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My new neo-noir novella GUTBUSTER is out today! It's quite mean and you just might hate it! Free on Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F...

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	Black Hat Blues 4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings — 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
	Blind Cerulean 4.02 avg rating — 44 ratings — 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
	Love Is Dead[ly] 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
	Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Ten Tiny Tales: Stories of Broken Elevators and Other Mundane Things 4.38 avg rating — 24 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
	Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 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
	Yeah, Shut Up. 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	Efficient and Divine: Honey Locust 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	An Unofficial Guide to NYPD Blue: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Legendary Drama 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Gutbuster 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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

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Gene Kendall made a comment in the group Review Group — Group 389. Novella - Pending topic " Thanks, Lonnie. Everyone - please post to tell me if you have reviewed any of the four people above you on the list (the list wraps around so (10) is ' ...more "
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Gene Kendall made a comment on Reader’s review of Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal " Thanks for the kind words. In the drawer is, in fact, a full-length novel set in the world of Dogteeth. "
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Gene Kendall made a comment in the group Review Group — Group 386. General - Mod. Gene topic " Thanks, Eliza. Those are your final reviews. Everyone -- I have every reviewer checked off. Thanks for a pretty smooth round. I'll keep this thread ope ...more "
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Gene Kendall made a comment in the group Review Group — Group 388. General - Mod. E.K. topic " My reviews for The Inconvenient Sister by Jennifer Reinoehl : https://www.amazon.com/review/R15BQO7... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ...more "
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Gene Kendall rated a book really liked it The Inconvenient Sister (Large Print) by Jennifer Reinoehl (Goodreads Author)	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 Inconvenient Sister” by Jennifer Reinoehl is a solid and occasionally engaging period romance. Although it is the second book in the Situations of Inconvenience series, it reads comfortably on its own; I hadn’t read the first volume and never fe ...more
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Gene Kendall liked C.R.'s review of Gutbuster: "Amen and Hallelujah This is my third Gene Kendall book, and I always appreciate his masculine style and wicked wit, as well as his well-drawn characters. I found these again in Gutbuster. The novel follows the misadventures of one Mac Doubleday, who a" Read more of this review »
Dec 28, 2025 05:32AM · see review
Gene Kendall made a comment in the group Review / Write / Read Club (Indie & Self-Published) — [archived]Round_109 "Speculative" (reviews on GR & Amz)-Done topic " My reviews for The Tale of Krampus: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://www.amazon.com/review/R2SBPZA... ...more "
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Gene Kendall rated a book liked it The Tale of Krampus by J.R. Gibson (Goodreads Author)	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 Tale of Krampus” starts with a genuinely fun premise: Father Christmas, facing financial trouble, hires Krampus as a business partner only to discover he’s an authoritarian bully who abuses the elves and possesses a dark interest in naughty chil ...more
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Gene Kendall and 1 other person liked Jane Reid's review of Gutbuster: "A Gritty Noir Thriller Gutbuster is a novella about Mackenzie (Mac), a man considering the clergy as a future career, who works for his uncle in the interim. However, he inadvertently finds himself plunged into the seedy underworld while attempting to" Read more of this review »
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Mixing anthropomorphic woodland creatures with the gravity of American history sounds like a recipe for tonal dissonance, yet Loralee Evans clearly has her heart in the right place. “Felicity and the Raccoons” seeks to both entertain kids, and educat ...more
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