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Brennan LaFaro is a music teacher by day, horror writer by night, living in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife, two sons, and his hounds. He is the author of the Slattery Falls trilogy, as well as Last Stay, and the horror western, Buzzard's Edge Saga. You can read his short fiction in various anthologies and find him on Twitter at @brennanlafaro or at www.brennanlafaro.com. ...more

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	Noose by Brennan LaFaro (Goodreads Author), Val Halvorson (cover_art) 4.24 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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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	Decimated Dreams (Slattery Falls, #2) 4.66 avg rating — 47 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
	Where the Daybreak Ends: Stories from Buzzard's Edge 4.52 avg rating — 44 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
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	Come and Take My Hand 3.94 avg rating — 31 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
	The World You Loved (Slattery Falls, #3) 4.65 avg rating — 20 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
	I Will Always Find You: The Complete Slattery Falls it was amazing 5.00 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

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Seeing Dead Things (Roxie’s Midlife Adventures, #1) by Leigh Raventhorne

Seeing Dead Things by Leigh Raventhorne

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Slattery Falls by Brennan LaFaro

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Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

River, Sing Out by James Wade

Girl, Stolen (Girl, Stolen #1) by April Henry

Girl, Stolen by April Henry

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Malice (Malice Duology #1) by Heather Walter

Malice by Heather Walter

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

Significance (Significance, #1) by Shelly Crane

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