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Michael Carter

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Speculative Fiction, Horror, Western

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Michael Carter’s short fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography appear regularly in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. His most bothersome flash fiction was collected in Boneyard Tales (Greenbelt Press 2022). When he’s not at the keyboard or scavenging the boneyard, he can be found at the river’s edge fishing or RVing. He is a lifelong resident of the Western United States, descending from homestead ranchers and dry-land farmers in Eastern Montana, and railroad workers in the Hillyard District of Spokane, Washington.
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	Drabbledark: An Anthology of Dark Drabbles by Eric S. Fomley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Ficke (Goodreads Author), Zoey Hedman (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Boneyard Tales by Michael Carter (Goodreads Author), A.A. Medina (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Shawn Langley (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2022 — 8 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
	Hate (Dark Drabbles, #8) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.M. Ames (Goodreads Author), Andrew Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles by Eric S. Fomley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrea Allison (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tiffany Michelle Brown (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 3 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
	Coffin Bell One by Tamara Burross Grisanti (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samuel J. Adams, Nicole Appleby 4.63 avg rating — 19 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
	GRUESOME by Aphotic Realm, Damascus Mincemeyer, Joe Koch (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 5 by Josh Goller (Editor), Mary Lenoir Bond (Editor), Aeryn Rudel (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Fangs (Aphotic Realm Magazine #6) by Aphotic Realm, Kev Harrison (Goodreads Author), S.J. Budd (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 6 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
	The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 4 by Josh Goller (Editor), Mary Lenoir Bond (Editor), Barlow Adams it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Trembling With Fear: Year 2 by Stuart Conover (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephanie Ellis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Carter (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 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

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Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History 10th Anniversary Edition

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