Spiral Publishing

Genre Agnostic Speculative Fiction

Jason A Adams

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: 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: 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!

Thursday Escapes: Malaya

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Thursday Escapes: Reflections

Jason A. Adams returns with his Appalachian tale Malaya, dedicated to all the women who won’t put up with it. Available free on this site for one week only!

How well do we ever know our spouses?

Billy Holbrook wonders sometimes.

Malaya loves him. How best to show her devotion?

Strangers in strange lands, even close to home.

Sometimes secrets shared mean secrets kept.

Check back next week for Kari Kilgore’s The Last Dragonkeeper, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: The Green Knight

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Thursday Escapes: The Green Knight

Jason A. Adams’ modern take on a very ancient story indeed is available free on this site for one week only!

What if old myths and legends carry a grain of truth?

Gavin Baddock discovers this for himself when a strange client enters his life and changes it forever.

A shyster and a resilient con-man play the world for suckers.

Until the day Gavin learns the old myths and legends err in certain very important ways.

Join Gavin and Carl for a darkly humorous romp through the highs and lows of chicanery.

Just make sure you don’t lose your head…

Check back next week for Reflections by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Oppositional

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Thursday Escapes: Oppositional

Jason A. Adams’ gut punch of a horror short story is available free on this site for one week only!

Curiosity – a terrible mistress indeed.

Phillip DeGranz, youngest Proctor of a prestigious university, meets a generous benefactor with an unwholesome secret.

A loving wife, a mysterious patron, and a myriad of dark secrets.

Will DeGranz fall prey to his own desire for knowledge, or will curiosity set him free in the end?

Check back next week for Little Five by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!