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Micah Castle

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in Pennsylvania, The United States

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Weird Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction

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H.P. Lovecraft, A.A. Merritt, Ray Bradbury, Jack London, Stephen King, ...more

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June 2016

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Micah Castle is a weird fiction and horror writer. He's an author of multiple books, and his stories have appeared in various magazines, websites, and anthologies.

While away from the keyboard, he enjoys spending time with his wife, playing with his animals, spending hours in the woods, and can typically be found reading a book or writing somewhere in his Pennsylvania home. ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,508 ratings · 460 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Reconstructing a Relationship 4.36 avg rating — 102 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
	The World He Once Knew 3.91 avg rating — 110 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
	The Stone Man and Other Weird Tales 3.67 avg rating — 61 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
	The Women Without Eyes 3.65 avg rating — 60 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
	Homecoming: A Horror Novella 3.35 avg rating — 60 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
	The Companions We Lose: A Horror Novella by Micah Castle (Goodreads Author), Rachel Oestreich (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 34 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
	The Abyss Beyond the Reflection 3.72 avg rating — 29 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
	A Home In The Darkness 4.20 avg rating — 25 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
	Who Spoke on the Other Side 3.52 avg rating — 25 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
	Even Gods Can Die: A Mystery Crime Thriller by Micah Castle (Goodreads Author), Rachel Oestreich (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 18 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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Choose Your Own Horror #4 — Part 1

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“And you’re still sticking to your story,” the police officer says, his pen pausing, “about knowing nothing about what happened in Squirrel Springs?”

“Squirrel Springs, is that a town? I never heard of it.”

“Technically a village, but you could say it’s a town.”

You don’t know what to say to that, so you nod. “Is there anything else you need from me?”

“Actually, yes.” He

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The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

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Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror, Volume Four

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Spastic and all over the place, jumping from one part of her life to another, difficult to follow at times, bombastic and loud but also quiet. But, at the end of it all, Molly's a kind, caring, and generous person and the memoir was a nice listen. ...more
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Micah Castle has read Split Scream Volume Eight: Cursed Places by Sonora Taylor (Goodreads Author)	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
Another great edition to the Split Scream series.
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One of the best collections of weird fiction I've ever read. Similar to Jeff VanderMeer's Ambergis, I easily could've read more of the world of Olyoke for hundreds of more pages. ...more
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While thorough and well researched, it reads heavily like a very dry textbook and it sort of becomes repetitive about 1/4th of the way through. Moreover, the narrator is monotone and, I don't know if it's because of the subject matter, she is not eng ...more
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