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Grave Voices (Haunted)

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A Steampunk novella  excerpt. The Department of Supernatural Investigation steps in when things go wrong in weird ways. When monsters start prowling the streets of New Pittsburgh, a shady monster hunter charges a fat fee to exterminate the creatures and Agents Mitch Storm, Della Kennedy and Jacob Drangosavich step in to check things out. Are the new monsters connected to the sudden disappearances of psychics and mediums? And is the notorious Dollmaker behind the mayhem? It's an action-packed adventure full of airships, mad scientists, dark magic, clockwork creatures, carriage chases and plenty of explosions!  (5 of 6 sections are posted here. The full novella is available in ebook on Kindle/Kobo/Nook).

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Murder in the Academia by delapr007

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Captain Kittyhawk & The Cloud Wars

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