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Carl Bray

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Carl Bray is just a normal chap. Happily married with a posse of grown up kids and grand-kids. Considers himself an Alpha Geek due to his love of TV sci-fi and his unequalled expertise in Marvel Comics.
Once an exponent of the martial arts but more likely now to put his hip out!
LOVES to read and was brought up on the old westerns of the 70's and 80's. Still working but loves to write stories for relaxation.Wants to retire! ...more

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Been a while since i updated this, and in the meantime I've written a few more books.
Hell in a Holster and The Four Horsemen are a duology of westerns and can be read in any order. These are straight western adventure stories.

Maleficent 7 and Malevolent 7 are the same book slightly tweaked-horror western this one and introduces Scotty Randolph anti hero and Shaman Crow bounty hunter Read more of this blog post »

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The Man Who Never Was (John Milton, #16)

by Mark Dawson (Goodreads Author)

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The Pimlico Encyclopedia Of Western Gunfighters

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"Has a European feel" Susan said.
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“I took my .38 out and looked to see that there were bullets in all the proper places. I knew there would be, but it did no harm to be careful. And I'd seen Clint Eastwood do it once in the movies.”
― Robert B. Parker, Small Vices

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