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J.P. Mac

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

August 10

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https://writeenough.blogspot.com

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Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir

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A former assistant marathon coach with Team in Training, Mac studied creative writing at the University of Southern California. His short fiction has appeared in venues such as "The Cthulhu Mythos Mega Pack," and the anthology, "Horror: California." An Emmy Award-winning writer on Animaniacs, Mac has also written a collection of dark fantasy short stories and an autobiography of his struggles with prostate cancer. Currently, JP Mac has returned to his short story roots, working on several projects ranging from horror to humor and subjects in-between. ...more

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Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.”
― Robert Benchley

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“Another damn'd thick, square book! Always, scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?

(On publication of Vol. 1 of The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire”
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“That book is filthy. Wicked. Dangerous. Yet it feels so comforting to own it.”
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