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Steve Coate

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Steve Coate holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Florida International University and has worked at two major metropolitan newspapers in South Florida. He was an English major prior to switching tracks to journalism and has also worked in sales (both door to door and telemarketing), catering, and the dry cleaning industry, providing plenty of material for the speculative fiction he writes. He lives in Lauderhill, Florida, with his cat, Bigby.

Steve’s short fiction appears in more than a dozen publications, including "Bards and Sages Quarterly," "The Literary Hatchet" and "Coven: Masterful Tales of Fantasy."

Follow Steve on Twitter @stevecoate and read his blog.

You can also drop him a note through goodreads or at stevecoate11@gmai
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Freaky news

Copper Pen Press has picked up my short story "Sideshow Spectacle" for inclusion in the upcoming anthology Freakshow: Freakishly Fascinating Tales of Mystery and Suspense, currently slated for release in April. Watch this space for more details.


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