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James L. Davis

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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Mark Twain, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Douglas Adams and Berkeley Bre ...more

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James L. Davis lives with his wife in Spanish Fork, Utah, in a home infested with children and animals, where he is very happy and not altogether sane.

The characters in his head, screaming at his brain, keep him up at night. But sometimes they have "intrestin" thoughts. ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 220 ratings · 32 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Rages (The Book of the Shepherds #1) 3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings — 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 Vale (The Book of the Shepherds, #4) 4.60 avg rating — 40 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
	Greyland (The Book of the Shepherds #2) 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings — 6 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
	Redemption (The Book of the Shepherds, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — 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
	Five Days Dead 4.39 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
	Don't Steal Their Noses and Other Parental Words of Wisdom 3.83 avg rating — 6 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
	Castaway (The Rages #1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Lost in My Hometown it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Spoiler (The Rages #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I published The Rages almost nine years ago, which is surreal. It was decades in the making, mostly because I had most of the main characters in my head for a long time but had no idea what world they belonged in. I self-published my first four novels for a lot of reasons, most of them probably bad reasons, but reasons just the same.

While I recognize the work has flaws, I am still proud to cal

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

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James’s Quotes

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
― Mark Twain

tags: clothing

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“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: books, bookstore, towns

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“Hey," said Shadow. "Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are."
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes.
"Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck you," said the raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: edgar-allan-poe, humor, nevermore, parody, poe, raven

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