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    Avocation

    By James Hold

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    Always, always tip your waitress. Especially if she practices voodoo. Bad things can happen if you don't.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Hold
    Release dateNov 19, 2020
    ISBN9781005571733
    Avocation
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    James Hold

    "First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity." — Martin MeyersI published my first book in 2004. It became an immediate collector's item. I have several hundred copies collecting dust in my attic. Critics everywhere said it belonged between Ernest Hemingway and Robert E Howard—on an alphabetical bookshelf.My influences include Rocky & Bullwinkle, 1950s sci-fi movies, and silver-age comics.I live in Texas with my wife and four cats. You can contact me at jamesroyhold@gmail.com.

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