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ANTHONY J. RAPINO is a horror writer and sculptor. He's also a teacher, and somehow that makes more sense than it should. He spends his days among people and things that demand shaping: Words, clay, or minds, it amounts to the same job. Though the minds are a hard sell, you can find his fiction and sculptures online. Discover more on www.AnthonyJRapino.com and https://linktr.ee/arapino ...more

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	Ugly Little Things: Volume One by Todd Keisling (Goodreads Author), Anthony J. Rapino (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions by Anthony J. Rapino (Goodreads Author), Anthony D. Grate (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 149 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
	Liminal Spaces: An Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction by Kevin Lucia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author), Kelli Owen (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Welcome to Moon Hill 3.70 avg rating — 61 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
	Soundtrack to the End of the World 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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
	Greetings from Moon Hill by Anthony J. Rapino (Goodreads Author), Todd Keisling (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amelia Bennett (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Robbed of Sleep, Vol. 1: Stories to Stay Up For by Troy Blackford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mercedes M. Yardley (Goodreads Author), Val Tenterhosen 3.54 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Loosely Enforced Rules 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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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	Reality Engineers 4.33 avg rating — 3 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

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