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Next To Ewe
Author: Mark Thomas
Davin Chaney is NOT a private detective, he's proprietor of a sleazy 1970s paralegal service, and spends most of his time delivering reno-viction notices for rapacious landlords. But Davin's plaza-mate knows that he owns a gun, and asks for his help when a beloved French Bulldog gets pet-napped. The pet owners have been instructed to stuff ransom money into an inflatable sheep, then release the ovine balloon to drift over the empty expanse of Lake Ontario. Davin is intrigued by the absurd demand and promises to solve a mystery that eddies through ancient grudges, blackmail and murder.
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Searching For Martian Slutfest IV
Author: Mark Thomas
*Searching for Martian Slutfest IV* is a mock noir prequel to the novel "Next to Ewe". "I need you to find a film," my beautiful client said, "the only celluloid copy of something I did a few years ago." She touched a cigarette to her lips, inhaled, and made the tip flare. "Is this movie an embarrassment?" I asked. "That's putting it mildly." Strangely enough, she didn't look embarrassed. "What's the film called?" "Martian Slutfest IV." The little smoke face at the end of her cigarette averted its eyes. Okay, I thought, I'll get the movie. How hard could it be?
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A Robot A Ghost and an Alien Walk Into A Bar
Author: Mark Thomas
“A Robot, a Ghost, and an Alien Walk into a Bar” is a collection of short stories about lonely monsters. The characters are quirky variations on science fiction tropes. The robots are blues guitarists, art collectors and disaffected cats. Aliens visit Earth to play tag with space nerds, or to seek bureaucratic approval for lunar building projects. Ghosts are careless (they occasionally get run over by cars) and their haunting behaviour is controlled by an abstruse fifth century theological debate. Robots, ghosts, and aliens share their world with stressed-out humans, animate corpses, talking foxes and demonic hockey players. Everyone is searching for slivers of happiness, and some actually find it.
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