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R. Daniel Lester

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Canada

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https://rdaniellester.wordpress.com

Twitter

@rdaniellester

Genre

Crime, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Brautigan, Haruki Mur ...more

Member Since

September 2017

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I write into the void. Sometimes the void wins. Other times the words win.

Over the years, my work has appeared in print and online in such places as Adbusters, Geist, Shotgun Honey, 365 Tomorrows, Pulp Literature, Switchblade and the clown noir anthology, Greasepaint & 45s. I've also won the Mash Stories flash fiction contest and twice made it to the semi-finals of the Broken Pencil Indie Writers Deathmatch.

In 2018, my novella, Dead Clown Blues, was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novella by the Crime Writers of Canada. The follow-up, the second book in the Carnegie Fitch Mystery Fiasco series, 40 Nickels, is scheduled for release mid-August 2019 from Shotgun Honey/Down & Out Books.

Previously a longtime Vancouver residen ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 76 ratings · 33 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology by Diane Morrison (Editor/Author), Sable Aradia (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Author), Liam Hogan 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Switchblade: Issue Seven (Switchblade Volume One Book 7) by Scotch Rutherford (Editor), Nick Kolakowski (Goodreads Author), David Rachels (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 14 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
	Dead Clown Blues (Carnegie Fitch, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11 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
	EconoClash Review #5: Quality Cheap Thrills by Die Booth (Goodreads Author), Aristo Couvaras, Adam S. Furman (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 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
	Greasepaint & .45s by Ryan Sayles (Goodreads Author), Patricia Abbott, J.L. Abramo (Goodreads Author) 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
	4:20 Noir: A Hoosier Noir Special Edition by Rex Weiner, Alec Cizak (Goodreads Author), Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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
	40 Nickels (Carnegie Fitch, #2) really liked it 4.00 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
	Die, Famous! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Caffeine Fueled Revelation Machines 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	It's All in the Interpretation 0.00 avg rating — 0 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