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A Dead Cat

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A Dead Cat is a science fiction tale in the classic, fast-paced, genre-bending, social commentary tradition of Greg Bear and John Scazli with a bit of Chuck Palahniuk thrown in for good measure.

Tom Moore, a PTSD suffering war vet and journalist of dubious success, works in a partnership with a stolen military AI grafted to his eyeballs. Together they live in an affluent world of billionaires, trillionaires, androids, and aliens; only he and his AI live in the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhood.

Now, needing every job sent his way, and having the inability to not be a doormat for women, Tom takes on a new investigative piece. It is his penchant for imitating doormats that leads his investigation into the surreal, not real, and unreal...All Rights Reserved

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Making Contact by EvanderFragoso

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Anonymity: WH_Zero

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