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David James Keaton's writing has appeared in over 75 publications, online and in print. He received his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh and was the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flywheel Magazine. His first collection of fiction, FISH BITES COP! Stories To Bash Authorities (Comet Press), was named the 2014 Short Story Collection of the Year by This Is Horror and was also a finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award. Kirkus Reviews called his debut novel, THE LAST PROJECTOR (Broken River Books), "A world of wild fiction… rapidly paced and loaded with humor... a loopy, appealing mix of popular culture and thoroughly crazy people." His second collection of fiction, STEALING PROPELLER HATS FROM THE DEAD (PMMP), received a ...more

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	The Last Projector 4.09 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Fish Bites Cop! Stories To Bash Authorities 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Pig Iron 4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Stealing Propeller Hats from the Dead 3.88 avg rating — 43 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
	Zee Bee & Bee by David James Keaton (Goodreads Author), David Tallerman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) , D.W. Stripp (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 27 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
	Tales from the Crust: An Anthology of Pizza Horror by David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Max Booth III (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Cody Goodfellow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 25 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
	Hard Sentences: Crime Fiction Inspired by Alcatraz by David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joe Clifford (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Johnny Shaw (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 20 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
	Dirty Boulevard: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lou Reed by David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Reed Farrel Coleman (Goodreads Author) , Alison Gaylin (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Get Your Goat by David James Keaton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Lueck (Editor) , Jason Stuart (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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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“One time, she waddled out and showed Peg her bandages from her last suicide attempt, which invokes sympathy in some, but usually makes me imagine someone holding out a pile of dog shit and saying "Look what I almost stepped in!”
― David James Keaton, Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen

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