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Merrill David is a brain tumor survivor who now resides in East Texas with his wife and their Chiweenie dog Vinny. Merrill's list of works includes his Wicked Awake zombie novel series, a splatterpunk sci-fi novel called Fester, a paranormal amusement park novel called Season Pass, a horror / mafia crime novella called Lasagna, two collections of my own disgusting stories called Appendage and Every THING You Love, extreme horror anthologies Head Blown and Head Blown Too, and a Western Horror anthology called Tumble Bleed.

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	Wicked Awake (Wicked Awake #1) 4.03 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Appendage: Featuring BLOODCUM! and seven other sticky tales of splatterpunk filth and terror! 4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — 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
	Head Blown: Extreme Horror Stories by Merrill David (Goodreads Author), Chris Miller, Eric Butler (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Clusterfuk 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings — 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
	Wicked Awake Too: Slaughter Before Slumber (Wicked Awake #2) 4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2021 — 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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	Liquor When She's Dead (Wicked Awake #3) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Head Blown Too: More Extreme Horror Stories by Merrill David (Goodreads Author), Patrick C. Harrison III (Goodreads Author), Ash Ericmore (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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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Season Pass is out now!

The Crescent Point Amusement Park had it all. Roller coaster enthusiasts went there to fulfill their need for spine tingling speed, heights, death defying drops and hairpin turns. But for a few months out of each year, a traveling sideshow full of freaks, oddities and misfits made this place their home.
One of the park’s regulars was diehard coaster rider Arthur Zappitelli. When a tragic, gruesome Read more of this blog post »

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Wicked Awake (5 books)
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M. Ennenbach (Goodreads Author),

Candace Nola,

D.W. Hitz (Goodreads Author),

Heather Miller,

Rayne Havok,

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4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings

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Every THING You Love: Featuring the BLOODCUM sequel; BLOODCUM AGAIN!

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