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Robert Swartwood
Robert Swartwood is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife, The Calling, Man of Wax, and several other novels. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Daily Beast, Chizine, Space and Time, Postscripts, and PANK. He created the term "hint fiction" and is the... show more

Robert Swartwood is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife, The Calling, Man of Wax, and several other novels. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Daily Beast, Chizine, Space and Time, Postscripts, and PANK. He created the term "hint fiction" and is the editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer. He lives with his wife in Pennsylvania. Visit him at www.robertswartwood.com.
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Robert Swartwood's Books
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer - Robert Swartwood, Kathleen Ryan, Donora Hillard, Mercedes M. Yardley, Barry Napier, Jeremy D. Brooks, Tara Deal, Jane Hammons, Randall Brown, Val Gryphin, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Sophie Playle Eight The Hard Way - Nick Stephenson, David VanDyke, Robert Swartwood, Ryan King, R.S. Guthrie, Kay Hadashi, Alan McDermott, Micheal Maxwell The Dishonored Dead: A Zombie Novel - Robert Swartwood No Shelter - Robert Swartwood The Serial Killer's Wife - Robert Swartwood, Blake Crouch The Calling: A Supernatural Thriller - Robert Swartwood The Man on the Bench (Novella): A Tale of Suspense - Robert Swartwood The Silver Ring - Robert Swartwood Pear Noir! - Daniel Casebeer, Caleb J. Ross, Peter Schwartz, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, William Walsh, Howie Good, Lydia Davis, Brandon Daiker, Derek Dexheimer, William Doreski, Jeanpaul Ferro, Zachary German, Joseph Grant, Gail Gray, Sandy Green, Jason Heller, Jessica Hoard, Robert Swa At the Meade Bed & Breakfast - Robert Swartwood, David B. Silva Refuge Book 3 - Lost in the Echo - Jeremy Bishop, Robert Swartwood Best New Zombie Tales Trilogy (Vol. 1, 2 & 3) - James Roy Daley, Jeff Strand, Simon Wood, Joe McKinney, Bev Vincent, Robert Swartwood, Kim Paffenroth, Tim Lebbon, Harry Shannon, David Niall Wilson, Nancy Kilpatrick, Gary McMahon, Rio Youers, Jeremy C. Shipp, Nate Kenyon, Paul Kane, Cody Goodfellow, Tim Waggoner, Ray Gar Sententia #1 - Ryan W. Bradley, Paula Bomer, Drew Kalbach, Jen Michalski, Mark Mirsky, Geoffrey Nutter, Sam Pink, Adam Robinson, Shya Scanlon, Lindsay Ahl, Robert Swartwood, Brian Wilkins, Scott Wrobel, Elizabeth Ellen, Meg Files, Howie Good, Roxane Gay, Fariel Shafee, J.J. Steinfeld, Ser The Inner Circle - Robert Swartwood Walk the Sky - Robert Swartwood, David B. Silva, Matt Godfrey In the Land of the Blind: A Zombie Story - Robert Swartwood Eight Hints - Robert Swartwood Two Shot: The Serial Killer's Wife and No Shelter - Robert Swartwood Midnight Symphony (10 Novellas of Horror & Suspense) - Robert Swartwood, F. Paul Wilson, Kealan Patrick Burke, Robert Ford, Brian James Freeman, J. F. Gonzalez, Tim Lebbon, Kelli Owen, Bryan Smith, Mary SanGiovanni Legion - Robert Swartwood
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Eight The Hard Way - Nick Stephenson, David VanDyke, Robert Swartwood, Ryan King, R.S. Guthrie, Kay Hadashi, Alan McDermott, Micheal Maxwell
Walk the Sky - Robert Swartwood, David B. Silva
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Misericordia
Misericordia rated it 8 years ago
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While I dig a good thriller, this one doesn't strike me as a well thoght-out one. Really? The car chase, a fight inside a car hurtling along a busy street with the driver dead and the occupants scrample to put on their seat belts? They do that and they miracuously survive the said car striking at fu...
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Toni
Toni rated it 10 years ago
text "Eight the Hard Way", by Nick Stephenson & others
This is collection of short stories written by 8 master suspense authors. This mix of mystery and suspense highlights what really each one is made of. I am not a big fan of short stories, they are IMO totally unsatisfying. Here we have some stories that are better than others, some shorter than othe...
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I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it 12 years ago
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My favorites, listed by author:- Joe R. Lansdale- Michael Martone- Barry Napier- Jennifer Haddock- Brian Crawford- Eric Hsu- L.R. Bonehill (awesome bio, too)- Ken Bruen- Kirk Curnutt- John Cashman- Robin Hollis- Ann Harleman- Agnieszka Stachura- Gregg Hurwitz- Jenifer Rosenberg- Stuart Dybek- Sarah ...
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ReactionxReader
ReactionxReader rated it 12 years ago
text Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer
I read this in about an hour. It's fantastic--the entire time I was cringing or making sad faces or laughing or penning emoticons in the margins. I'm awed by how much the authors manage to convey in so few words. Some of the pieces in the "Love and Hate" section do fall flat, probably because it's h...
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Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes
Don't Panic - Megan's BookLikes rated it 12 years ago
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I had never heard of flash fiction or micro fiction or any of that other stuff before I read this little book. Hint fiction is apparently a new concept made popular by Robert Swartwood, the editor. He hosted a contest in which people had to submit stories that were 25 words or less with the full imp...
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