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R.A. McCandless has been a writer both professionally and creatively for nearly two decades and recently became a publisher with Ellysian Press. He was born under a wandering star that led him to a degree in Communication and English with a focus on creative writing.

He is the author of the steampunk book THE CLOCKWORK DETECTIVE and urban fantasy TEARS OF HEAVEN and HELL BECOMES HER, short stories "And Into A Watery Grave" in In Shambles, "Grenadiers and Dragon's Fire" in Gears Gadgets and Steam, "Through the Sting of Fairy Smoke" in Nine Heroes: Heroic Fantasy anthology, and "He Who Tells the Tale" and "Holes Full of Dark" in Holes: An Indie Author Anthology.

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	Tears of Heaven 4.46 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2013 — 10 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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	Nine Heroes: Tales of heroic Fantasy by Walter Rhein (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R.A. McCandless (Goodreads Author), Chris Morris 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014 — 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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	Holes by Tom Benson, Angela Lockwood (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Bryn (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 13 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
	Company of the Damned 4.60 avg rating — 10 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
	Question of the Day: The Andre Polk Memorial Anthology by J.J. Clayborn (Goodreads Author), M.D. Thalmann (Goodreads Author), T.L. Evans (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	In Shambles (A Scarlett Nightmare #2) by Samantha LaFantasie (Goodreads Author) (editor), R.A. McCandless (Goodreads Author), Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Gears, Gadgets & Steam (Tinkered Tales #1) by Audrey Grover (Editor), T. Fox Dunham (Goodreads Author), R.A. McCandless (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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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“It's history as it should have happened. It's history made better.”
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“It's history as it should have happened. It's history made better.”
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“You could never demand intimacy -- you could only volunteer it.”
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“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus

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