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Douglas Ford's short fiction has appeared in a variety of anthologies, magazines, and podcasts, as well as two collections, Ape in the Ring and Other Tales of the Macabre and Uncanny and The Infection Party and Other Stories of Dis-Ease. His longer works include The Beasts of Vissaria County, Little Lugosi (A Love Story), and The Trick, his newest from Madness Heart Press. He lives on the west coast of Florida. ...more

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Babble

New to the world as of this weekend: Babble, a novelette that joins the Pocket Book Series put out by Madness Heart Press.

The Goodreads page can be found here:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Meanwhile, a print copy can be purchased from Amazon, while Godless is the source for the e-book.

Hopefully, this release whets people's appetites for The Trick, a short novel due from Madness Heart P Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 23, 2023 12:21 • Tags: babble, madness-heart-press

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	The Beasts of Vissaria County 3.36 avg rating — 122 ratings — 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
	Little Lugosi: A Love Story 4.33 avg rating — 39 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
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	Let's Cut Up Dad! and Other Stories of Transgressive Madness 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
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