Brian Centrone (Author of An Ordinary Boy)

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Brian Centrone is the author of the novel An Ordinary Boy and the short story collections I Voted for Biddy Schumacher: Mismatched Tales from the Mind of Brian Centrone and Erotica. Four of his One-Act plays have been produced for the stage as part of the National Endowment for the Arts鈥� The Big Read program. His writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, literary and arts journals, newspapers, and online. He is the Co-Founder and Publisher of New Lit Salon Press as well as the co-editor of Southern Gothic: New Tales from the South and the editor of Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry & Art. In addition to his writing and publisher career, Brian Centrone is an Adjunct Professor. He has taught creative writing, composition, and literature at th ...more

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	An Ordinary Boy 3.60 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Brief Encounters: 69 Hot Gay Shorts by Shane Allison (Editor), Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor), Rob Rosen (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South by Jordan M. Scoggins (Editor), Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Hardy Jones 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Ultimate Gay Erotica 2007 by Jesse Grant (Editor), Erastes (欧宝娱乐 Author), Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Erotica by Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author), Terry Blas (Artist), Alan Ilagan (Artist) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	I Voted for Biddy Schumacher: Mismatched Tales from the Mind of Brian Centrone by Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author), luke kurtis (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond by Casey Ellis (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Scott Lambridis (Contributor), J.P. Lorence (Contributor) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Fast Balls: Erotic Tales of America's Favorite Pastime by Jesse Grant (Editor), Erastes (欧宝娱乐 Author), Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Contributor) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Dress You Up: A Capsule Collection of Fashionable Fiction by Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor), Stephen Tornero (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry and Art by Brian Centrone (欧宝娱乐 Author), M.P. Diederich, Michele Seminara (欧宝娱乐 Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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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