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David J. Horn

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in Ann Arbor, MI, The United States

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http://www.davidjhorn.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor

Influences

Flannery O'Connor, Flann O'Brien, Charles Bukowski, Franz Kafka ...more

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September 2011

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David J. Horn (born 2 June 1970) is an American novelist living in Greece working as a software engineer.

In August 2007 he published his first novel, The Unsolvable Circus, a novel so subversive that it rebels against the end; a comedy of errors that features a menagerie of bizarre and hapless characters: octogenarian kidnappers, secret agents, a computer language called COD, a witchdoctor, the classified protocol NO-T4U-2C, the Scatological Encryption Algorithm and a prostitute with a mustache that Rollie Fingers would be proud of.

In 2013 he published his second novel, Hard Labor, which is a fractured look at the anti-hero Jamie Dropping’s life and demise. It is a novel that mythologizes Jamie’s labors as he tries his best to fit in and no ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

David J. Horn I find that if I am having trouble writing anything, or if I begin entering one of those self critical modes where I think everything I write is crap,…moreI find that if I am having trouble writing anything, or if I begin entering one of those self critical modes where I think everything I write is crap, then the best remedy is too stop writing and start reading. Usually, reading a book that I like opens me up a bit and gives me the ability to look at what I am doing with fresh eyes.(less)

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David J. Horn I am working on a book called The Voiced Crow.

This book is about a writer trying to finish his latest novel, before the characters in the book finish…moreI am working on a book called The Voiced Crow.

This book is about a writer trying to finish his latest novel, before the characters in the book finish him off.
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Average rating: 4.14 · 14 ratings · 4 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Friend From Mexico by Apostolos Mavrothalassitis (Goodreads Author), David J. Horn (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Unsolvable Circus 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 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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Hard Labor available for free download

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Also, The Unsolvable Circus is available to be downloaded for free in epub format.

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