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Josh Douglas

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Josh Douglas is an English teacher from San Francisco currently residing in Taiwan. Born in Omaha and raised in Borneo, Saudi-Arabia, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Kidnapped by punk-rock and skateboarding from 1985 to 2014. Former dishwasher at Chuck E. Cheese, assistant editor at a newspaper in Mexico, layout director at a car magazine, park ranger assistant in Sitka Alaska, and zookeeper. Now he enjoys hiking , collecting rocks, and failing miserably at Jiu-Jitsu.

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Sample from THE VAMPIRE, THE TUTOR, AND THE MADMAN

“Good thing human beings are not on the endangered species list.” I grimaced carefully.
“No, they are not… there are billions of them.” Ji’e spat in a hoarse grunt. I swear on my unknown biological mother, he licked his reptilian lips when he said this.
We continued in silence and mutual amazement in the direction of home, which was several hours away.
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