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Cramdown: Massacre
Look beneath the coffee and stock options in Silicon Valley, and you’ll find legions of “cube-zombies” gutting out 24×7 work days, ass-numbing commutes, and mind-crushing meetings, all hoping to ride the next big Internet wave.
In Massacre, the first book in Steve Windsor’s thriller series, CRAMDOWN, find out what happens when one of those zombies wakes up … and that wave comes crashing down around him.
Wesley Brickman is that burned out IT zombie. His commute sucks, his pregnant wife won’t, and he just shit his pants on his way to work. Now his boss is threatening to send him under the bus … again.
When Wesley decides to write his way out of his own story, he and his editor Liza uncover a dark secret in cube-land. But if he doesn’t snap out of his stupor soon, he’ll never make it to The End.
In Massacre, the first book in Steve Windsor’s thriller series, CRAMDOWN, find out what happens when one of those zombies wakes up … and that wave comes crashing down around him.
Wesley Brickman is that burned out IT zombie. His commute sucks, his pregnant wife won’t, and he just shit his pants on his way to work. Now his boss is threatening to send him under the bus … again.
When Wesley decides to write his way out of his own story, he and his editor Liza uncover a dark secret in cube-land. But if he doesn’t snap out of his stupor soon, he’ll never make it to The End.
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First published May 27, 2013
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About the author
Steve Windsor
13 books35 followersSteve Windsor was born in Augsberg Germany to US Military parents. So he doesn’t know a bit of German.
University of Washington—check—alumni association after me for money.
MBA—almost—too much beer.
Mortgage—check—check—check—no mas, por favor, no mas.
Wife—she’s wonderful
Kids—wonder-fuller
La la la. You don’t want to read about that do you? Here’s the good stuff
Me? I'm just a guy who wants to watch the Apocalypse with some 3D glasses, a monster bucket of popcorn, and a Pina Colada. (Hey, don't judge me. I like the foo-foo drinks. They taste better.)
I like a good bad-guy … or bad good-girl, for that matter. What's wrong with that?
I think the world needs some good anti-heroes. Ones that we can rely on to set things right. An ornery brute or brutess who can clean up everything that needs cleanin' up ... except themselves.
And I would use an ellipsis ... for a dramatic pause ... and another one ... just to piss off my editor ... right before I tell you that sometimes … I mess up movie quotes.
My editor says that ellipses are annoying—I don't use many of them. (Totally lying—she made me put that in here)
I think Vin Diesel was too nice in Pitch Black. (Probably his best movie) So was Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill, for that matter. (1 and 2, thank you)
Andrew Vachss is my hero. You should definitely read his novels.
And I love George R.R. Martin because he’s not afraid to whack a hero.
You think I'm harsh? Two words—Chuck Wendig. Trust me, you should read him.
Sarcasm—Flirty chit-chat.
Cynicism—A little toe tickle under the dinner table.
Condescending contempt—ooh, talk dirty to me.
Straight-up stringing a long line of colorful profanity together as speech—Check please! Call us a cab!
On Profanity:
Battlestar Galactica (the new one) I mean, come on, “Frack?” That was profanity genius.
Betty White—Lake Placid. All I'm sayin'.
X-files—episode… I don’t remember, but they “bleeped” all their cursewords … by actually saying “bleep!” Genius!
Also, HBO—The Wire. Where my two favorite detectives carry a whole scene with one word as continual dialog. That word? "Firetruck." (It's a SNL skit—Google it)
And Firefly? Get outta here. Cussing in Chinese? Frackin genius.
So I guess you can tell I like a colorful vocabulary in a character.
I'm Steve Windsor, and I approve this bio message
University of Washington—check—alumni association after me for money.
MBA—almost—too much beer.
Mortgage—check—check—check—no mas, por favor, no mas.
Wife—she’s wonderful
Kids—wonder-fuller
La la la. You don’t want to read about that do you? Here’s the good stuff
Me? I'm just a guy who wants to watch the Apocalypse with some 3D glasses, a monster bucket of popcorn, and a Pina Colada. (Hey, don't judge me. I like the foo-foo drinks. They taste better.)
I like a good bad-guy … or bad good-girl, for that matter. What's wrong with that?
I think the world needs some good anti-heroes. Ones that we can rely on to set things right. An ornery brute or brutess who can clean up everything that needs cleanin' up ... except themselves.
And I would use an ellipsis ... for a dramatic pause ... and another one ... just to piss off my editor ... right before I tell you that sometimes … I mess up movie quotes.
My editor says that ellipses are annoying—I don't use many of them. (Totally lying—she made me put that in here)
I think Vin Diesel was too nice in Pitch Black. (Probably his best movie) So was Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill, for that matter. (1 and 2, thank you)
Andrew Vachss is my hero. You should definitely read his novels.
And I love George R.R. Martin because he’s not afraid to whack a hero.
You think I'm harsh? Two words—Chuck Wendig. Trust me, you should read him.
Sarcasm—Flirty chit-chat.
Cynicism—A little toe tickle under the dinner table.
Condescending contempt—ooh, talk dirty to me.
Straight-up stringing a long line of colorful profanity together as speech—Check please! Call us a cab!
On Profanity:
Battlestar Galactica (the new one) I mean, come on, “Frack?” That was profanity genius.
Betty White—Lake Placid. All I'm sayin'.
X-files—episode… I don’t remember, but they “bleeped” all their cursewords … by actually saying “bleep!” Genius!
Also, HBO—The Wire. Where my two favorite detectives carry a whole scene with one word as continual dialog. That word? "Firetruck." (It's a SNL skit—Google it)
And Firefly? Get outta here. Cussing in Chinese? Frackin genius.
So I guess you can tell I like a colorful vocabulary in a character.
I'm Steve Windsor, and I approve this bio message
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September 2, 2013
What an amazing effort from a first-time author! Fast pace, keeps you interested and trying to put the puzzle together. Excellent story line and way it was told. A little too much 'adult content' for me but I'm an old lady. Looking forward to Steve's follow on edition.
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