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Eric Laster

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Eric Laster writes fiction for middle graders and adults, including The Adventures of Erasmus Twiddle (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers), the Welfy Q. Deederhoth novels, and the supernatural mystery #Static. His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals. When not writing, he records punk rock and presses it to vinyl.

To celebrate the release of Hairy Days, Book 2 in the Welfy Q. series, Eric is giving away a six-chapter preview of IPPY Silver Award-winning Book 1. Check it out at the website listed on this page.

"Eric Laster has a way of writing that cuts straight to the heart....Each of the conflicts the characters encounter are so relatable it's hard to stop reading."
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A giveaway in honor of the publication of Welfy Q: Hairy Days

Welfy Q. Deederhoth: Meat Purveryor, World SaviorWelfy Q: Hairy DaysEric LasterAt long last, the second book in the Welfy Q. series is out, and to celebrate, I'm offering a free excerpt of the first book, Welfy Q. Deederhoth: Meat Purveyor, World Savior, for anyone who wants to catch up with the original tale before digging into the second.

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“The princess turns to him, serious. 'You are the one my great-grandfather spoke of: a denizen of Earth wearing a dirty apron who falls down a shaft and lands in sticky goo to lead the Brundeedle race out of Woe Time.':”
Eric Laster, Welfy Q. Deederhoth Meat Purveyor World Savior

“...to use the little kick of energy which opposition supplies to be more vigorously oneself.”
Virginia Woolf, A Writer's Diary

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

“Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty...the wet eyes of the sentimentalist betray his aversion to experience, his fear of life, his arid heart; and it is always, therefore, the signal of secret and violent inhumanity, the mark of cruelty.”
James Baldwin

“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should write.”
Charles Nodier

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