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Thursday Escapes: Dirk Knight: The Case of the Rustled Ranch

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Thursday Escapes: Dirk Knight: The Case of the Rustled Ranch

Jason A. Adams’ Dirk Knight: The Case of the Rustled Ranch is available free on this site for one week only!

When trouble finds Barb Collins, Dirk Knight finds trouble.

A newly-minted Private Eye who throws himself into the job.

A newly-minted chef who knows good food.

Trouble drives them together in a case like no other.

Dirk’s solution promises them both sweet things to come.

Check back next week for Odds and Endings, the first story of many set in Kari’s fictional Appalachian town of Lightning Gap, Virginia, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Sensing the Storm

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Thursday Escapes: Sensing the Storm

Sensing the Storm, a prequel to Kari Kilgore’s Storms of Future Past series, is available free on this site for one week only!

The Storm Rises

Dr. Sandy Hughes faces several more hours of an endless shift in a Chicago emergency room.

Wrangling baby docs, residents, and med students.

All doing their best to help people yanked out of ordinary life and thrust into medical nightmares.

Then a mysterious boy yanks Sandy out of her own ordinary life. Forever.

Can Sandy figure out his warning before it’s too late?

Check back next week for Jason A. Adams with his soft-boiled detective romance Dirk Knight: The Case of the Rustled Ranch, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Moulin Rouge

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Thursday Escapes: Moulin Rouge

Jason A. Adams’ historical fiction tale Moulin Rouge is available free on this site for one week only!

In 1955, one Las Vegas pleasure palace took a risk.

Come see the beginning of something new.

Come see a young dancer find destiny and love.

Come see a casino change the city, and the world.

Come see opening night at The Moulin Rouge.

Originally appeared in Pulphouse #7.

Check back next week for Kari Kilgore’s Sensing the Storm, a prequel short story to her post-apocalyptic fantasy series Storms of Future Past, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: The Earworms

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Thursday Escapes: The Earworms

Kari Kilgore’s Appalachian fantasy The Earworms is available free on this site for one week only!

What if your whole town had to face the music?

Estonoa, Virginia. A lovely little town tucked deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hiking and ATV trails. Kayaking along the scenic Clinch River.

A thriving community focused on the future.

Erin Evans loves her hometown, except for one thing.

The Earworms.

Will Erin find the answer before the music drives her and everyone else crazy?

Check back next week for Jason A. Adams with his historical Moulin Rouge, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Birth of the Makmorn

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Thursday Escapes: Birth of the Makmorn

Jason A. Adams’ fantasy tale Birth of the Makmorn is available free on this site for one week only!

All that has been, will be again.

Brant, Warrior of the Sunset People. Sworn to protect.

Skala, Wise One of the Sunset People. Sworn to wait, watch, and guide.

Two elderly companions face the return of a menace from before the time of stories.

This time, only Brant stands between the shadows and the Light.

Can strength and loyalty prevail against primordial hate?

Check back next week for Kari Kilgore’s small town fantasy The Earworms, and happy reading!