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Drastic Measures
There was a definite bulge in the area he’d pointed to and, the girl pondered, if it were really a knife, it was a large one. She pulled on the door handle only to realize it was locked and she jiggled it as nonchalantly as possible, but was too afraid to make any other move, fearing more than that would provoke an attack. As if he were a hungry animal in the woods and she a helpless mouse that had stumbled unluckily across his path. She didn’t want to make any sudden moves. So the girl concentrated on breathing, steadying her pulse, which had become rapid, and focusing on the signs they drove past. She tried to remember each street name and turn they took. Tried to create a sort of map in her mind because that’s what a news program had taught her once, years ago, to do when you’re being kidnapped.
--From Melissa Lyon's Snow
DRASTIC MEASURES are tales of where the human mind goes when it's cornered. New discovery MELISSA LYONS is the most powerful new voice in suspense since Dean Koontz with her story, "Snow."
Editor BEN PARRIS adds two stories of his own edited by Fantasy & Science Fiction contributor KEN ALTABEF. In "Murder in Songjiang": All Brian wanted to do was teach English in China. All the U.S. State Department wanted of the CIA was a quiet investigation of how Brian got killed there. Espionage trainee Mike Spoto stood in the middle and cared about his training case too much for his own good.
ROBERT HORSEMAN presents "Déjà vu": There are two kinds of déjà vu: The kind where you remember things that never happened, and the kind Daniel has; BRAD POST gives us "The Trees": Sharon had second thoughts about her new husband Johnny. Her father detested the man, and the trees didn't like either of them.
Those tales and more by new discoveries SUSAN DAVID, CATHY DOUGLAS, KATE LARKINDALE, MICHELLE D KEYES, and GERALD VINCENT. (Note that the deluxe print edition of Drastic Measures contains a bonus story by George Clayton Johnson.)
"I found Drastic Measures to be an invigorating voyage into the macabre and mysterious, and certainly with a variety of tastes to touch one’s appetite."
--The Amazing Kreskin (July 2012)
DAVID MACK (The 4400), who wrote the foreword for this volume, says, "You're in for a wild ride."
--From Melissa Lyon's Snow
DRASTIC MEASURES are tales of where the human mind goes when it's cornered. New discovery MELISSA LYONS is the most powerful new voice in suspense since Dean Koontz with her story, "Snow."
Editor BEN PARRIS adds two stories of his own edited by Fantasy & Science Fiction contributor KEN ALTABEF. In "Murder in Songjiang": All Brian wanted to do was teach English in China. All the U.S. State Department wanted of the CIA was a quiet investigation of how Brian got killed there. Espionage trainee Mike Spoto stood in the middle and cared about his training case too much for his own good.
ROBERT HORSEMAN presents "Déjà vu": There are two kinds of déjà vu: The kind where you remember things that never happened, and the kind Daniel has; BRAD POST gives us "The Trees": Sharon had second thoughts about her new husband Johnny. Her father detested the man, and the trees didn't like either of them.
Those tales and more by new discoveries SUSAN DAVID, CATHY DOUGLAS, KATE LARKINDALE, MICHELLE D KEYES, and GERALD VINCENT. (Note that the deluxe print edition of Drastic Measures contains a bonus story by George Clayton Johnson.)
"I found Drastic Measures to be an invigorating voyage into the macabre and mysterious, and certainly with a variety of tastes to touch one’s appetite."
--The Amazing Kreskin (July 2012)
DAVID MACK (The 4400), who wrote the foreword for this volume, says, "You're in for a wild ride."
210 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2010
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Ben Parris
24 books25 followersBen Parris' latest novel, AMYNTA OF ANATOLIA (Wade of Aquitaine #3), is about the titanic final battles spanning the millennia between astral travelers and one of their fellows who wants to assassinate them as inferiors. He has already destroyed half the multiverse to do it. Until November 29, 2020 readers can find this extra-large volume among the Goodreads Giveaways and enter for a chance to win one of three first edition signed print copies.
Ben Parris was one of the first 50 authors to have his novel on Amazon Kindle. Within its first year, WADE OF AQUITAINE, literature's first synesthete hero, became one of the original Kindle bestsellers, ranking in the Top Three for War, and Action/ Adventure for a total of 22 weeks. KREINDIA OF AMORIUM (2017) was the followup.
Ben Parris was one of the first 50 authors to have his novel on Amazon Kindle. Within its first year, WADE OF AQUITAINE, literature's first synesthete hero, became one of the original Kindle bestsellers, ranking in the Top Three for War, and Action/ Adventure for a total of 22 weeks. KREINDIA OF AMORIUM (2017) was the followup.
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December 7, 2017
"Drastic Measures" edited by Ben Parris and Ken Altabef
Book Review by Jessica Lucci
This collection of short stories is a fast-paced fun read, exploring an array genres with similar themes. Each author created a unique twisty tale with humor, horror, and surprise. My favourite story is Kate Larkindale's suspenseful "Changing Rooms." Highly recommended for readers interested in broadening their scope.
Book Review by Jessica Lucci
This collection of short stories is a fast-paced fun read, exploring an array genres with similar themes. Each author created a unique twisty tale with humor, horror, and surprise. My favourite story is Kate Larkindale's suspenseful "Changing Rooms." Highly recommended for readers interested in broadening their scope.
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