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Kevin Catalano is the author of the dark thriller, Where the Sun Shines Out (Skyhorse), and of the short-story collection, Deleted Scenes and Other Bonus Features (Stephen F. Austin University Press). His other work has appeared in places like PANK, storySouth, Booth, Gargoyle Magazine, Fanzine, and Aethlon: a Journal of Sport Literature. He earned his MFA from Rutgers University-Newark, where he currently teaches writing.

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	Where the Sun Shines Out 3.54 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Exigencies by Richard Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Luke Spooner (Illustrations) 4.18 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2015	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
	Pear Noir! (#5) by Daniel Casebeer (Editor), Michael Kimball, Sarah Bridgins 4.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	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 Word Made Flesh 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2012	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
	Surreal South '13 by Josh Woods (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Gray Baughan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kendall Giles (Contributor) 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	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
	Deleted Scenes 4.08 avg rating — 12 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
	Get Lit, Round 1: Flash Fiction by Marcus Speh (Goodreads Author) (Author), Dan Cafaro (Editor), Katrina Gray (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	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 Sky Is a Free Country by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Schuler Benson, Mike Bernicchi 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019	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
	Poiesis Review #7 by Leah Angstman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dai Akaboshi, Phill Arensberg 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2019	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
	Exigencies: A Neo-Noir Anthology by Letitia Trent (Goodreads Author), David James Keaton (Goodreads Author), Damien Angelica Walters (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Kevin Catalano liked Mary's review of Where the Sun Shines Out: "Very dark novel, and very graphic depictions of drug use. I did not understand the ending; it just seemed to end all of a sudden."
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“And the rain was brain colored
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“Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw.”
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“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
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“If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the hundred thousands of books you should have already read - if you wait for the time, you will never do it. ‘Cause there ain’t no time; world don’t want you to do that. World wants you to go to the zoo and eat cotton candy, preferably seven days a week.”
― Harry Crews

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