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Scott Carson

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https://scottcarsonbooks.com/

Genre

Thriller, Horror, Paranormal

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October 2019

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Scott Carson is the pen name of Michael Koryta, a New York Times bestselling author whose work has been translated into more than twenty languages, adapted into major motion pictures, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A former private investigator and reporter, his writing has been praised by Stephen King, Michael Connelly, and Dean Koontz, among many others. Raised in Bloomington, Indiana, he now lives in Indiana and Maine.

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Michael’s Tribute to Daniel Woodrell

I feel as if lately I’m honing a craft never desired: the tribute piece.

In July, I wrote a farewell to my best friend – that may seem an odd term to apply to an 88-year-old man, but it’s the right one. His name was Bob Hammel, and he was a sportswriter by trade and a mentor by whatever bad luck delivered me to his door. He loved words. I’m thinking of that now, because I just heard from the widow

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Average rating: 3.83 · 22,837 ratings · 3,345 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lost Man's Lane 4.15 avg rating — 8,391 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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 Chill 3.61 avg rating — 7,453 ratings — published 2020 — 23 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
	Where They Wait 3.64 avg rating — 5,095 ratings — published 2021 — 13 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
	Departure 37 3.85 avg rating — 1,898 ratings — published 2025 — 14 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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Scott Carson wrote a new blog post Michael’s Tribute to Daniel Woodrell I feel as if lately I’m honing a craft never desired: the tribute piece.In July, I wrote a farewell to my best friend – that may seem an odd term to a Read more of this blog post »
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“Good decisions often mark the death of wild dreams.”
― Scott Carson, Where They Wait

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“She looked the same as she had on the day Gillian last saw her, only without the same emotion in her eyes, the sense of life. Looking into her eyes was like looking at Christmas lights in broad daylight when they seemed empty and foolish and sad, before darkness settled and restored their purpose.”
― Scott Carson, The Chill

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“Everyone craved invention and innovation, but it was maintenance that kept empires alive.”
― Scott Carson, The Chill

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4th Quarter 2021 - Horror #3

Rovers by Richard Lange, 304p

4 votes, 57.1%

Near the Bone by Christina Henry, 336p

1 vote, 14.3%

Billy Summers by Stephen King, 515p

1 vote, 14.3%

Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie (ebook format only)

1 vote, 14.3%

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry, 320p

0 votes, 0.0%

Wilder Girls by Rory Power, 357p

0 votes, 0.0%

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

Nightfall by Daniel Barnett, 140p

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Where They Wait by Scott Carson, 400 p

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