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Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Richard’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Richard McGowan
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
Member Since
May 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/smashed-rat-on-press
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A Modest Collection of Slightly Shocking Fairy Tales
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2013
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Fumie's Teacup
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1995
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The Typographer's Left Shoe
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2011
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Majestic Freiks
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2008
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An Uncommon Surfeit of Lipstick
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2012
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The Fantastical Tale of Gronthilda and the Bream Stock
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2011
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Apple Blossom Dreams
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The Complete Lesser Works of Shenanigan Cheesefield
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2013
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Yvette's Gift and Other Stories
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2012
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The Little Book of Chrysean Tales
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2013
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Banned Books Week 2025
Hear ye, hear ye! Banned Books Week 2025 is October 5 through October 11. This year (just like last year but which we didn't tell you about here on GR) Smashed-Rat-on-Press (#SROP) plans to run a daily giveaway of e-books from our catalog. Find us and follow us on #Mastodon for details and daily postings for the giveaways.
Our Mastodon Link: mastodon.sdf.org/@smashedratonpress
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The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
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| OMG this was harrowing, fun, and charming all at the same time. It started with just a little fib and kept escalating. Totally a "do not try this at home!" cautionary tale. Couldn't put it down, except when trying to make sure I didn't gobble it too ...more | |
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| OMG this was harrowing, fun, and charming all at the same time. It started with just a little fib and kept escalating. Totally a "do not try this at home!" cautionary tale. Couldn't put it down, except when trying to make sure I didn't gobble it too ...more | |
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| Fairy Godreaders: Should we use lists? | 9 | 14 | Jul 11, 2014 04:57AM | |
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| Fairy Godreaders: More discoveries | 7 | 11 | Mar 08, 2015 12:12PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: The Title Game - Part Deux | 8189 | 2707 | Nov 11, 2021 05:18AM | |
| Sci-Fi, fantasy a...: Who are you? | 1153 | 709 | Jan 04, 2023 08:23AM |
“Nobody should ever receive more money for a work of art than the artist who produced it.”
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“The communists may not have done very well in the end, but I can't help thinking of capitalism as merely the go-to religion of the greedy and selfish.”
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“Crowdfunding is the new black.”
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“Soyez réglé dans votre vie et ordinaire comme un bourgeois, afin d'être violent et original dans vos œuvres.”
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“Look― shoot all you want. With a camera you can barely capture a soul at a time. With planned obsolescence, you can terminate everyone's future at once and they'll never know what hit them.”
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