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Phil Ford

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Phil Ford co-edited and was a contributing writer of the Richmond Macabre : Nightmares from the River City book series. He also contributed to artist Chuck Scalin’s Body of Evidence Book Art project as well as the performance piece of The Memorial Library of Kenton J. Stanfield at Chop Suey Books with artists Thea Duskin and Noah Scalin. He recently has had stories appear in several anthologies such as Generation X-ed (Dark Ink Press, 2022) and The Nightmare Never Ends (Exploding Head Fiction, 2023). His last band, Get in the Car, kicked ass, but he is also currently in a trash-punk band called Crack Fox. From 2018-2020, he was the co-creator, producer and director of the Death Club Radio Live! series at the Firehouse Theatre. A writer, col ...more

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	Generation X-ed by Rebecca Rowland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kevin David Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Glynn Owen Barrass (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Richmond Macabre: Nightmares from the River City by Beth Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Albert, Michael Gray Baughan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Well, This Is Tense by S.J. Townend (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brianne Battye (Goodreads Author), Bdyer 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Richmond Macabre II : More Nightmares by Beth Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Phil Ford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Albert 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Nightmare Never Ends: An Anthology of Horror by Jennifer Bernardini (Goodreads Author), Brian Bowyer, Elford Alley 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Under the Stairs: An Anthology of Homebound Horror by Adam Vine (Goodreads Author), Dean Liapis, Ryan E. Felton 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	League of Space Pirates: Precognitive Universe of Emergent Desire by Noah Scalin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Phil Ford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Justin Poroszok (Editor) 4.75 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
	Dark & Stormy: An Anthology of Horror by Elsa Pair, Mack Severns, Phil Ford (Goodreads Author) 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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What a strange little gothic body horror love story. It travels along innocently enough as a women helping her husband die of a strange illness where the body flakes away. Then it takes a bit more sinister and alien turn which is a delightful situati ...more
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Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson