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Slimy Chicken Zomnibus
Together in one volume, two frighteningly hilarious Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. adventures. SLIMY There’s something fishy going on in the Unnatural Quarter. Bodies are floating face-down, the plumbing is backing up, and something smells rotten—even to a zombie detective like Dan Shamble. Diving into the slimy underbelly of a diabolical plot, Dan comes face-to-tentacles with an amphibious villain named Ah’Chulhu and his snap-happy gang of gator-guys. While feuding weather wizards kick up storms and a gang of thieving lawn gnomes continues their reign of terror, Dan Shamble is running out of time before the whole stinking city goes down the drain. TASTES LIKE Shamble faces his most fowl case yet, when a flock of murderous feral chickens terrorizes the Unnatural Quarter. Also in the caseload, Shamble deals with the sinister spokesman for Monster Chow Industries, a spreading contamination that drives vampires berserk, a serial-killer demon from the Fifth Pit of Hell, a black-market blood gang led by the nefarious Ma Hemoglobin, a ghost fighting a hostile takeover of his blood bars…and a cute little vampire girl who may, or may not, be his daughter. With his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne, his bleeding-heart lawyer partner Robin, and his Best Human Friend Officer Toby McGoohan, Dan Shamble is back from the dead and back on the case. The feathers will fly as he goes face-to-beak with the evil peckers.
458 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2022
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Kevin J. Anderson
1,034 books3,112 followersYes, I have a lot of books, and if this is your first visit to my amazon author page, it can be a little overwhelming. If you are new to my work, let me recommend a few titles as good places to start. I love my Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, humorous horror/mysteries, which begin with DEATH WARMED OVER. My steampunk fantasy adventures, CLOCKWORK ANGELS and CLOCKWORK LIVES, written with Neil Peart, legendary drummer from Rush, are two of my very favorite novels ever. And my magnum opus, the science fiction epic The Saga of Seven Suns, begins with HIDDEN EMPIRE. After you've tried those, I hope you'll check out some of my other series.
I have written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and I'm the co-author of the Dune prequels. My original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. I have also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps.
I serve as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.
My wife is author Rebecca Moesta. We currently reside near Monument, Colorado.
I have written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and I'm the co-author of the Dune prequels. My original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. I have also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps.
I serve as a judge in the Writers of the Future contest.
My wife is author Rebecca Moesta. We currently reside near Monument, Colorado.
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February 5, 2019
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Slimy Chicken Zomnibus is a re-release and reformatting of two earlier Dan Shamble novels in a double book edition. Released 1st Jan 2019 in this edition (original release dates 2014 & 2017) on Wordfire, it's 456 pages and available in hardback, paperback, and ebook formats.
These are my guilty pleasure reading. I know book bloggers who secretly read the sappiest HEA harlequin romances who would never admit it in black and white. These are mine(but I'm ok with admitting it :). There are a number of absolutely no-holds-barred series which are full of unapologetic punnery that make you moan and writhe in agony. They're more or less in the same genre. Of those series, including those by Glen Cook, Robert Asprin, Phil Foglio, Charles Stross, etc, these are my favorites. They're funny and full of awful puns and send-ups. They're mood lifters. (I work in a histology lab looking at cancer biopsies most every day - I read a lot of funny books to balance my work day).
Honestly the books go to the same place in my brain as MST3K and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama. If you're in the mood for complete silliness, they're just the thing.
The Dan Shamble books are all standalones. The author does refer back to things which happened earlier, but there aren't any deal-breaker spoilers. Mr. Anderson is a hugely prolific author, though much (most?) of his oeuvre is more serious fantasy/science fiction.
I heartily recommend these books as long as readers are fully aware they're very silly and full of groan-worthy puns and in-jokes.
Five stars. I'd give more if I could. They're goofy books. They're perfect.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
Slimy Chicken Zomnibus is a re-release and reformatting of two earlier Dan Shamble novels in a double book edition. Released 1st Jan 2019 in this edition (original release dates 2014 & 2017) on Wordfire, it's 456 pages and available in hardback, paperback, and ebook formats.
These are my guilty pleasure reading. I know book bloggers who secretly read the sappiest HEA harlequin romances who would never admit it in black and white. These are mine(but I'm ok with admitting it :). There are a number of absolutely no-holds-barred series which are full of unapologetic punnery that make you moan and writhe in agony. They're more or less in the same genre. Of those series, including those by Glen Cook, Robert Asprin, Phil Foglio, Charles Stross, etc, these are my favorites. They're funny and full of awful puns and send-ups. They're mood lifters. (I work in a histology lab looking at cancer biopsies most every day - I read a lot of funny books to balance my work day).
Honestly the books go to the same place in my brain as MST3K and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama. If you're in the mood for complete silliness, they're just the thing.
The Dan Shamble books are all standalones. The author does refer back to things which happened earlier, but there aren't any deal-breaker spoilers. Mr. Anderson is a hugely prolific author, though much (most?) of his oeuvre is more serious fantasy/science fiction.
I heartily recommend these books as long as readers are fully aware they're very silly and full of groan-worthy puns and in-jokes.
Five stars. I'd give more if I could. They're goofy books. They're perfect.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
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