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Rick Shaw

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Rick has short stories in anthologies with Bayonet Books and the Santa Barbara Literary Journal. His debut novel the Tunguska Deception spent two weeks in Amazon's top 100 for alternate history.

Rick, his wife, and their dogs (the Shaw Shack Hooligans) make there home in rural Southern California, just yards from the San Andres Fault. ...more

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	Contact This! A First Contact Anthology by Paul Elard Cooley (Goodreads Author), Chris Winder (Goodreads Author), Walt Robillard 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2019 — 5 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 Tunguska Deception 4.37 avg rating — 19 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
	From the Ashes by Terry Mixon (Goodreads Author), Rick Partlow (Goodreads Author), Devon C. Ford (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 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
	Genesis Renewed: Book 1 in the Genesis Renewed Saga 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 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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	The Fifth Fedora: Weird Noir & Stranger Tales by Silver Webb, Rick Shaw (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

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