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JON ZELAZNY spent his youth in theater and wrote and directed five short films. A graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and the U.S. Army Airborne School, he began his Hollywood career with producer Joel Silver, then spent a decade in creative support of acclaimed German director Uli Edel. As a screenwriter, he performed polishes, rewrites, and full rewrites on features and made-for-cable films, and was twice commissioned to adapt non-fiction World War II books. His short story "Constant at the 3 Deuces" won the 57th Short Fiction Prize from Jerry Jazz Musician and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. ...more

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	THUGLIT Issue Twenty-Two by Todd Robinson (Editor), Rob Hart (Goodreads Author), Matthew Hockey 4.23 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Switchblade: Issue Seven (Switchblade Volume One Book 7) by Scotch Rutherford (Editor), Nick Kolakowski (Goodreads Author), David Rachels (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 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
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	Switchblade : Issue Twelve (Switchblade Volume One Book 12) by Jon Zelazny (Goodreads Author), E.F. Sweetman, Serena Jayne (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Rabbit Hole Volume 5, Weird Stories: Just...Plain...Weird by Tom Wolosz (Editor), Lori M. Myers (Goodreads Author), Richard Zaric (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2022 — 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
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	Literary e-clectic: The Record (Literary e-clectic #4) by Adam J. Williams (Goodreads Author), Jon Zelazny (Goodreads Author), Pamela Jeffs (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

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