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K. Martin Beckner

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http://www.myoldkentuckyghosts.com

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Paranormal, Fiction, Suspense

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June 2013

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K. Martin Beckner is an Army veteran and a graduate of Western Kentucky University. He is a registered nurse who also has a degree in psychology with a minor in writing. He lives in Southern Kentucky, not far from Nashville, Tennessee. His family has lived in Kentucky longer than Kentucky has been a state. As a child he loved to listen to stories his grandparents told, and he now incorporates those stories into his writing. He is currently working on his next novel.

"Growing up, I loved to listen to stories my grandparents and great grandparents told. Though some of these stories seemed supernatural in nature, they were always told with the convicti ...more

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My Latest Novel - A Million Doorways

I'm proud to announce the release of my second novel -A Million Doorways. Here is the synopsis:

Thirteen-year-old Ethan Brook is new to Rocky Creek, Kentucky, the town first introduced in the Southern Gothic novel Chips of Red Paint. Separated from his friends and mourning the tragic loss of his father, he feels out of place, isolated from all the things he has ever known and loved. But his outlook Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 31, 2016 07:44 • Tags: chips-of-red-paint, southern-gothic

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Average rating: 4.18 · 1,074 ratings · 135 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

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“Why do we as humans always tend to remember the worse things about people? We may know someone for many years, know them as vibrant and healthy, yet when they fall ill and pass away, we can only picture them at their sickest, as though they were born and lived their whole lives wearing a death mask.”
― K. Martin Beckner, A Million Doorways

tags: death-and-dying, death-mask, death-of-a-loved-one, death-quotes, grief, healing, living-life, loss, love, memories

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“Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?”
― K. Martin Beckner, Chips of Red Paint

tags: cigarettes, growing-up, humor

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“Some of the more superstitious townsfolk even believed she was a witch. The fact that she had four dead husbands lined up in a neat row at the local Promise Land Cemetery was not an argument in her defense.”
― K. Martin Beckner, Chips of Red Paint

tags: cemetery, widow, witch

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tags: cemetery, widow, witch

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“I guess I'm supposed to sit here in this oven like it's 1950, hoping I don't go to hell for stealing a church fan.”
― K. Martin Beckner, Chips of Red Paint

tags: air-conditioning, church-fan, hot-weather

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“I could just hear my mom now, "You know those old candy cigarettes are bad for you. Next thing you know, you'll be drinking alcohol, and they'll find you dead in a ditch somewhere. I'll never be able to show my face in this town again.”
― K. Martin Beckner, Chips of Red Paint

tags: candy-cigarettes, parental-humor, sarcasm

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“You can lock a lion up in a room, if you want to, but you'll still hear it growling and clawing to get out.”
― K. Martin Beckner, A Million Doorways

tags: animals, insightful-quote, inspirational, lions, living-life, mistakes, motivational-quotes, wisdom, wise-quotes

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“But forever was a useless term, relevant only for the dead.”
― K. Martin Beckner, A Million Doorways

tags: afterlife, death, eternity, hereafter, life, loss

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