreads Author), Debbi Antebi it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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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Stigma at Cavalcade of Stars

Jeanette Cheezum has my poem, Stigma , up at Cavalcade of Stars. And, in case you missed it last month, she also published another one of my works, Relative Degrees. Read more of this blog post »

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Darlings of Decay

by Tamara Rose Blodgett (Goodreads Author)

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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

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“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
― Francois Auguste De Chateaubriand

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