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- 6
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- Jul 3, 2026
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The Evil Men Leave Behind (opens the original)
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The McDonough Building. Jul. 25. 1:17 pmJohn Pentgram sat across from Ed McDonough, President of the McDonough Group. McDonough appeared to be nervous yet evasive, as if he didn’t want to address the problems at hand. They sat in Ed’s office on the sixth floor. He kept a spartan office. Two file cabinets. A full bookcase. A glass-top desk, empty save for his computer and several family photos, and his phone.“Before we start, Mr. McDonough,” Pentgram said, “can you give me some background about t
DEATH DROPS IN (opens the original)
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The call came in over my police scanner as I approached Exit 9 on the NJ Turnpike. My boss, To-ny Vincenzo, had sent me on an all- expenses -paid weekend to Atlantic City. As I walked into the office one morning, I found I had won a stay in a raffle. I praised the youngster who had squeezed the dollar out of the Great Vincenzo. Tony’s accountant cousin plots out his expenditures of every cent, and a dollar must have raised a red flag.I pulled off the exit, happy to get off the monotonous highway
Cookie Jar (opens the original)
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October 2, 2041The Machine dropped onto Highway 514 at the southern end of Scrumptious Orchards at 2:14 AM. Traffic was light, and the Machine landed with little noise. People in the area still believed it sprouted from the ground because they had heard no engine roars or rockets flare.N.E.M.O. Team Six will immediately perform cleanup duties. No evacuation plans at this time. Marine Unit Delta will meet you there. The requisition package is on route with the Hopper AXT as requested. Coordinates
Blood On The Sand. Prologue (opens the original)
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(I’ve made a major change in my novel. I realized that it didn’t start with a bang. No one had any idea what the genre was or what it could even be about. This opening is designed to grab your attention and throw you into the story right away. Let me know if it works. Note: I fixed the goofy errors. Please enjoy)Fort Lauderdale- April 16, 2018. 2:18 amOscar Whiddon lost some of his brandy as he stepped into a vehicle rut in the sand and fell flat on his face in the sand. Laughing, he pulled hims
Terror At Lake Champlain. Part 2 (opens the original)
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“I heard about the work you do. Ghosts and monsters. Someone’s got to do it, I suppose.”“I’m the lucky one who gets to fix the things the amateurs get too deep into.”“So she told me. A very impressive vocation if I may say so.”“Thank you.”“So, what brings you here? A new monster sighting?”“As a matter of fact, yes.”“Oh?”“A big one. Champ smacked into the Benedict with a full load of passengers.”“Was anyone hurt?”“No, but they got the scare of their lives
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