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The Ghost of AtlantaThe Ghost of Atlanta" is, overall, a superbly written book. 5 stars!~Readers Favorite. #Booktok
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The Ghost of Atlanta Synopsis:
In The Ghost of Atlanta, Andy Michael Pilgrim faces demons from his youth that haunted his life. These are the ghosts in the crawl spaces of his life; some are real and some supernatural. After landing a job with The Atlanta Defender, Andy returns home and visits the place where he finally faces remembrances of his deceased abusive father. While walking around the grounds, he meets his mysterious cousin, Joe Boy, and finds out that the property is going to be sold by unscrupulous cousins. While Andy fights this battle, he must confront the personal demon of a possible drug addiction, breaking the color barrier at the south's largest newspaper, The Atlanta Defender, meeting his old girl friend and fighting the lingering effects of segregation in small-town Georgia life. As the story unwinds, all these forces push Andy toward the breaking point, where he almost quits on life. Malevolent mortal deeds are committed and Andy could be next in line.

Philly Style And Philly Profile Book Review!

Friends, as I scroll the internet I find reviews of my books I have never seen. Here is one from Philly Style And Philly Profile.

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 5, 2008
This is another remarkable novel by Julius Thompson. In Philly Style and Philly Profile he takes the reader through the streets of the City of Brotherly Love and shows us, with engaging and touching down-to-earth prose, the good and evil, the hate and love in the lives of hostile and violent young people, some of whom are saved thanks to the constant help of dedicated community counselors. A troubled side of the great city of Philadelphia, portrayed vividly by a brilliant storyteller. A. Romero Snellville, GA
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Friends, another incredible review for the Gold Medal winning: The Ghost of Atlanta!

Friends, another incredible review for the Gold Medal winning: The Ghost of Atlanta!
David Kempf
5.0 out of 5 stars Julius Thompson's The Ghost of Atlanta is Haunting and Inspiring
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022
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Coming of age stories are often uneven in quality and pace but when done well like this one, they can give the reader an entirely different perspective on life. We often read books and see movies to escape reality but Thompson's novel gives us both a harsh reality and a glimpse of real hope.
Property disputes involving family land might not sound like good drama but when the future of a family's survival and prosperity is at stake--it makes for very compelling reading.
In The Ghost of Atlanta, Andy Michael Pilgrim faces demons from his youth that haunted his life.
The best part of this novel is Thompson's powerful use of description that takes the reader to dangerous places where drug deals and shootings are part of everyday life. It makes one wonder what life would be like from a completely different and potentially traumatizing new perspective.
Segregation, drug addiction, and gun violence are the real ghosts of this story.
As someone from the south, I appreciated the folklore and appearances of ghosts and local legends that bring character to local towns and big cities.
The inclusion of the newspaper plot revolving around the Atlanta Defender brought back fond memories of being a newspaper reporter when I was young although I rarely got to write about matters of life and death with our local news team. This leads up to a chilling and profound conclusion. This is not on a spaceship, this is not set in the zombie apocalypse, this tale is set in stone-cold reality--one that we find ourselves immersed in on every page until the end.
The character of Andy is left deeply haunted and so is the reader.
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Julius Thompson The award-Winning author "You Tube Channel" Podcasts!

Julius Thompson The award-Winning author "You Tube Channel" with live streaming and challenging and innovative podcasts. This is the Episode One: Develop a regular writing routine. If you want more information, email juliusthomauthor at gmail.com Please like and subscribe Today!
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Julius Thompson The award-Winning author "You Tube Channel"

Coming soon on the Julius Thompson The award-Winning author "You Tube Channel" with live streaming and challenging and innovative podcasts. Please like and subscribe Today!
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A Brownstone In Brooklyn: Literary Titan Gold Medal Winner!

I'm so proud to share that my book is now award winning. It was most recently acclaimed for Best Book.

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A Brownstone In Brooklyn: Literary Titan Gold Medal Winner!

I'm so proud to share that my book is now award winning. It was most recently acclaimed for Best Book.

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I'm so proud to share that my book is now award winning. It was most recently acclaimed for Fiction - Horror.

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14th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale

Friends welcome to the 14th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale, the biggest Ebook sale of the year!
The catalog goes live at 12:01 am Pacific on Friday, July 1 and expires 11:59pm on Sunday, July 31, 2022. All of my Ebooks are in the Summer/Winter sale!
For the entire month of July when it's summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere, thousands of Smashwords authors and publishers will offer readers exclusive discounts on their Ebooks.
The 50% discount will automatically apply to the shopping cart at checkout. There’s no need to enter or remember a coupon code
Purple Phantoms:
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A Brownstone in Brooklyn:
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Philly Style and Philly Profile:
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The Ghost of Atlanta:
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Jumpstarting Your Inner Novelist:
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Killer Kudzu:
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Killer Kudzu: The Significance of the International Book Prize!

AMERICAN BOOK FEST ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in
the 13th Annual International Book Awards

Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Wiley, Hachette Books, McGraw-Hill, Taylor & Francis Group/Routledge, Zondervan, Forge, HCI Press, Hay House, Greenleaf Book Group Press, Skyhorse Publishing, She Writes Press, Ideapress Publishing and hundreds of national and international Independent Houses contribute to this year’s Outstanding Competition!
LOS ANGELES – American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA) on June 3, 2022. Over 400 winners and finalists were announced in over 90 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest, said this year’s contest yielded thousands of entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.
Keen says of the awards, “The 2022 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the world. IBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”
More information about the International Book Awards can be found at http://www.InternationalBookAwards.com
American Book Fest covers books from all sections of the publishing industry—mainstream, independent, & self-published. More information can be found at http://www.AmericanBookFest.com