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Skyracos: Set Adrift by johnpicha
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Skyracos are winged warriors who struggle to keep their humanity while executing unsavory missions on alien worlds. Though they hail from the planet Centrus, they operate on the frontier of the known and unimagined where they are forced to interpret crises and dispense justice on their terms, or so they think. In "Set Adrift", Skyracos Jet Coto and Jay of Tanner are stationed on the planet Claous. The two flying men of mettle find themselves on a last minute mission sending them on an unsavory rendezvous with fate. Get ready for a retro-sci-fi adventure!
Pandora Driver: Blind Luck by johnpicha
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Pandora Driver is a relentless avenger of the people. She sifts right from wrong in a realm where the villains are the local gentry and the heroes are outlaws. Pandora is a mistress of disguise who uses sly audacity and an unstoppable Car-of-Tomorrow to unleash chaos into the halls of wealth and power. In "Blind Luck", Pandora Driver races through the Depression era streets of Citadel City on a mission of mercy. A naive finishing school student is in peril, and an unlikely cast of characters collied on a dark night they will never forget!
The Doktor's Spyglass by JamesCormier
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Updated periodically. The Doktor's Spyglass is fantasy noir. It has elements of steampunk, epic fantasy, and classic detective fiction--think of it as Sherlock Holmes meets Locke Lamora. ***************************************************************************** When an eccentric inventor is reported dead, consulting detective Irik Thijis is called in to investigate. He soon discovers that Doktor Keynish Helg is not as dead as he seems, and that something much stranger than simple murder is afoot. The Inspection Service of the holy city of Oridos is about as useful as a horseless carriage when it comes to solving crimes, and Thijis is used to sorting out their cases for them. But what he discovers lurking in the Doktor's mansion soon finds them all out of their depth. As Thijis probes deeper into his strangest case yet, he realizes that blood and death are only the opening gambit in a play that may cost him not only his livelihood, but his life.
Dieselpunk ePulp Showcase (Anthology) by johnpicha
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Dieselpunk Epulp Showcase Includes stories by John Picha, Grant Gardiner, Bard Constantine, Jack Philpott. This action-packed ePulp Anthology unleashes four new noir tales inspired by the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s. Blazing brawls and gritty adventure awaits dieselpunks, nostalgians, die hard or pulp-curious fans. Hope you can take a punch, because these two-fisted tales hit hard! For young hoods, the Aether Age streets of mob-plagued Chicago present a world of opportunity. And Mack and Mickey are headed straight for the top in "That Sort of World: a Tale of the Aether Age." It's class-warfare in Citadel City as Pandora Driver and her Car of Tomorrow deliver rough justice to the elites and a douche named the Gooch in "Who are the People in your Neighborhood?" "The Wise Man Says" introduces Mick Trubble: a hard drinking, chain smoking charmer who bites off more than he can chew... then chews like hell. The Troubleshooter takes the grit and slang of a hardboiled detective and drops it in a dystopian setting that mixes Fedoras, trench coats, flying cars and android policemen. The dirty streets of Roanoketown were his home and his only family. Until he met HER. Now he'll follow HER into hell, tamahaak held high, and fight as a proud Indian against the Anglo Oppressors. He'll wager his life to be a true "A Friend of Spirits." Download if you dare!