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Brian Centrone is the author of the novel An Ordinary Boy and the short story collections I Voted for Biddy Schumacher: Mismatched Tales from the Mind of Brian Centrone and Erotica. Four of his One-Act plays have been produced for the stage as part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ The Big Read program. His writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, literary and arts journals, newspapers, and online. He is the Co-Founder and Publisher of New Lit Salon Press as well as the co-editor of Southern Gothic: New Tales from the South and the editor of Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry & Art. In addition to his writing and publisher career, Brian Centrone is an Adjunct Professor. He has taught creative writing, composition, and literature at th ...more

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	An Ordinary Boy 3.60 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Brief Encounters: 69 Hot Gay Shorts by Shane Allison (Editor), Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rob Rosen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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 Gothic: New Tales of the South by Jordan M. Scoggins (Editor), Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hardy Jones 4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Ultimate Gay Erotica 2007 by Jesse Grant (Editor), Erastes (Goodreads Author), Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Erotica by Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author), Terry Blas (Artist), Alan Ilagan (Artist) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	I Voted for Biddy Schumacher: Mismatched Tales from the Mind of Brian Centrone by Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author), luke kurtis (Goodreads Author) (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond by Casey Ellis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Lambridis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), J.P. Lorence (Contributor) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Fast Balls: Erotic Tales of America's Favorite Pastime by Jesse Grant (Editor), Erastes (Goodreads Author), Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction by Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Tornero (Illustrator) 4.67 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
	Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry and Art by Brian Centrone (Goodreads Author), M.P. Diederich, Michele Seminara (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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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I'm well chuffed we are goodreads friends. I'll have to add your book to my shelves. Is it listed on here yet??? Can't wait to read it when I go home!

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