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Paul B. Kohler

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Paul B Kohler is the International Bestselling author of the highly acclaimed novel Linear Shift. His recent work includes Turn, Detour, and Reversion, from The Humanity's Edge Trilogy, along with several short stories. His short story, Rememorations, was included in The Immortality Chronicles - The Best Anthology of the Year as voted in the 2016 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll. Rememorations was also nominated for Best American Science Fiction. ...more

Free Fiction Friday: Departure

ႎ Departure is a short sequel to my first short story titled AMY. The story picks up several years after that horrific passing of Amy, and is laced with flashbacks of that tragic day of discovering. It was included in An Anthology of Short Stories: Winter 2016. This short story is offered free on this website for one week only. It’s also available in ebook and print, along with six other short sto Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 21, 2024 00:01
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Humanity's Edge: The Comple...

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Turn (Humanity's Edge Trilo...

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Linear Shift

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The Hunted Assassin

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The Borrowed Souls

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Recoil: A Silo Story: From ...

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Linear Shift, Part 1

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Detour (Humanity's Edge Tri...

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Through The Rift by Paul B. Kohler
"This is an excellent collection of sci-fi short stories. Some have been published earlier and some, including the two novella length stories are new. It was, for me, a pleasure to re-read the previously published stories and, the reading of the newer" Read more of this review »
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"Enjoyed the collection of short stories. I only wished that there were more of them! "
Through The Rift by Paul B. Kohler
"A brilliant collection of short stories and a novella by a master SciFi author.

I’ve enjoyed this author for his longer novels, but this is a great tour through his imagination. There’s something here to resonate with all readers."
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The storyline of this book leads you into a character who has died, and is recruited into a nether life as a Soul Collector.

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L Dear Paul,
Thank you for acepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. I am delighted to have won a copy of your sci-fi/ time travel novel "Linear Shift, part 1" {through a first-read giveaway} which i am really looking forward to reading! I post reviews on everything i read, as i not only enjoy sharing my thoughts with others but i feel that it is important to discuss books for potential new readers (or) those interested in the book.
Look out for a review and thanks once again.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x


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