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The Cat, the Watch, and the Deep Blue Sea [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Aldrich Spence exerts a suspicious and judgmental influence over his family with the annual dispensation of six $10,000 checks to his seven grandchildren ... the unlucky one being whomever has done the most to recieve Grandad's disapproval during the past year. When Grandad's antique watch disappears on a family cruise, the incentive for finding it ... and the thief ... is fueled by more than the call for justice. 1995
Words: 5445 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Cloud Stalking Mice [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Baker City, Oregon: 1899. In a letter to a fellow man of the cloth, the Reverend John J. Tiller recounts his investigation into the murder of his friend, a respected Chinese doctor. When a possible clue to the mystery is revealed through the behavior of the dead man's cat, the Reverend decides to test a theory that puts his life in danger as well as challenges the strength of his faith. 1999
Words: 6068 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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How the Highland People Came to Be [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Masquerading as a princess from a faraway kingdom, a simple village girl promises wealth and tribute to a wounded warrior of the Moon People, persuading him to walk with her across the dense jungle to her home. While her careful lies keep him on their path, her true aim is for the warrior to teach the men of her village to make the spiked club that he carries, and train them to fight with his skill. But before they reach their destination, a goddess entraps the two travelers, forcing them to com... more info>> 1999
Words: 7041 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Enduring As Dust [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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No one at the Coordinating Administration for Productivity really knows what their little government agency is supposed to do, but it's been around since World War II and the employees at the nondescript Washington office do everything they can to avoid being noticed ... a certain death sentence to their leisurely routine. When a letter arrives praising an employee that doesn't exist, an investigation is launched to find out the identity of the imposter before it draws the attention of the gener... more info>> 1993 Edgar Award Nominee
Words: 6926 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Hollywood Considered as a Seal Point in the Sun [A Detective Maddie Frost Story] [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Madeline Frost is a struggling Hollywood screenwriter moonlighting as a private investigator in search of a missing action movie star. When she uncovers the motive behind the actor's disappearance, her investigation takes on a self-promotional twist prompted by the unusual behavior of her cat. 1994
Words: 7156 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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On Top [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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The wealthy and influential Maura Voss suffers the consequences of mutiny when she orders the crew of her spaceship on a suicidal detour through a battle zone. Pregnant with the captain's baby, she is forced into a landing pod and banished to a deserted planet just as her contractions begin. She survives the crash with her new baby, but the impact damages the pod's duplicator, causing a new version of herself in childbirth to appear every eight years. The power struggle among the 8-year-interval... more info>> 2000
Words: 8020 - Reading Time: 22-32 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Masked Marauders of the Mossbelt [A Detective Maddie Frost Story] [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Maddie gets away from the Hollywood grind to handle a burglary case in Oregon: A set of irreplaceable photo negatives have been stolen from a photographer's studio in Eugene, where they were commissioned by a small art gallery run by the wife of a local land developer. Although the crime scene has been overrun by the photographer's pet racoons, Maddie suspects that some exposure to local politics may develop into a clue to the burglar's identity. 1998
Words: 8115 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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King Corpus [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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A college grad crashes Mardi Gras looking for the biggest party of his life, and is surreptitiously crowned King Corpus by a masked man on horseback and his lovely entourage. The following weeks are a continuous revelry of gluttonous parties and gratuitous sex, but his masked benefactors have a different plan for him on the other side of midnight on Fat Tuesday. 2000
Words: 6490 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
Category: Horror
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Bright Seeds in a Whirlwind [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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Four-year-old Diego Deverez is not a normal little boy. Sitting motionless on the dirt floor of his Mexico City vecinidad, he stares through the emptiness of his unfocused eyes; on the rare occasions he chooses to speak, he describes visions of a strange world with primitive people speaking an unknown language. Desperate to protect her son from an aimless life transfixed by visions, Diego's mother uses homegrown witchcraft to drive away the demons and bring them both a prosperous future ... but ... more info>> 1997
Words: 8095 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
Category: Horror
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Bitter Pills [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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A DEA general attempts to curtail the manufacture and distribution of Dreamrail, a physically harmless drug made from over-the-counter chemicals that can be programmed to induce any type of dream. When the general realizes he can't win the war on this wildly popular new substance through conventional means, he devises a cruel plan to make users think twice about reckless self-medication. 1999
Words: 4074 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Not Exactly a Dog [MultiFormat]
by Bruce Holland Rogers
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A pet store owner shares tales of the frightening risks that humans encounter when dealing with alien animals. 1998
Words: 5166 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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