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The Wrong Bettor
The Wrong Bettor
Dr. Pennell just wants his son back home. But Crain Dalton discovers the mob wants the boy to entertain the bigshots by playing a virtual reality game for the ultimate stakes -- his own life.
Even doctors with a trunk of hidden cash suffer when their teenage son hangs out at the local casino and takes a hooker for a girlfriend. A nice, suburban gal who will act out your most perverted fantasies.
Can Crain find Don Pennell in time to save him?
In craps, a wrong bettor puts their money down on Don't Pass and Don't Come. Most gamblers hate wrong bettors for bringing bad luck to the table, because wrong bettors win when everybody else loses.
In the near-future, computer games evolve to total virtual reality. Players experience an altered reality, and spectators can share the game with them.
Gladiators no longer need physical, complicated arenas, stadiums, or games areas. They battle through sophisticated networks.
Winner makes a boatload of cash.
Loser dies.
While crime bosses, politicians, and the idle rich watch . . . and place their bets.
In The Wrong Bettor we see the future of the economic decay of the recession, combined with high tech advances -- not pretty.
Unavailable for over 30 years, until now, The Wrong Bettor originally appeared in the Archon Program Book, July 1983.
It comes with two free
1. Behind the Scenes of The Copper Quarter and The Wrong Bettor, an original article about these two Crain Dalton stories.
2. First 13 chapters of the contemporary dark fantasy thriller novel Virgin Blood by Richard Stooker.
Therefore, scroll up, and click the buy button & get started today!
Dr. Pennell just wants his son back home. But Crain Dalton discovers the mob wants the boy to entertain the bigshots by playing a virtual reality game for the ultimate stakes -- his own life.
Even doctors with a trunk of hidden cash suffer when their teenage son hangs out at the local casino and takes a hooker for a girlfriend. A nice, suburban gal who will act out your most perverted fantasies.
Can Crain find Don Pennell in time to save him?
In craps, a wrong bettor puts their money down on Don't Pass and Don't Come. Most gamblers hate wrong bettors for bringing bad luck to the table, because wrong bettors win when everybody else loses.
In the near-future, computer games evolve to total virtual reality. Players experience an altered reality, and spectators can share the game with them.
Gladiators no longer need physical, complicated arenas, stadiums, or games areas. They battle through sophisticated networks.
Winner makes a boatload of cash.
Loser dies.
While crime bosses, politicians, and the idle rich watch . . . and place their bets.
In The Wrong Bettor we see the future of the economic decay of the recession, combined with high tech advances -- not pretty.
Unavailable for over 30 years, until now, The Wrong Bettor originally appeared in the Archon Program Book, July 1983.
It comes with two free
1. Behind the Scenes of The Copper Quarter and The Wrong Bettor, an original article about these two Crain Dalton stories.
2. First 13 chapters of the contemporary dark fantasy thriller novel Virgin Blood by Richard Stooker.
Therefore, scroll up, and click the buy button & get started today!
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About the author
Richard Stooker
93 books1 followerRichard Stooker hails from the Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois, warping him for life.
Rich in history, Alton provides a combination of the idyllic Illinois background Ray Bradbury wrote of; the Mississippi River and bluffs of Mark Twain; and a rich, unique history -- often violent.
From the Indian legend of the Piasa Bird, to the tallest man who ever lived (Robert Wadlow), to the assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Earl Ray.
FATE Magazine terms Alton "The most haunted small town in America."
Richard's childhood home stands close to the route where Union wagons once carried the corpses of Confederate prisoners who died of smallpox. At 8 years old, he first hears of James Earl Ray, (who later assassinates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) Ray robs a grocery story owned by the grandparents of close neighbors and friends.
In 1974 a still-unknown murderer abducts one of Richard's friends from a record store and kills him. Several years later, the father of other childhood friends goes on a jealousy-inspired, mass murder spree, killing three people -- including Richard's high school class president -- before committing suicide.
Richard's over 30 years for a social service government agency gives him a broad background of dealing with both the worst and best people in modern society.
When he writes, Richard realizes the horror and joy of every day life inspire dark fantasy stories.
Rich in history, Alton provides a combination of the idyllic Illinois background Ray Bradbury wrote of; the Mississippi River and bluffs of Mark Twain; and a rich, unique history -- often violent.
From the Indian legend of the Piasa Bird, to the tallest man who ever lived (Robert Wadlow), to the assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., James Earl Ray.
FATE Magazine terms Alton "The most haunted small town in America."
Richard's childhood home stands close to the route where Union wagons once carried the corpses of Confederate prisoners who died of smallpox. At 8 years old, he first hears of James Earl Ray, (who later assassinates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) Ray robs a grocery story owned by the grandparents of close neighbors and friends.
In 1974 a still-unknown murderer abducts one of Richard's friends from a record store and kills him. Several years later, the father of other childhood friends goes on a jealousy-inspired, mass murder spree, killing three people -- including Richard's high school class president -- before committing suicide.
Richard's over 30 years for a social service government agency gives him a broad background of dealing with both the worst and best people in modern society.
When he writes, Richard realizes the horror and joy of every day life inspire dark fantasy stories.
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