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	Say Goodbye When I’m Gone 4.51 avg rating — 87 ratings — 3 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
	Always the Dead 4.75 avg rating — 48 ratings — 5 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
	I'll Pray When I'm Dying 4.50 avg rating — 48 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
	Love Like Bleeding Out with an Empty Gun in Your Hand: Stories & Poems 4.71 avg rating — 41 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
	Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Craig Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 22 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
	Gone: A gripping collection of short crime stories 4.16 avg rating — 19 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
	Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms (Stephen J. Golds' Outcast Series) by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Cody Sexton (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Paige Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 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
	Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Paige Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Cody Sexton (Goodreads Author) (Cover) 4.70 avg rating — 10 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
	Cut-Throat & Tongue-Tied Bullet Riddled & Gun Shy Poems 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Say Goodbye When I’m Gone (The Dead, The Dying & The Gone: The classic indie noir series by Stephen J. Golds Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 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

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Imposter Syndrome

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Stephen J. Golds and 1 other person liked Lachlan's review of Say Goodbye When I’m Gone: "Excellent crime noir floating between Hawaii, Boston, and Nagoya. Highly recommended!"
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Stephen J. Golds and 1 other person liked Steve Stark's review of Say Goodbye When I’m Gone: "Expected a punchy piece of pulp noir & got way more than that. For this tragic and twisted tale, Golds has combined the darkness of Ellroy with the gripping plots and characterisation of Lehane and the lyricism of Lawrence Block. His prose is burstin" Read more of this review »
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Stephen J. Golds liked Offer's review of Say Goodbye When I’m Gone: "Thoroughly enjoyed this dirty-realism, crime noir thriller by Stephen J. Golds. It delivers, one might say, from cover to cover. I was immediately drawn by the remarkable cover-design work, both front and back. It captured well the mood and the time " Read more of this review »
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Stephen J. Golds wants to read The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced America by T.J. English (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
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Some mediocre and cringy writing at times but a great story mixing real-life people and incidents with the fictitious. Probably a must read for fans of crime fiction. 4/5
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“The true suffering
of the poet is
knowing your death
will be noted.”
― Stephen J. Golds

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“The Beetle Man
Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, oh how I wish he'd go away.”
― Stephen J. Golds

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