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Chris Stevens

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Born

in Fontana California, The United States

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Genre

Horror

Influences

Stephen King, Clive Barker, 80's action movies, and rock music ...more

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October 2012

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I was born and raised in Southern California. After graduating high school, I went into the Marine Corp. where I was tasked with guarding materials of national security. I can't tell you what it was (if I did, I'd have to kill you.)

After spending four glorious years serving our country I became a police officer. It was an exciting six years, but in the end, it all came crashing down. My advice, never burn your bridges.

Since then I have been spending my time as a supervisor for the post office. It wasn't the most glamorous job and in 2012 I decided to pursue two careers, one is my love of writing. The second, since writing isn't paying the bills just yet, is teaching.
I am married with two children.

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Screaming Poets is currently being offerred for free on kindle until Friday. Also I am doing another giveaway. This time it is for our second book The Dead & Not So Dead. If you like zombies, vampires, and the undead you will enjoy this collection of creepy tales.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 62 ratings · 4 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Something Wicked Anthology, Vol Two by Joe Vaz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vianne Venter (Editor), Faith Bicknell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Welcome to Hell (Fantastic Horror Book 3) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Spyder Collins, Rick McQuiston 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Legends Untold (Fantastic Horror Volume 1) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), E. Albert Branstrom, Douglas J. Moore 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	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
	Good Vs Evil (Fantastic Horror Volume 4) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Jack Horne, Will Endres Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Temptations & Other Sins (Fantastic Horror Book 6) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Christopher Hivner (Goodreads Author), Ryan Willox (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	ParABnormal Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2011 by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Jackie Gamber (Goodreads Author), K.S. Hardy (Poet) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Mythos Revisited (Fantastic Horror Book 5) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Aaron J. French, Dave Fragments liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Dead And Not So Dead (Fantastic Horror Volume II) by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), George Pastore, Philip Roberts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Something Wicked #19 by Joe Vaz (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Nick Scorza (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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
	Screaming Poets and Other Ramblings by Chris Stevens (Goodreads Author), Christopher Hivner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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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Conan: The Thief, The Conqueror, The King: The Collected Adventures of the World's Greatest Barbarian (Illustrated Edition)

by Robert E. Howard

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Godly Wars (Prof Croft, #11)

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Clive Barker's Next Testament Vol. 3

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