TECHNOLOGICAL
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Experimental biologist Lyssa Stemple's controversial animal research laboratory is embroiled in a brutal murder investigation. But when a terrifying new disease spreads across the island, Lyssa makes a desperate attempt to flea with her family.
This technological and medical thriller of a family's struggle to survive is a standalone novel and prequel to Saul Tanpepper's acclaimed cyberpunk dystopian WORLD OF GAMELAND. Available in paperback and digital. |
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★★★★★
Impossible to put down! An amazing very gripping tale! ~Heater, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Get off the island now! ~MMH, Amazon reviewer |
METAPHYSICAL
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Can our souls be decoded? Can they be hacked and uploaded?
POW Staff Sergeant Grayson Cole was certain he died in the field in some foreign land, but when he regains consciousness in a Virginia hospital, he imagines he may be going crazy. He soon learns he's part of a secret military experiment, one that will soon be terminated... and he along with it. Now he must race against time to uncover the truth about what he is and the true nature of his existence. A taut metapshysical thriller, this speculative foray into the nature of self-awareness includes three alternate endings. Available only in digital format. |
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★★★★★
A very clever, hard-hitting mini-drama. ~J Bryden Lloyd, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ A tight, slick story with a lot to catch for a novella. It kept me guessing right up to the end. ~Patrick Frievald, Amazon reviewer |
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
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A terrifying lockdown at an elementary school thrusts a third grade teacher into survival mode. But she'll soon discover that the children under her charge pose as much risk as any threat waiting outside her door.
Shelter in Place is a claustrophobic thriller bridging the pre- and post-apocalyptic worlds of Saul Tanpepper's BUNKER 12 with its companion series, THE FLENSE. |
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★★★★★
The tension is expertly turned up one harrowing notch at a time while frightening us with each passing moment, making me nervous and culminating in a finale that scared me in its breathless suspense. ~Chris Fried, The Indie Athenaeum ★★★★★ Wow! Gripped from start to finish. ~Brydonuk, Amazon reviewer |
SUSPENSEFUL
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Decades after an ecological disaster decimated life on Earth, a handful of brave souls flee their overcrowded and decaying space station in hopes of resurrecting a failed terraforming project on Mars. Expecting a barren planet, they instead find that the world has become an Edenic paradise.
But as they begin preparations to receive the last desperate survivors of Mankind, they soon begin to realize that the missing colonists who came here fifteen years may not have succeeded at all. |
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★★★★
[T]his author will one day be considered iconic, like Bradbury, who his writing resembles. ~Dr. J.L. Kuchta, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ It left me with a creepy sense of what Mars could be like. ~Ariandme, Amazon reviewer |
EXISTENTIAL
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On a warm day in June, a massive alien spacecraft appears in the skies over Manhattan. Over the course of the next hour, it releases millions of small green orbs over the city. The ship departs as suddenly, and as mysteriously, as it arrived.
As the weeks pass, humanity struggles to understand what happened... until the orbs begin to change. Then a second ship arrives. And a third. It appears the invasion has begun. But has it? |
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★★★★★
The end just blew me away! ~SewAmused, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ The end is a shocker! ~Juanita Harris, Amazon reviewer ★★★★★ Prepare to be terrified! ~Ami A, Amazon reviewer |
COLLECTIVE
SHORTING THE UNDEAD AND OTHER HORROR - A MANAGERIE OF MACABRE MINIFICTION
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★★★★★
The stories kept my heart racing! So good! ~Stephanie B, Amazon reviewer |
This collection of eight short stories includes the following thrillers:
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INSOMNIA - PARANORMAL TALES, SCIENCE FICTION, AND HORROR
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★★★★★
These stories would be right at home in The Twilight Zone. Read with the lights on. ~Deb Robbins, Amazon VINE VOICE |
This collection of seven short stories includes these thrillers:
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