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The Desert King

A Jack Trexlor Novel

By: Terry F. Torrey

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In 1985, Jack finds adventure in the desert. Twenty-three-year-old Jack Trexlor, fresh out of the crazy house, tends bar by night, paints by day, and dreams of something bigger. And when an old friends pops back into his life and introduces him to a mysterious stranger and an outlandish game, Jack finds himself intrigued by the adrenaline rush. Now, on a weekend fishing trip to the desert, Jack and his friends stumble across a pair of poachers out for revenge, and the pleasant getaway rapidly descends into a desperate ordeal. If you like noir stories where a troubled hero fights the world to get justice for a girl, all while battling his own demons and deficiencies, you'll love the page-turning adventure of The Desert King. Occasionally bleak and often angsty, the Jack Trexlor books can be viewed as neo-noir crime suspense novels in which Jack struggles to help a woman in distress. They contain occasional graphic violence and strong language, intense suspenseful scenes, and heartbreaking realistic resolutions. Movies based on these books would likely be rated R. Books in this series can be read and enjoyed in any order.

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279

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Provocative Press

ISBN 10

0971369755

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9780971369757

Zombies Versus Comicon

A Con Chaos Novel

By: Terry F. Torrey

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Zombies Versus Comicon

A Con Chaos Novel

By: Terry F. Torrey

After hours. Underground. Trapped. With real zombies. Humble garbageman Vance Campbell doesn't care very much for comic books, superheros, or pop culture in general, but his wife does, so he has volunteered to work at the local convention to get tickets for her and their daughter. But when a freak earthquake literally shakes things up, the festive weekend takes a turn for the worse. Now, Vance finds himself trapped by a broken elevator on the mezzanine level with a motley crew of other volunteers, vendors, and celebrities. To get out they'll have to make their way around to the other elevator—and straight through a hungry horde of undead spawned by the earthquake—before the horror envelops the rest of Comicon, and his family. If you like campy apocalyptic adventures that don't sacrifice scientific plausibility for great fun, where the characters are locked in a desperate battle against unknown forces, with neither the skills nor the equipment to handle the violent task, and you like turning blood-soaked pages as fast as you can, laughing with your heart pounding all the while, you'll love Zombies Versus Comicon. Fans of realistic, plausible, funny science fiction stories will enjoy the Con Chaos series of campy but realistic pop-culture monster novels, which can be enjoyed in any order, but which may be best without spoilers when read in order. The Con Chaos books contain graphic violence, strong language, intense situations, and frequent absurd humor. Movies based on these books would likely be rated R.

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212

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Provocative Press

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1961042096

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9781961042094

Bibliomania

A Novelette

By: Terry F. Torrey

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Bibliomania

A Novelette

By: Terry F. Torrey

If paper books were outlawed, would you be an outlaw? Historian Walter Barr loves everything about paper books—except that they have been outlawed, confiscated, and destroyed. So when he stumbles across a dark cafe where the denizens revel in spoken-word poetry and the illicit trade of paper books, Walter feels a rush of exhilaration—like he has finally found a home. Now, with his fearful wife trying to stop him, Walter joins a scrappy crew of paper-book hunters. But what would be worse? Finding nothing, or finding everything? If you love paper books, you’ll love the page-turning cautionary tale of Bibliomania. This book contains nothing most readers would find offensive. A movie made from this book would likely be rated G or PG.

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Long Way Home

A Ficlet Novelette

By: Terry F. Torrey

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Long Way Home

A Ficlet Novelette

By: Terry F. Torrey

Can you ever really go home? A nameless everyman thumbs a ride on a dark highway, running from feelings that he has wasted his youth, his life. But where is he running to? Now, as he sets out to retrace the past that brought him to his present, his journey threatens to give him answers he won’t like to the questions swirling inside him. If you like dramas where characters search for meaning and redemption in the fleeting rush of life, and find hope, you’ll love Long Way Home. This short novel adheres to a form where where every scene is limited to a “ficlet”, a block of text no longer than 1024 characters. The result is as beautiful as it is brief, as powerful as it is poetic. This book contains implied sexuality and themes of abandonment and retribution. A movie based on this book would likely be rated PG or PG-13.

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