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Fiction: Welcome to the Valley of Silence
With no clouds left to obstruct the August sun, the flat, polished stones of the plaza reflect an intense heat onto the bodies seated along the short wall that spans the half circle of the plaza’s...
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‘Friction’ Available April 12
Matt Marshall’s second novel, Friction, will be published April 12, 2016, by Caged Letter Press. The book unfolds over the tumultuous year 2014. The planet continues to warm, pro-Russian militants...
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RNC Friction
To mark the city of Cleveland’s recent announcement of the official event zone, parade route, protest areas, etc. for the upcoming Republican National Convention: Chapter X of my recently released...
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Author Alley at Loganberry Books, July 2
I’ll be joining a slew of Cleveland-area authors at Loganberry Books’ Author Alley this Saturday, July 2, from 12-4 p.m. Should be a fun event. It’s part of the 10th annual Larchmere Festival, which...
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75% Off ‘Friction’ E-book
Throughout July you can get any e-book version (epub, mobi/Kindle, lrf, pdf, pdb) of Friction for 75% off the retail price of $9.99! Sale is available only on the Smashwords site—part of their sitewide...
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Friction XV
Chapter XV from my novel Friction. FRICTION XV The priest made the appropriate hand motions and mumblings before the truck then went around to the passenger side and climbed in with the trucks rumbling...
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75% Off ‘Friction’ E-Book, March 5–11
During “Read an Ebook Week” at Smashwords, all e-book versions (epub, mobi/Kindle, lrf, pdf, pdb) of my novel Friction will be on sale for 75% off the retail price. Sale is available only on the...
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‘Café Abyss’ Out Nov. 7
Café Abyss: John O’Brien’s Fiction, a Reflection (Red Giant) will be released Nov. 7 with a discussion and book signing at 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Public Library. Among the book’s 19 essays is my take...
View ArticleMy favorite jazz releases of 2020
Ron Miles, Rainbow Sign (Blue Note) The Nels Cline Singers, Share the Wealth (Blue Note) Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hero Trio (Whirlwind) Rez Abbasi, Django-shift (Whirlwind) Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio,...
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Loganberry Books Author Alley
Two weeks from today, Aug. 12 (12:00–4:30 p.m.), I’ll be at Loganberry Books’ Author Alley with my latest book Crunch. Stop by to pick up a copy and check out the work of dozens of other...
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