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Just 99 Cents!! Christopher Meeks’ Award-Winning Collection of Short Stories, The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea *Plus Links to Bargain & Free Literary Fiction Titles in The Kindle Store

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“Poignant and wise” – LA Times

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

by Christopher Meeks

4.5 stars – 20 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
Here’s the set-up:
Here is a story collection about love, death, humor, and the glue called family. In one narrative, a man wakes up one morning to find the odor of dead fish won’t go away, but no one else can smell it. In another, a couple’s visit with friends to watch the Academy Awards has the protagonist envying his friends’ lawn and lifestyle. In these and eleven other stories, Christopher Meeks balances tragedy and wit. As novelist David Scott Milton explains, “In this collection, Christopher Meeks examines the small heartbreaks of quiet despair that are so much a part of all our lives. He does it in language that is resonant, poetic, and precise…. If you like Raymond Carver, you’ll love Meeks. He may be as good–or better.”

Reviews

“So stunning…that I could not help but move on to the next story.” –Entertainment Weekly

“The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea is highly recommended, highly entertaining, and highly rewarding reading.” –The Midwest Book Review

“If the publishing and reading wrold is fair and just, Christopher Meeks is destined to be widely read and deservedly honored.” –Carolyn Howard Johnson, MyShelf.com

“No matter how difficult or heavy the burden depicted, these stories end on a note of resilience… Deeply authentic.” — Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2006

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  • Dragonbone Chest by James Calbraith
  • Deadlocked by A.R. Wise
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Destiny United (Shadows of Destiny)

Destiny United (Shadows of Destiny)

Leia Shaw

Current Price: $0.00

Here’s the setup:
Erin Bolton knows her former foster sister is a sorceress and a witch, but she wants nothing to do with that world. The day before her twenty first birthday, a tall, dark, and terrifying vampire, Marcelo, turns Erin’s world upside down. He convinces her that he was sent to escort her to the safety of the Underworld, where her sister is waiting. But she wonders, who will keep her safe from him?***Warning: this book contains sexual content not intended for readers under the age of 18***

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Banana Man (a Novella)

Banana Man (a Novella)

Christian Blake

Current Price: $0.00

Here’s the setup:

Danny Zuco wants to buy the latest edition of his favorite comic book, Banana Man, but first he’ll have to contend with a vicious dog, a mean cop, and the fact that all his friends are vying for the same comic. Oh yeah, and he doesn’t have the buck to buy it. The clock is ticking down and time is running out. Soon, Mr. Cleary will sell the last copy. Will Danny get the dollar and make it back to the store in time?

This is a work of fiction by Christian Blake. This digital book is approximately 22,000 words in length.

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The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea

Christopher Meeks

Current Price: $0.00

Here’s the setup:

Here is a story collection about love, death, humor, and the glue called family. In one narrative, a man wakes up one morning to find the odor of dead fish won’t go away, but no one else can smell it. In another, a couple’s visit with friends to watch the Academy Awards has the protagonist envying his friends’ lawn and lifestyle. In these and eleven other stories, Christopher Meeks balances tragedy and wit. As novelist David Scott Milton explains, “In this collection, Christopher Meeks examines the small heartbreaks of quiet despair that are so much a part of all our lives. He does it in language that is resonant, poetic, and precise…. If you like Raymond Carver, you’ll love Meeks. He may be as good–or better.”

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Dire Means

Dire Means

Geoffrey Neil

Current Price: $0.00
Here’s the setup:
Can fear breed love?What if a ruthless vigilante transformed one of America’s most affluent, coveted beach-side cities and ended homelessness within its borders in a matter of days? In Dire Means this phenomenon occurs in an unforgettable way.The ambitious mission isn’t accomplished by any brilliant appeal to public benevolence or by relocating the homeless. An ingenious method uses carefully-targeted fear to cure public apathy toward the most helpless among us. Dire Means weaves a tale of a city under siege, its citizens forced to flaunt the Golden Rule as the only way to survive.If you have ever contemplated the end of homelessness –despite the seeming futility of such a goal, or if you simply enjoy a story that will take you on an engrossing, original journey, take Dire Means for a drive.

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Dragonbone Chest

Dragonbone Chest

James Calbraith

Current Price: $0.00
Here’s the setup:
We do not know where the Forgetting had come from, what causes it and how exactly does it work… all we know is that nobody is safe from its dark touch, nobody knows where and when it will strike. A prince, a pauper, a wizard, a child… it can happen to anybody and there is no way to prevent it.Duke Ayaris is a dragon slayer. He’s the only one left in the world, and he is hunting after the last of the dragons. He is about to fulfil his life’s destiny.
A dying old man asks him to take care of his beautiful young daughter. But the girl has a secret – one that will cause him to set sail where no man has willingly sailed before: to the Dragon North, in search of the fabled city of Eden.”Dragonbone Chest” is a stand-alone fantasy novella from the author of “The Shadow of Black Wings” (Top 50 Historical Fantasy and Top 10 Alternate History on Amazon)

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Deadlocked

Deadlocked

A.R. Wise

Current Price: $0.00

Here’s the setup:

David was caught in the middle of the city when the zombie outbreak started. His wife and daughters were at home, stranded on the roof as zombies waited below. He would have to fight through hordes of undead, merciless other survivors, and a series of death defying stunts to get home. However, even if he makes it there, how can he be sure they’re safe?

Deadlocked puts you into David’s head as he struggles to get home. Then a final confrontation occurs that could guarantee his family’s survival, but at what cost?

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The Librarian (Book One: Little Boy Lost)

The Librarian (Book One: Little Boy Lost)

Eric Hobbs

Current Price: $0.00

Here’s the setup:

Wesley Bates thinks his life pretty much sucks. He’s landed at the bottom of his school’s popularity ladder, and bully Randy Stanford seems to be waiting around every corner.

The troubled teen thinks he’s found a way to escape his real-world problems when he stumbles upon strange doorways in Astoria’s local library that seem to lead into the extraordinary worlds from all his favorite books. Oz, Neverland, Wonderland — they’re all a reality with Wesley’s new discovery. Wesley teams with best friend Taylor Williams to embark on a great adventure, both ready to leave the drama of middle school behind.

But the two kids quickly find themselves embroiled in a centuries-old battle for the library and the magic hiding within. Now, fighting alongside the eccentric old man who’s vowed to protect the building’s power, the pair must help ward off an attack by a shadowy group with a strange tie to Wesley’s nemesis, forcing Wesley to face the fears he’s been dodging… and one of the most terrifying bullies of all time!

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