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Special Editions: And Other Stories, a quartet of short stories, touching on life, business, murder and the apocalypse:The first, Sole Survivor At The End Of The World, explores one unforeseen consequence of good luck. You Want Fries With That? takes a behind-the-scenes look at the first drive-thru funeral parlor in the Midwest. In The Piano looks at a marriage and divorce and a different, yet justified, kind of emotional catharsis. Finally, in the namesake of the collection, Special Editions, a man learns too late what happens when you cross a woman with a specialized skill.
Kindle Edition includes a preview chapter of the new novel by J.L. Hohler III, Peck: A Book.
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Extinction Point by Paul Jones is in the Top 100 free books on Amazon Kindle today. I gave it a 5 star review and he included part of it in the featured reviews:Think "Day of the Triffids" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "I am Legend" and you still won't have grasped the full scope of the apocalypse in Paul Jones' artfully crafted tale of extinction and survival. ~ David P. Forsyth - Author of the Voyage of the Dead series ~
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Both our novels are free to download on Amazon from now until Wednesday June 13.Reviews are welcomed for each…
Fiji: A Novel – an historical action-adventure
http://amazon.com/dp/B0057YCZM0/
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057YCZM0/
The Ninth Orphan - an international thriller
http://amazon.com/dp/B0056I4FKC
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056I4FKC
The Ninth Orphan is the first novel in the Orphan Trilogy. The prequel, The Orphan Factory, will be published in July 2012.
All three of my horror short stories are available free for download here or on Smashwords.
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Hi all! Need a thriller for Father's Day? My book JUDGMENT TRAMP http://amzn.to/wBpEKB is available for FREE today, June 14, for KIndle. 4.5 stars on Amazon, 12 Reviews. Has been a bestseller in Mysteries & Thrillers, Spy Stories and Tales of Intrigue,and Police Procedurals. Enjoy! Thanks for checking it out! ~Jeffhttp://amzn.to/wBpEKB
JUDGMENT TRAMP by J.D.Currie
Description:
Ex-Army helicopter pilot Eb McLean is struggling to deal with his emotional scars and return to civilian life, but a sudden explosion and vicious murder throw him back into another kind of war. Now his sister Maggie's car is burning in front of their restaurant and hardened FBI agent Nick Kavadas wants to nail Eb for the crime. Eb finds himself in a race against time to find the real killer and peel back the layers of deceit and lies which threaten to destroy everything he holds dear. But whom can he trust? ATF Special Agent Danielle Ricci, who may be harboring a secret of her own? The sexy, but deadly, Imme Amoud? Or could his involvement with her be a fatal attraction? In the frantic hunt for the killer Eb is forced to confront his own tortured past.
ENTER HERE to win one of FIVE free paperback copies, (shipping included) to be awarded on 7/1/12!
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"A giant leap forward for the entry-level PC Gamer. It will decrease your rage, increase your free time, and save you money."
Pwning N00bs is the beginner's guide to PC gaming hardware, strategy, and tactics.
After spending $50 on the hottest new game, why not spend a few to help you play it well?
You will learn how to optimize your stock system for maximum gaming performance, no matter what games you play, or what hardware you are running.
This guide will teach you how to configure your games, and improve your skills, so that you will:
-See the enemy before he sees you.
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Pwning N00bs is absolutely guaranteed, or return it for a full refund.
Find out more, and listen to the free audio excerpts from the guide at: http://www.johndavidauthor.com
"Love is the heart of the matter." Read all about it in THE CHAKRA DIARIES, free on Kindle today at http://amzn.to/L85hiL The Chakra Diaries
Tears for the Mountain is a non-fiction book about a medical mission trip to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake there. It chronicles a team tasked with the delivery of 20,000 pounds of medical supplies to area hospitals who encounters gangs of roving bandits, heart wrenching stories of survival, and a notorious Haitian warlord. A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit the orphanage in Port-au-Prince where the team was based.Watch the trailer for the book here.
Sign up for the book giveaway here.
Watch a CBS news report about the book here.
My first novel, The 8th Doll, will be released 31 July. Pulling together elements from Mayan architecture and culture, it is a fast paced story of a murder investigation that is tied to the 2012 Mayan apocalyptic prophecy.
You can follow me here on Facebook.
My novel HONEYMOON WITH HARRY is FREE this weekend 6/1/6 and 6/17 on Kindle at Amazon.com! The movie rights were bought when the book was in galleys. Oscar winner Paul Haggis adapted the screenplay and Bradley Cooper is interested in starring and making HARRY his directorial debut! See why this has been one of the most talked about books in Hollywood over the last few years! And this weekend it's FREE on Kindle.Honeymoon With Harry
Along with two other prizes, my good friend Caron Rider will be giving away a collection of novelettes extracted from my full-length novel, EL REY: A NOVEL OF RENAISSANCE IBERIA. I am going offer a Kindle copy of the ABRIDGED version of the same book. You do not have to enter both giveaways to be eligible, and the drawings will be completely separate. If one lucky winner should win both, that’s great. If not, you will just have to buy the remaining books on your own! Please visit: http://gingermyrick.com/ and leave a comment at the end of the post by June 19th to enter.
To enter the drawing for the novelettes, please visit:
http://caronrider.blogspot.com/
Good luck and thank you for your interest!
Hello everyone! :)Dangerous Temptation Blurb:
Seventeen year-old Kaitlin Sinclair's world is turned upside down when she moves to Indonesia, and discovers the secrets that threaten the existence of the enchanting Cadmon and his people. She dives into a foreign culture, full of mystique and dangers everywhere she turns, where keeping her heart safe might prove as impossible as staying alive!
The five chapter preview of my books is available for free here:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Just get the top/newest version for correct formatting.
I'd love to hear what you think about it. Good and bad. XD
Last day to this best selling fantasy for free!!! Help Spread the word!http://www.amazon.com/Osrics-Wand-Wan...
Love has a Taste, a new collection of 15 bizarre horror tales by John S Walsh, is FREE this weekend at http://www.amazon.com/Taste-Stories-S...
Jack wrote: "Last day to this best selling fantasy for free!!! Help Spread the word!http://www.amazon.com/Osrics-Wand-Wan..."
Got this one, thanks! Sounds great.
Story Time by Linell Jeppsen is in the Top 100 Free overall at http://www.amazon.com/Story-Time-eboo... I gave 4+ stars to this entertaining apocalyptic sci-fi novel.
Free Sat & Sun - 6/16 - 6/17 Pharaoh's Son - Historical mystery in Ancient Egypt -
June 17 is Father's Day in the United States. I have a perfectly wonderful father (one of the very best things I had growing up), and in his honor I'm offering, free on Amazon Kindle,
Pharaoh's Son
This book deals with several sons of a famous father - who ends up stepping into the middle of the action with some interesting results.
I've quoted some reviews at the bottom here, but was tickled to see that someone on Goodreads, who rated the book, put it on the following shelves;
historical, adventure, big-men-w-swords, historical-hotties, high-society, military, political, religious, violent, exciting, dramatic, supernatural, murder, treasure, twisty-turny-plot, fantastic-ending
Can't beat that! One day left...
June 17 is Father's Day in the United States. I have a perfectly wonderful father (one of the very best things I had growing up), and in his honor I'm offering, free on Amazon Kindle,
Pharaoh's Son
This book deals with several sons of a famous father - who ends up stepping into the middle of the action with some interesting results.
I've quoted some reviews at the bottom here, but was tickled to see that someone on Goodreads, who rated the book, put it on the following shelves;
historical, adventure, big-men-w-swords, historical-hotties, high-society, military, political, religious, violent, exciting, dramatic, supernatural, murder, treasure, twisty-turny-plot, fantastic-ending
Can't beat that! One day left...
The novel "Long-Fangs: The Union of Tribes" will be free to download on Wednesday, June 20th. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0086X5XD2
DESCRIPTION:
An immortal headhunter chief leads the last savage Amazonian tribes against a city taken over by Kurupuri, the evil jungle god. It’s a story about guns versus arrows. Trees versus asphalt. Past over present. But most of all it’s a story about the dangers of the modern world blindly destroying its own mysteries.
Sarah, an American journalist who arrives to the jungle to write an article on primitive tribes, finds out that her guide is a man of extraordinary extremes: a nineteen-year-old face with a five-hundred-year old mind, a headhunter but also a Harvard graduate, a fighter and a wise man all in one. Long-Fangs has one goal: to unite his people against the tree-cutting invaders, and one fierce enemy: a cold-blooded mercenary hired to kill him and wipe out his entire tribe.
At first just an observer gathering information for the feature story of her life, Sarah joins Long-Fangs in his quest to unite the savage tribes, deep into a fantastic world untouched by civilization, and is soon forced to take a side: the strange, Cockney-accented mercenary, captured after a fierce battle, or Long-Fangs, a headhunter going to war against everything she regards as the civilized world.
Hi everyone,Just 29 days left for the Goodreads giveaway of the book Spontaneous Combustion: Enlightenment and the Cosmic Crucible.
Enter to win your free paperback today!
I also offer free PDFs of the book at my website.
http://www.amazon.com/Shack-Merry-Nam... Children's Action and Adventure novel will be FREE on Wednesday, June 20th. It's a nice family read! Good reviews on Amazon.
Tears for the Mountain is a non-fiction book about a medical mission trip to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake there. It chronicles a team tasked with the delivery of 20,000 pounds of medical supplies to area hospitals who encounters gangs of roving bandits, heart wrenching stories of survival, and a notorious Haitian warlord. A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit the orphanage in Port-au-Prince where the team was based.Watch the trailer for the book here.
Sign up for the book giveaway here.
Watch a CBS news report about the book here.
My first novel, The 8th Doll, will be released 31 July. Pulling together elements from Mayan architecture and culture, it is a fast paced story of a murder investigation that is tied to the 2012 Mayan apocalyptic prophecy.
You can follow me here on Facebook.
The Donkey and the KingFREE on Kindle June 20 and June 21.
The Donkey and the King is a story of love with Christian symbolism and allegory. A donkey named Baruch longs for an easier life beyond the stable. He dreams of a life with no heavy burdens and no one to tell him what to do.
After leaving the safety of the stable, the donkey becomes lost in the wilderness, but the King sends him a friend. With his new friend, a sheep, the donkey sets out on a journey that you won't forget.
Each page is beautifully illustrated with the word "good" hidden in the artwork. Children will learn that everything works together for good to those who love the King. The Donkey and the King will warm your heart and fill you with God's unconditional love.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Donkey-King...
Defying Fate, A humorous epic adventure novel featuring a naive prince, a pessimistic ranger, a kindhearted bodyguard, a beautiful messenger, and a couple of ancient androids will be available free from Amazon on Sunday and Monday, 1 and 2 July 2012 only. The story follows the adventures of young Prince Donald of Westgrove as he tries to untangle the truth behind the Warden of Mystic Defiance in an effort to stop his country from going to war.Get your free copy here for these two days only (normal retail price $4.99): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E1JBBO
(Defying Fate is a Kindle exclusive, which includes both Warden novels, The Warden Threat and The Warden War.)
Free A Pine Box Vacation excerpt from Unlimited Publishing and Mr. E! Send me your email address and I will send you a pdf file of the first story in my collection! Find me on facebook(http://www.facebook.com/MREFANS) or send me a message for more information!
* * 3 SIGNED GIVEAWAY COPIES by July 3 * *99 Motivators for College Success
by Perry Binder (Goodreads Author)
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Free! A Dead War Series Short Story THOMPSONA free short story based on the book The Dead War Series which tells the story of the US Army's fight to save America after a zombie apocalypse.
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My YA novel, Girl Bandm, is free thru 6/26 for the Kindlehttp://www.amazon.com/Girl-Band-ebook...
GET YOUR COPY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
FREE!! Paulina’s and Joanna’s Stories free on June 27 & 28On Wednesday and Thursday this week, June 27 & 28, I will be offering two novelettes for free download at Amazon. Both books will be free on both days with no further obligation, basically one-stop shopping. Just head over to the product pages at Amazon, click the orange ‘Buy now with 1-Click’ button, and there you go! You have just downloaded 79 pages of quality reading material at no charge! Happy reading, and thank you for your interest.
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Hi All,My YA Urban Fantasy novel, Gateway, (the first in a Trilogy) will be free 6/28-7-2. It's got 29 4&5 star reviews. Here's a blurb and the link. Enjoy!
Everybody has their demons. Some are just a little more real than others...
Ember has always known she doesn't belong in this world, but when she takes matters into her own hands, she winds up in a mental institution.
There she draws the attention of Taren, a mysterious boy with a dangerous secret.
When chaos erupts, they are forced to flee together and Ember learns her secret might be the deadliest of all.
With lives on the line, Ember must face old demons and new at... The Gateway.
http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-The-Ser...
The Waster's Tale (a short story) is available to download FREE today only.UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wasters-Tale-...
US - http://www.amazon.com/Wasters-Tale-sh...
An award-winning short story following twenty-four hours in the life of a young Glaswegian man. It's written in the first person using the narrator's vernacular voice. First published in the anthology "Glasgow Tales" this story won the EndPapers Tales Series prize.
Best wishes, Stephen Livingston.
http://www.amazon.com/Shack-Merry-Nam...Children's novel that even the family will enjoy. FREE today only on Amazon!
I've listed a giveaway (10 copies) for my novel The Sacrifice Area which will run from July 3 thru Aug 3. Anyone living in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K. are eligible. Best of luck.Here is the link to the giveaway page: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Hi to all you in the UK, Canada, US or Australia -
My giveaway (10 copies) for
The City of Refuge
will be ending July 14. The winners of the giveaway will get a signed copy of The City of Refuge with a couple bookmarks (they work very well as bookmarks, straight-edges and crumb-scrapers). The books will be shipped out by first class mail within a week of the contest's end. (Delivery depends on the various postal systems, but my prior giveaway for Pharaoh's Son was handled promptly.)
Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... with a couple bookmarks (they work very well as bookmarks, straight-edges and crumb-scrapers). The books will be shipped out by first class mail within a week of the contest's end. (Delivery depends on the various postal systems, but my prior giveaway for Pharaoh's Son
was handled promptly.)
Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
My giveaway (10 copies) for
The City of Refuge
will be ending July 14. The winners of the giveaway will get a signed copy of The City of Refuge with a couple bookmarks (they work very well as bookmarks, straight-edges and crumb-scrapers). The books will be shipped out by first class mail within a week of the contest's end. (Delivery depends on the various postal systems, but my prior giveaway for Pharaoh's Son was handled promptly.)
Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... with a couple bookmarks (they work very well as bookmarks, straight-edges and crumb-scrapers). The books will be shipped out by first class mail within a week of the contest's end. (Delivery depends on the various postal systems, but my prior giveaway for Pharaoh's Son
was handled promptly.)Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
My novel, Robyn's Egg: A Futuristic Thriller, will be FREE on Amazon on July 3rd and 4th. 
I will be also be giving away 8 stylish Robyn's Egg T-shirts and free Kindle copies of Robyn's Egg. Go here for the details.
My short stories set in the Three Moons Realm are Free today! Its a glimpse at 5 different characters in the world, and is a good taste of what my full novel will be live. Hope you like it!http://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Moons...
My novel Live Undead is currently free through Amazon July 3rd and 4th.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087TFO8O
Live Undead tour the country, bringing their blood-slicked shock rock to out of the way dives and underground clubs. Their obsessed fans follow them from city to city, unaware of the band's horrifying secret. The lacerated throats and acts of self-mutilation isn't simply makeup and effects – it's all real. The members of Live Undead are vampires. They prey on the black-clad, disaffected, and depressed teenagers who flock to their shows, while leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake.
Depressed, sexually confused, and bullied at school, Nothing desperately longs for escape. He dreams of rock and roll stardom and thousands of adoring fans, but will settle with knowing what it's like to be special. That's the question he needs answered when he finally gets his chance to meet Live Undead.
Eric's life has been in a downward spiral ever since his pregnant girlfriend went missing thirteen years ago after a concert. When Eric stumbles across Live Undead, he's shocked by their uncanny resemblance to the band that had played the night his life changed forever.
Inspired by splatterpunk novels of the late 1980s and early 1990s, LIVE UNDEAD contains depictions of explicit sex, gruesome horror and graphic violence. Reader discretion is advised.
My mystery, "Motherless Children" is free this month at Smashwordshttp://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
To celebrate the 4th of July my debut novel is on a 24 hour free promo from Amazon.If you like Sci-Fi Erotic stories give it a shot.
http://www.amazon.com/Questionably-Hu...
Come by my blog, I'm giving away 10 copies of the Kindle version of my cozy mystery Died On The Vine - http://joyceharmon.wordpress.com/
My novel "The Kingdom of Absurdities" is available free on Kindle from July 11-15th:http://www.amazon.com/The-Kingdom-of-...
Three--count 'em---THREE short stories, all free for the month of July, over at Smashwords.com!If you like some old fashioned horror and dark fantasy, come on by and download to your heart's content!
Free is excellent!
Free this weekend!http://www.amazon.com/Fantasti-Con-eb...
Fantasti*Con
Fantasti*Con is the Midwest's largest convention of science fiction, fantasy and pop culture, and the highlight of Allison Cavanaugh's summer. Only this year she finds a dark cloud over her weekend of geeky fun: a stalker. What begins as enigmatic notes quickly escalates to threats upon her. Only how do you find a madman at a convention, and how do you still manage to not scare away that new guy in the next apartment while doing it?
The weekend should be about fan-girling out at celebrities, wearing fun costumes, getting the inside scoop on the latest games and introducing her best friend Tori to the world of geek culture. Instead they, along with a hyperactive undergraduate student Joanna, are trying to find out who wants to hurt Allison before it's too late.
Set against the back drop of a major convention, Fanasti*Con is a romantic thriller with scenes and vignettes familiar to any attendee. From the costumes to the celebs, this could be any con-goer's weekend of horror.
I'm giving away 10 free copies of the Kindle edition of my latest cozy mystery Bidding On Death. Come by my blog and get your copy:http://joyceharmon.wordpress.com/2012...
My new short story is out and free today in the Kindle store.US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MCSPS2
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008MCSPS2
Marty Johnson likes to drink. Likes it enough he does it every night. His walk home from the bar tonight is going to be different though. Because tonight Marty is going to witness a crime and find something inside him he didn't know was still there.
'A Guy Walks Out Of A Bar' is the redemptive tale of one man's decision to stand for what he thinks is right. 1 part 'Falling Down', 1 part 'Death Wish', 2 parts Bourbon.
Hi guys,I've decided to make my new novel, Memoria. A dystopian thriller temporarily available for free to fellow Goodreads members. You can download and read the book here:
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Those who own human memory, own the world. That's why the corrupt bosses of Memoria Corporation control the bombed-out streets of New York. And that's why Frank Shelby - once a humble citizen and now a murder suspect on the run - has to fight tooth and nail to unearth clues to Memoria's dirty secrets and avenge his loved ones.
I look forward to your comments and advice. Your opinion means a lot to me. A brief but honest review will most definitely be appreciated :)
Take care, and happy reading!
Alex
P.S. also see book trailer
http://youtu.be/mRUOjWCO5FE
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Here are a few reviews:
"I enjoyed reading this book on many levels,not only was it an excellent crime thriller, it also fed my passion for knowledge by teaching me more about the Eastern approach to medicine. The plot was pacy and very well researched."
"The God Complex combines the intensity of a Clancy novel with the information of a Chinese medicine primer. Of course, the protagonist goes beyond the goodness of Chinese medicine but it's only to prove a point. I hope to read more from Chris Titus. Highly recommended."
"I hope this is the first of many books to come from Chris Titus. He obviously has the unique ability to take a difficult to understand topic and present it as a back drop and plot line to an exciting, twisting adventure novel. This story is a page turner. As a health care provider I witness daily the harsh effects of western medicine on patient moral and their health. This story is poignant to our time as we in the west seek a patient centered health care system, not one controlled by the hospitals, the pharmaceutical and the insurance industries. "
"As an acupuncturist, I found The God Complex to be impeccably researched and giving suspense to a story that would otherwise be difficult for the mainstream reader."
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