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This Morbid Life wins an IPPY Award

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Loren Rhoads

My morbid memoir This Morbid Life brought home a gold medal! The Independent Publisher Book Awards chose This Morbid Life as the first place winner for the IPPY Award for Best Regional Nonfiction E-Book. It’s a tiny category, to be … Continue reading →

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Behind “Devil in Her Heart”

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Loren Rhoads

I was an infant when the Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show. My parents were young newlyweds, holding down their first jobs out of college, so I don’t know if they watched it. Despite that, the Beatles provided the unacknowledged … Continue reading →

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This Morbid Life unleashed

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Loren Rhoads

Today is the day! My 15th book, a collection of death-positive essays posing as a memoir, is for sale. You can check the book out for yourself at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AHBedT The first reader review called This Morbid Life “a comfy old … Continue reading →

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The Cover of This Morbid Life

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Loren Rhoads

I met Lynne Hansen at one of the World Horror Conventions so long ago now that I can’t tell you which one.  I got to know her at the World Horror in Atlanta, when we spent one evening talking about … Continue reading →

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The Best Day of the Year

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

I grew up on a farm, a mile down the road from the farm where my dad lived as a  child.  My parents knew everyone “on the mile”:  where they went to church, where they worked, whether they had kids.  … Continue reading →

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