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Painfreak: Ultimate Edition

By Gerard Houarner
Painfreak: Ultimate Edition by Gerard Houarner digital book - Fable

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Gerard Houarner's cult-classic PAINFREAK is back and oversized to include the entire PAINFREAK Universe! Along with the original story, the book includes 24 short stories spanning back to 1989, 2 new stories, a new Painfreak Primer, Gak illustrations and a brand new novella co-written with Tony Tremblay!  

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About Gerard Houarner

GERARD HOUARNER is a retired but still licensed mental health counselor and certified rehabilitation counselor, after 38 years of street clinic and government institutional work, including a stint in a Forensic Psychiatric Center (a real world's "Arkham")

He's had over 300 short stories published since his first publication at 19 in Space and Time, some of which can be found in 10 collections including the latest, Painfreak: Ultimate Edition from The Evil Cookie Publishing. Anthologies include a couple of "Dead Cat" collaborations with the artist Gak and a host of horror's best writers and poets. Novels include the "Max" series and a couple of fantasies including In the Country of Dreaming Caravans.

He's had many valuable writing teachers of the years, but none ever spoke truer words than his first—Joseph Heller at CCNY for a couple of years in the 70's—who read his sf and fantasy stories and told him he could write well enough, but didn't know how he'd make a living writing the kinds of things he liked to write. So it goes...

Website: http://www.cith.org/gerard

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gerard-Houarner/e/B001KCRFAA

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gerard.houarner

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