My parents live in Kingman, AZ, and when Rebecca and I visit, we fly into Las Vegas, rent a car, and make the 2-hr drive to Kingman. Along the way, near the town of Dolan Springs, is a big billboard to "Exit Here for the Grand Canyon Skywalk"—a breathtaking glass-bottomed walkway that extends out over the canyon, so you can look down between your feet 4000 ft to the bottom of the canyon. We'd heard about it before, and always wanted to do it (no, we're not afraid of heights), but it's a hefty trip out of the way (56...
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To continue celebrating the release of the new Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. novel, TASTES LIKE CHICKEN, I'm posting another free Shamble story, just in time for the holidays. Dan and his team have a very important case, to retrieve Santa's stolen "naughty and nice" list before all gift-giving is ruined! Sorry you missed the free week of the story, but if you still want your copy, you can support the author by downloading for 99¢ at the links below. Kindle all other eBook vendors And for more free stories and other sneak previews, please sign up for my readers group...
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In 2010, Rebecca and I launched WordFire Press as just a small company primarily to reissue some of my old out-of-print novels as eBooks, which were just starting to become popular. When that went well, some of my author friends asked if we would do the same with their backlist books, and our catalog really started to grow. We got some of Frank Herbert's classic novels, the political masterpieces by Allen Drury, then books by Tracy Hickman, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye, Mike Stackpole, Todd McCaffrey, and others. Alan Dean Foster gave us a new novel, and we started doing...
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At long last, the zombie detective is back for his most fowl case yet! TASTES LIKE CHICKEN comes out tomorrow (Dec 1), but to get you started, here's the first chapter! You can order now in hardcover, trade paperback, or all eBook formats. amazon other eBook vendors CHAPTER ONE Some monsters are friendly. You learn that while working as a private investigator in the Unnatural Quarter, where you never know what size, shape, species, or temperament your clients might come in. Some monsters want to live their daily lives without undue hassles, just like anybody else. Some monsters even eat...
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