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I am a lifelong avid reader with a passionate love for a good story, be it fiction on nonfiction. As a kid, I loved genre movies-westerns, gangsters, horror-because the story was king with those kind of flicks, same with comic books, another life long passion. After years of reading, I decided to try my hand at writing the kind of fiction I enjoyed and learned there is no greater satisfaction than to labor on something you love and then discover others find pleasure in it as well.

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	All the Way with JFK: An Alternate History of 1964 3.90 avg rating — 77 ratings — 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
	Beating Plowshares into Swords: An Alternate History of the Vietnam War 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Big Crimson 1: There's a New Vampire in Town 2.85 avg rating — 13 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
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	BIG CRIMSON 3: BLOOD WILL TELL (BIG CRIMSON #3) 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	You Never Know What's Going to Come Through the Door 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1)

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I am not a regular reader of John Grisham, as Stephen King is more my speed, but having spent some time in Biloxi, Mississippi, as a kid, I was drawn to read THE BOYS FROM BILOXI, a novel set back in the days when that Gulf coast town was notorious f ...more
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