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I tend to read quite a bit of world as well as LGBT literature so my shelves are filled with the likes of John Rechy, Yukio Mishima, Phil Rickman, and J. M. Coetzee, to name just a few. I'm also a fan of horror novels -- specifically ghost stories--so I own volumes of Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson and many others. I also like the hardcore lit.: Dante's "The Divine Comedy," Bocaccio's "The Decameron," and so on.

I also love recommending books!!!

About Me

A payroll specialist with a love of books. I read quite a bit and am always picking up new stories and novels, even though my "must read" stack continues to grow larger and larger. I'm a fan of world literature, horror/ghost stories, LGBT literature and sometimes the hardcore stuff that we were supposed to read in college. I also like challenging myself with books,so I'm working my way through all the Nobel Prize for Literature winners and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners. Some of my stories have recently appeared in: "First Time Dead 2", "Fear, Volume 1", "Before Plan 9: Plans 1-8 from Outer Space", "Queer Fish Volume 2", and "Monster Gallery".

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Bookstores: Dark Delicacies, Powell's City of Books (Portland), Skylight Books, The Last Bookstore

Libraries: Huntington Beach Public Library - Central Library, Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach Public Library - Alamitos Neighborhood Library

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