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Brandon H. Bell

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Brandon H. Bell is a fiction author published in venues including Underland Arcana, Apex Magazine, and Hadley Rille Books. He has edited two anthologies, Torn Pages and The Aether Age, both with Christopher Fletcher, and founded the magazine Fantastique Unfettered.

He lives in the Dallas Metroplex with his family.

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Blackwater by Michael McDowell

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Blackwater is a familial saga that covers several generations of an influential family in Perdido, Alabama, during the first half of the twentieth century. A dusting of genre tropes folded into the mix, Blackwater is to Southern Gothic as John Crowley's Little, Big is to fantasy. It is languid, like its titular river, and the fanta

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	Lovecraft eZine Megapack - 2011 - Issues 1 through 9 by Mike Davis (Editor), Bruce L. Priddy, William Meikle (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2011	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
	Apex Magazine Issue 83 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author), Geoffrey Girard (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016	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 Aether Age: Helios by Christopher Fletcher (Editor), Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 4 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
	Torn Pages by Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Fletcher (Editor), Alicia Cole (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015	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
	Age Of Certainty by William Freedman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ron S. Friedman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Return to Luna by Eric T. Reynolds, George T. Whitesides (Introduction), Adam Israel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008	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
	Fantastique Unfettered #3 by Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beth Cato (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Zen Cho (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	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
	Fantastique Unfettered #2 by Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Therese Arkenberg (Goodreads Author), Magen Cubed (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	Fantastique Unfettered #4 by Brandon H. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Hal Duncan, Kristine Ong Muslim (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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
	Fantastique Unfettered #1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	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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The Valis Trilogy: The Complete Collection of Philip K. Dick's Award-Winning VALIS Series

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