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My parents raised me right. Any mistakes I made were my own. Hopefully, I learned from them.

I earned a doctorate in medieval European history at the University of California Santa Barbara. Go Gauchos! I taught world history at a couple of colleges before settling into a private college prep high school in Monterey. After I retired, I began to write an urban fantasy series featuring hardboiled private eye Alexander Southerland as he cruises through the mean streets of Yerba City and interacts with trolls, femme fatales, shape-shifters, witches, and corrupt city officials.

I am happily married to my wife, Rita. The two of us can be found most days pounding the pavement in our running shoes. Rita listens to all of my ideas and reads all of my ...more

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	A Troll Walks into a Bar (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #1) 4.20 avg rating — 807 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Witch Steps into My Office (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #2) 4.50 avg rating — 482 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hag Rises from the Abyss (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #3) 4.53 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night Owl Slips into a Diner (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #4) 4.55 avg rating — 405 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Nymph Returns to the Sea: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #5) 4.49 avg rating — 286 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood Moon Feeds on My Dreams: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I. Book 6) 4.54 avg rating — 247 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Specter Raps on My Windowpane: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I. Book 7) 4.55 avg rating — 206 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Demon's Dagger: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novella 4.37 avg rating — 189 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Claws of the Collector: Shade the Collector #1 4.59 avg rating — 69 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Deep Coprolite: Shade the Collector #2 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Battle for Britannia: Ships of Britannia, Book 5

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Douglas Lumsden is currently reading The Battle for Britannia: Ships of Britannia, Book 5 by E. M. Kkoulla	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The tension continues to mount as a fractured Britannia, torn by treachery, slides headlong toward a cataclysmic conflict that will pit father against son, Ship against Ship, and the Old Gods against the New. I'm totally invested in this series and c ...more
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Best book of the series so far! Things get extremely tense in this third book of E.M. Kkoulla's Ships of Britannia series. Some supporting characters assume larger roles, and the plot twists like a pretzel. I had some other books I'd planned to read, ...more
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The tension continues to mount as a fractured Britannia, torn by treachery, slides headlong toward a cataclysmic conflict that will pit father against son, Ship against Ship, and the Old Gods against the New. I'm totally invested in this series and c ...more
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Best book of the series so far! Things get extremely tense in this third book of E.M. Kkoulla's Ships of Britannia series. Some supporting characters assume larger roles, and the plot twists like a pretzel. I had some other books I'd planned to read, ...more
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Douglas Lumsden made a comment on Alfred Oleson’s review of A Troll Walks into a Bar (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #1) " Thank you for your kind comments. Duffy Webber is great, isn't he? He really brings my story to life. ...more "
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Douglas Lumsden liked Alfred Oleson's review of A Troll Walks into a Bar (Alexander Southerland, P.I. #1): "Wasn’t sure what to expect as I generally don’t read this genre. This was quite the adventure, and listening to the audiobook is great, the voice actor is perfect for the roll and you get such a diverse range that truly puts you there. Lots of memora" Read more of this review »
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“shook my head. “As long as you’re happy.” “Happy!” Gio barked out a short laugh. “Who the hell is happy? Happy is for chumps! I’m satisfied. I’ve got a nice family and I work steady. I can still enjoy a drink and a cigar, and sometimes I win a few bucks at poker. I love cars, and so does my son and one of my daughters. Fuck happy! I’ll take satisfaction any day of the week.”
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“Part of my brain sometimes worked separately from the rest of it, and I often went along for the ride to see where it was taking me.”
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