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Matt Spencer is the author of the novels The Night and the Land, Summer Reaping on the Fields of Nowhere, Cult of the Stars (illustrated by Deirdre Burke) and The Drifting Soul (illustrated by Stephen R. Bissette), as well as numerous novellas and short stories (including award-winners The Red Duke and Petticoat Lane), and the collection, Story Time With Crazy Uncle Matt.

Mister Spencer has been a journalist, New Orleans restaurant cook, factory worker, radio DJ, and a no-good ramblin’ bum. He’s also a song lyricist, playwright, actor, and martial artist. As of this writing, he lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 65 ratings · 24 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Night and the Land 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 7 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 Trail of the Beast (Book Two of the The Deschembine Trilogy Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Chapel of the Falcon 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Dragons of the East End it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Changing of the Guards 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Shadow Ballads 4.33 avg rating — 3 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 Drifting Soul by Matt Spencer (Goodreads Author), Stephen R. Bissette liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Story Time with Crazy Uncle Matt: A Tangle of Yarns it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Summer Reaping on the Fields of Nowhere it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Cult of the Stars really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Editors’ Note: Matt Spencer is the author of numerous novellas and short-stories, as well as the novels The Night and the Land, The Trail of the Beast, and Summer Reaping on the Fields of Nowhere. His latest book is Changing of the Guards. He’s been a journalist, New Orleans restaurant cook, factory worker,...

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Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6: Pulp Magazine with Modern Sensibilities (Volume 2)

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Matt Spencer and 2 other people liked Emris Lindsay's review of Changing of the Guards: "An interesting and intriguing adventure entangled deeply with racist tones, deceit, betrayal and not forgetting greed. Severen life was a complex and puzzling one but somewhere within that tangled mask, there lies a kindness for people of all race..." Read more of this review »
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Matt Spencer and 2 other people liked Diamond's review of Changing of the Guards: "I thought I had a couple of red flags at the beginning of this one, but as a whole I found they were unfounded, and actually completely turned around. Interesting world? Unique magic system? Action and intrigue? Fully imagined characters with un..." Read more of this review »
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Matt Spencer liked Alexander Pyles's review of Changing of the Guards: "review forthcoming"
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Bold dark fantasy that commits to its premise While sword and sorcery fantasy has always tended towards morally ambiguous/compromised protagonists, Lawrence lets you know straight off that his antihero Jorg is a nasty, bloody, Machiavellian piece of w ...more
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Quite an ookie, quirky, imaginative little collection of bizarro horror. Quite an ookie, quirky, imaginative little collection of bizarro horror. Shipp's dreamlike scenarios are trippy, memorable, sometimes scary, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, somet ...more
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