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Matt Kilby

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Horror, Suspense, Mystery

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Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Lansdale

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Matt Kilby lives in North Carolina, where he continues to write. His first novel, The Road Cain Walks, is the first book in a series that will span multiple genres and themes. You can find him on Twitter @Gradyperlson and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mattkilbybooks. ...more

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Average rating: 4.40 · 25 ratings · 12 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Road Cain Walks (The Long Way Book 1) 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Southern Ouroboros (The Long Way, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2019	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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Some part of me regrets not getting this up on the 1-year anniversary of my last post, which would have been a couple of weeks ago. It could have proven either how naïve I am or how well time helps someone forget the amount of editing, formatting, and literal Hell that goes into getting a book ready to publish. After all the stress of trying to get the story and words right, you have to step back Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 08, 2019 17:27 • Tags: conspiracy, louisiana, new-book, science-fiction, southern-ouroboros, supernatural, suspense, the-road-cain-walks, time-travel, western, writing

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