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Shakespeare for Squirrels

February 12th, 2020 · 19 Comments

Chapter 1 – He is Drowned and These are Devils             We’d been adrift for eight days when the ninny tried to eat the monkey.  I lay in the bow of the boat, under the moonlight, slowly expiring from thirst and heartbreak, while the great beef-brained boy, Drool, made bumbling snatches for the monkey, who […]

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Secondhand Souls — The First Chapter

June 18th, 2015 · 16 Comments

Prologue (Selected from the Great Big Book of Death: First Edition) 1. Congratulations, you have been chosen to act as Death, it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. It is your duty to retrieve soul vessels from the dead and dying and see them on to their next body. If you fail, […]

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The Tiny Templar – The Author Guy Interviews Michael P. Spradlin

September 17th, 2008 · 12 Comments

“We’re on a mission from God.” Chris Moore: So before you wrote The Tiny Templar did you ever practice any medieval combat? Mike Spradlin: No. And the book is called The Youngest Templar. Chris Moore: Whatever. Did you ever bash anyone in the head with one of those spiky things on a chain? Mike Spradlin: […]

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Ninja School Confidential – An Unwritten Chaz Sukiyaki Myste

March 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Chapter 7 – Prom Night and the Delicious Badonk of Death Fujikasan totally busted me today for skipping invisibility class today. Thing is, I had been skipping all semester, but Fujikasan just thought I was really good. I was going to get an A, but Saki didn’t show up today to say my name at […]

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The Electric Rhino – An Unwritten Romance

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The Electric Rhino – An Unwritten Romance Chapter 5 – The Test Drive His forearms were like braided leather cords, as cordy and leathery as those lanyard thingies they used to make at summer camp. Penny loved to watch Bert use a screwdriver, he was the master of her heart, and her sex, just like […]

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