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Matthew Allard

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Fiction writer living in Los Angeles, CA.

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Average rating: 4.42 · 77 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works

	To Slow Down The Time: Stories 4.54 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2010	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
	Pops and Clicks 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Reverence Library: Volume One by Sing Statistics (Editor), Matthew Allard (Goodreads Author), Josh Fireland (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 15 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

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The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith

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“Novels are forged in passion, demand fidelity and commitment, often drive you to boredom or rage, sleep with you at night. They are the long haul. They are marriage. Stories, on the other hand, you can lose yourself in for a few weeks and then wrap up, or grow tired of and abandon and (maybe) return to later. They can cuddle you sweetly, or make you get on your knees and beg.”
― David Leavitt, Collected Stories

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