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Enjoy this free short story from my collection "Geeks Rule". "Storyman" provides a bit of backstory for one of my main protagonists, Kharzai Ghiassi. It a little bit of the pre-CIA personality that pushed him to become the "Hitman With a Smile" in my novels. This story was originally part of a podcast audio series of free shorts titled "In The Shadows" and still available at no charge at www.podio Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 02, 2011 10:15 • Tags: 65-below, action, basil-sands, beard, child-abuse, cia, faithful-warrior, free, hair, iran, karl-s-last-flight, kharzai, persian, revenge, short-story, thriller

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	65 Below 3.80 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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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	Karl's Last Flight 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2006 — 8 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
	Invasion (Ice Hammer #1) 3.96 avg rating — 25 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
	Geeks Rule - A Collection of Five Action Packed Short Stories 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	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
	Appetizers of the Gods 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Insurgent (Ice Hammer #2) 4.21 avg rating — 14 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
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	1917 - A short story 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 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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