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Pandemonium Stocking Stuffer 2012
Four criminally dark short stories for the holiday season.
Archie Black leads off with an unusual collection of detectives - a group of villainnesses are having a night off at the pub when a passing hero is murdered in "A Study in Viscera".
Jenni Hill's enthusiastic anti-hero, Lili, returns in "I Didn't Eat the Deputy". Her partner, Georgia is trapped in a cell, but which zombie ate the keys?
Glen Mehn gets a bit meta in "The Glove", about an award-winning author who takes his inspiration wherever he can find it.
Den Patrick adds a steampunk (trenchpunk!) twist with the acerbic Valente turning his prodigious intelligence towards sleuthing.
Four very odd, very twisted and very, very fun looks at crime and fantasy.
Archie Black leads off with an unusual collection of detectives - a group of villainnesses are having a night off at the pub when a passing hero is murdered in "A Study in Viscera".
Jenni Hill's enthusiastic anti-hero, Lili, returns in "I Didn't Eat the Deputy". Her partner, Georgia is trapped in a cell, but which zombie ate the keys?
Glen Mehn gets a bit meta in "The Glove", about an award-winning author who takes his inspiration wherever he can find it.
Den Patrick adds a steampunk (trenchpunk!) twist with the acerbic Valente turning his prodigious intelligence towards sleuthing.
Four very odd, very twisted and very, very fun looks at crime and fantasy.
- GenresFantasyShort Stories
34 pages, ebook
First published December 26, 2012
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December 2, 2020
~Four short stories
~This is a compilation of four short stories. “A Study in Viscera” by Archie Black… “But I Didn’t Eat the Deputy” by Jenni Hill… “The Glove” by Glen Mehn…and “Something Fishy” by Den Patrick.
~They did not seem to have much to them…only read three…just could not get into the stories. Stories abruptly starts, no real character development, not much plot, and very abruptly ends! Perhaps if one simply wants something to read and is not interested in having an actual story to follow along, there is some value in this book.
~This is a compilation of four short stories. “A Study in Viscera” by Archie Black… “But I Didn’t Eat the Deputy” by Jenni Hill… “The Glove” by Glen Mehn…and “Something Fishy” by Den Patrick.
~They did not seem to have much to them…only read three…just could not get into the stories. Stories abruptly starts, no real character development, not much plot, and very abruptly ends! Perhaps if one simply wants something to read and is not interested in having an actual story to follow along, there is some value in this book.
April 4, 2022
These are very silly stories, so don't go in expecting anything very serious. There's a lot of scenery chewing (and otherwise) in these stories, and I'm here for it. This chapbook contains four "mysteries" (three of them are sequels to earlier stories by the author). I think I liked "But I Didn't Eat the Deputy" by Jenni Hill the best.
October 23, 2018
Delightfully funny and quick read short stories.
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