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Dan Desilets

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in Worcester, MA, The United States

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Fantasy, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams

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I have been reading science fiction and fantasy since I was old enough to walk in the woods and touch every stone hoping to find the one that was actually a doorway. The day I realized that fantasy meant not real and that this applied to me as well, was a bad day. It was far worse than the Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and Arbor Day Oak conversations. It resonates with me in a way that is probably very unhealthy, but I own that.

I have co-authored a “children’s” book with my lovely wife Jessica MacLean. That is in quotes because it is a picture book called “Saving Christmas, A Feel Good, Macabre Tale” and is only suitable for children in a Richard Gory sort of way.

My first novel is "God Shuffle, There Is No Justice". It is an epic fantasy involv ...more

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	Welcome to the Hollow (Hijinx Hollow #1) by Jessica MacLean (Goodreads Author), Dan Desilets (Goodreads Author) 4.50 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
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	Saving Christmas: A Feel Good Macabre Tale by Jessica MacLean (Goodreads Author), Dan Desilets (Goodreads Author), Rhiannon McCullough (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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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	Fight Day (Hijinx Hollow #2) by Dan Desilets (Goodreads Author), Jessica MacLean (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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Chris wrote: "if i haven't gotten rid of them (and i don't think i did), i have all the Bardic Voices; you could borrow them if i somehow ran into you this fall..."

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if i haven't gotten rid of them (and i don't think i did), i have all the Bardic Voices; you could borrow them if i somehow ran into you this fall...

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