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How To Be Dead

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Dave Marwood is trapped in a soul crushing dead end job. He’s in love with his work colleague Melanie and his only friend Gary is a conspiracy theory nut. 

His life is going nowhere until he has a Near Death Experience - though Death thinks of it as a Near Dave Experience. He discovers gifts he never knew he possessed and a world he never dreamed existed. A world where the Grim Reaper is a hard drinking, grumpy Billy Joel fan and the undead are bored, lonely and dangerous. 

How To Be Dead is the first part in a three novella series that tells the story of Death and his office staff protecting humanity from ghosts, zombies, vampires and medium-sized apocalypses. 

After a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.All Rights Reserved

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Lost in Limbo

Three drastically different people that all have one thing in common; Death. Julia, who has been rushed into the hospital after a horrible car crash awakens to find that no one can hear or see her. She frantically searches for a way to get people to notice her or to find someone who can help her. Kaden, a dedicated doctor who is trying to forget his past is trying to repent for losing his love Eva, by saving lives. He also happens to be harboring a secret: He's a vampire, and uses unconventional methods save lives. But there's something in the air that is different. It painfully reminds him of his lost love Eva, but can the dead really come back to haunt the ones they love? Surely it cannot be his Eva. Miles, a man who has been through a lot meets Julia in the hospital. He is the only one who can see, hear and speak to Julia and she is frantic to keep him close. But Miles is also keeping a huge secret. All three of them have been through difficult times in their lives. But somehow, they are all thrown into a crazy game, where Death is calling the shots and they are the pawns. And Julia is given an ultimatum that just may destroy her.