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K.N. McGrath

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in Mt Holly, NJ, The United States

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Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Daryl Gregory, Philip K. Dick, Joe Hill, J.M. Hushour, Evan James Clar ...more

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K.N. McGrath is a science fiction and horror writer from the lake-filled area of the state of New York. They are greatly inspired by (and season their stories with) Asian history and cultures and Eldritch horror.

They drink a staggering amount of tea, cook when they procrastinate, and live with rescued furballs.

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	Winter Tales by Margrét Helgadóttir (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author), Masimba Musodza (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Quick Shivers from the Midwest (Quick Shivers, #4) by Janice Leach (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Frederick Leach (Editor), Robyn Groth (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	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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When I started this challenge, I knew that my aunt and I had some differing tastes in books, but I've been surprised by primarily A Simple Favor and now The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing.

I have so many questions: Why did she rate them so highly? What did she like about them? Why did she give me a copy of Girl's Guide when I was young?

I miss her so very much. I wish that she were here, not j Read more of this blog post »

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author)

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Out of the Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)

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“God's Final Message to His Creation:
'We apologize for the inconvenience.”
― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
― Charles Dickens

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“From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

tags: horror, irony

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“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”
― Neil Gaiman

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