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Frederic (Fritz) Martin was born in Iowa, grew up in Western New York, and lived and worked in Maine, Idaho, and California, finally settling in Vermont where he now lives and writes. Along the way, he jack-hammered concrete, worked as a mechanic, drove a taxi, delivered papers, rowed dories as a guide on the great western rivers, hitch-hiked everywhere, read a lot, and somehow picked up a college degree in Physics. He married and raised a son and a daughter with his wife Betsy. His very first published work, a short story "Maybe Lake Carmi,” won the Vermont Writer's Prize in 2018. He has since published several short stories and novels. ...more

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	Not Alone (Vox Oculis #1) 4.18 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2020	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
	The Innocence of Westbury (Vox Oculis #2) 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Forest (Vox Oculis #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 18 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
	The Vox Oculis Trilogy Box Set (The Vox Oculis, #1-3) 4.80 avg rating — 10 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
	SwiΨtcH 4.33 avg rating — 3 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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My new release: SwiΨtcH

I'm happy to announce the release on October 16th of my latest novel, SwiΨtcH or How Liam Mathers Nearly Lost His Mind. Coincidentally, I will learn on Oct 16th if SwiΨtcH makes it from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals of the BookLife Prize where it received a professional rating of 9.5/10! I am also letting you know as a follower that you can pre-order SwiΨtcH for a discount ($2.99 ~~5.99~~) Read more of this blog post »

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Frederic Martin liked litandcoffee's review of SwiΨtcH: "Martin’s absorbing latest turns one teenager’s inexplicable experiences into a gripping exploration of reality, identity, and connection. Thirteen-year-old Liam Mathers is a soccer-obsessed middle schooler whose ordinary life fractures when he begins" Read more of this review »
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