Twilight Run

The Full Moon Medic #0.5

by Daniel Potter

Join Abby on her first supernatural adventure in this prequel short story to the Full Moon Medic series.

Magic is coming back into the world. Slowly, inexorably, and mostly at night. But it is coming … Abby is an EMT in Portland. Along with her partner, Cindy, she works the night shift, answering emergency calls and rushing patients to the nearest hospital. Tonight, however, what starts out as a (fairly) ordinary call turns into something else completely. Cut off from the mortal world, trapped in a house with a feral patient and Death itself, Abby and Cindy will have to use all of their wits, strength, and medical knowledge to win their freedom and make it safely home ….

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Ebooks, Paranormal, Supernatural, Audiobook

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About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Daniel Potter has always been inspired by the mysteries of the world. His early interest lead him to become avid researcher as well as gamer and writer. After obtaining his PhD in vascular biology, he began exploring fictional magic and spiritualism using his own particular scientific lense. Daniel published the webcomic Walking the Lethe from 2010-2012 and is an active member of the East Bay Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Meet-up group. His debut novel, Off Leash, is just the first in his Freelance Familiar series.
When he's not chasing his imagination, Daniel works as a vascular biologist in the Bay Area. He shares an apartment with his wife, two cats, and a large collection of video games.

Reviews

[Anniken Haga · Rating 2 out of 5]

So this short wasn't bad, and I'm glad I got to see the events so often mentioned in Emergency Shift, but much like the original book, this one felt unfinished and kind of rough. Like the author had an idea and wrote down the skeleton of it, but never gave it anymore to grow on.

[Cherry Mischievous · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Thoughts:
This short story is a freebie at the end of the first book, Emergency Shift, audiobook.

This novella tells the story of how Vicky met Abby and Cindy.

In this world magic is coming back after having faded away for a very long time. Like it was a cyclic thing. It comes and goes. Only in terms of hundreds of millennia per cycle. Where cycles of magic and no magic swaps with each other. This time around magic is coming back. Very similar to the world of where magic waves comes and Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews goes as the "magic cycle" starts to return. So, originality-wise, this series does not win awards. The theme has been around the block already.

Unoriginal or not, this short story still managed to deliver a nice, pleasurable listening time.

I am normally a fan of Cindy Kay, but, when the narrative says that she shouted "Cindy!" and I heard a normal tone instead, that is not a good interpretation of the story in my way of thinking. I expected a higher tone or a shriek with that "Cindy" in chapter 4. However, other than that one time, the rest of the narration was good.

Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 5
Cover art = 4.5
Pace = 4
Plot = 3
Narration = 4

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries

[Vannessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although this was a very short, quick read, it was good fun and hopefully a good set up to the rest of the series, which I have not yet read.

Abby Night is an EMT and on what seemed like a normal run to help a stabbing victim, she and her colleague find themselves in a world completely apart from their usual one. Strange things happen, but in order to save the victim's life, they have to just deal with everything going on as best they can!

Looking forward to reading more in this series and hopefully this time, the spelling errors and missing words will be fixed!

[Cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, and therefore a very very brief and slightly disjointed introduction to the series. Good at portraying immediacy of the situation with a serious wound, but I don't know enough about EMT stuff to know how accurate the details are. I really like the rest of the series, and was glad to have the background on the 'Abbie gets made Luna's beast' story. I read this after I read the first full length book in the series. All in all, this one is pretty good.

[Jonathan Garcia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Paramedic here. I cringed hard at chapter 1 and couldn't get through chapter 2 without tossing my phone. Completely inaccurate and teaches harmful first aid techniques. This medic and her partner would both lose their licenses at the very least just from their initial patient care if not charged criminally for the inevitable harm. I stopped reading as they were stuffing rolled gauze in an abdominal knife wound "like a teddy bear." Yeesh.

[Kristen Lewendon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed that this filled in so many of the holes in my experiences with the first book in the series. It was fun to come back and see what really had happened to Abby and Cindy during those oft-remembered moments. This story may have been a touch too short for what it was trying to tell, but I’m more anxious than ever to dig deeper into this world and discover what’s going on.

[Beatrice Followill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome Ride! Glad I read this short prequel first , get the just of the Crossroads. Good way to entice the reader to read the other books.

[Danica Midlil · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. The spelling errors, conjugation errors, missing words, and wrong words REALLY detracted from the story. Hire an editor, Daniel Potter!

[Mary Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a bit confusing and short. Although it was still interesting and will give the next book in the series a try.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ooooh! Can't wait to read more about Abby.

[PurpleBookFox · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting short prequel. It was nice to get to know the characters a bit and know how things came to be before the first book.