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James Aquilone

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James Aquilone was raised on Saturday morning cartoons, comic books, sitcoms, and Cap'n Crunch. Amid the Cold War, he dreamed of being a jet fighter pilot but decided against the military life after realizing it would require him to wake up early. He had further illusions of being a stand-up comedian, until a traumatic experience on stage forced him to seek a college education. Brief stints as an alternative rock singer/guitarist and child model also proved unsuccessful. Today he battles a severe Tetris addiction while trying to write in the speculative fiction game. Demons, robots, dragons, superheroes...that sort of thing. His short fiction has been published in such places as Nature's Futures, The Best of Galaxy’s Edge 2013-2014, Unident ...more

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	Dead Jack and the Pandemonium Device 3.72 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	Classic Monsters Unleashed (Unleashed Series) by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kim Newman 3.74 avg rating — 461 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
	Dead Jack and the Soul Catcher 4.05 avg rating — 120 ratings — 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
	Dead Jack and the Case of the Amorous Ogre 3.57 avg rating — 76 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
	Madness & Mayhem: 23 Tales of Horror and Humor 3.73 avg rating — 70 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
	Shakespeare Unleashed (Unleashed Series Book 2) by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author), Seanan McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 63 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
	Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author), David Avallone (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 49 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
	Dead Detectives Society #1 by James Aquilone (Goodreads Author), Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 44 ratings — 5 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
	Dead Jack and the Old Gods 4.50 avg rating — 32 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
	Dead Jack and the Case of the Creepy Cryptid: A Pandemonium Short Story 3.95 avg rating — 20 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

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Dead Jack and the Case of the Amorous Ogre

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Do Stand-Up Bots Dream of Electric Hecklers? (And Other Stories)

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The Zombie Who Had a Name

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“You,” she said to the blob, “come here!” “My name is Oswald.” “Okay, Oswald, I’m Zara Moonbeam. Now that we’re all friends—” “That sounds like a pixie name.” “I’m half-pixie.” “Which half?” I asked. “I’m kind of sensitive about my size,” Zara Moonbeam said. “And when I get sensitive, people usually get hurt.” She”
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“I dropped into a space narrower than a preacher’s mind. Claustrophobia”
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“The dead have existed for as long as the living, give or take a few years. But what good has that done them?”
― James Aquilone, Bards and Sages Quarterly Volume 5 Issue 4 October 2013

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“The dead have existed for as long as the living, give or take a few years. But what good has that done them?”
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“My family has a Christmas tradition: Every year, they kill my mom.”
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