Saturday 12 May 2018

Freebies.... limited offer 12th May - 16th May 2018

Heaven Expects



Amy is a well-respected and gifted courier in the Ulterior Dimension galaxy. Her life is routine - but, most days, that's what she loves about it. Until she meets Aiden Armstrong, a handsome and secretive man who claims he has to be delivered to the Black Moon at the farthest extreme of the galaxy. 

Amy is not happy. She does not deliver people, she delivers messages: high security and top secret messages which only she is qualified to carry. But there is just something strange and puzzling about Aiden Armstrong that pulls at her curiosity. Primarily, the fact that he gives nothing away and won't even tell her why he has to get to his destination.

The question is, can Amy tolerate this man's moodiness, secrecy, and generally perplexing behaviour? As twists and secrets unveil, Amy realises that there are hidden powers within Aiden Armstrong who, on the face of it, just seems like a quirky and weird man down on his luck.

Assisted by her no-nonsense mechanoid, Kipper - along with her moody, sexually deviant, and quite possibly insane ship computer, Pegasus - Amy sets out on the delivery of a lifetime, where nothing is quite as it seems.








5 Minutes






Amy is a mute child with a powerful gift and a certainty that the future has been cancelled. Marielle is a beautiful revolutionary with a passion for mechanical men. Lydia is a five-thousand year-old ghost with a hunger for vengeance. And Earth has only got five minutes—REAL TIME—to live. Across twisted Time dimensions (and a universe with a flower garden) battles, schemes and twists unravel. This story is a satiric Science-Fiction drama, proudly exhibiting absolutely no respect whatsoever for politicians. 

It describes the events which lead up to Earth’s death; a catastrophic annihilation, but a peculiar one, almost trivial. Because it unfolded in the most bizarre way, and no-one actually cared. 

Only a bottle-blonde pop star could possibly bring it back to life.







Universal Language



Set in the lead-up to the new millennium:...it's 1999, and the dreaded "Millennium Bug' is threatening everything from the new craze of internet chatrooms, Instant Messaging, WAP mobile emails...to traffic lights and global security. 

But Gary Price isn't concerned with any of this. He's only concerned with his recent divorce, his estranged children, and his band, Black & Blue - who are on the precipice of massive success...

...Until tragedy strikes, and Gary's plate is loaded just that little bit too full.

Gary Price doesn't know that he is insane—totally unaware of the twelve year-old personality co-existing with his adult identity. Carlin has two sides to his sexuality, and one of them is a sadistic killer. Dr Jones carries within him the ghost of a dead school friend. And across Internet chatrooms and continents, Carlin stalks Gary Price, to prepare him for the doctor, who will make Gary pay dearly for a crime that is thirty years old.

A deranged school headmaster is intent on taking Gary back from the age of 42 to the age of 12. Because buried somewhere deep in Gary’s memory is a painful guilt from a childhood accident, in which his best friend was killed in an horrific school fire. And now the past is coming back – not so much to haunt Gary – as to make him suffer. The enigmatic assassin known as Carlin – or GiftHorse on the Internet – will make sure of this. For Carlin it’s merely a job. For the Headmaster whom he serves – it’s a mission of vengeance. 







Compulsive


In this collection of short tales, the central characters are each driven by an appetite for compulsion. Vanity, egotism, addiction, vengeance, and compelling desire are many of the components in this anthology. Each story has a twist in its tale.






Monday 8 January 2018

The Powers Within series

5 Minutes

Book 1



Amy is a mute child with a powerful gift and a certainty that the future has been cancelled. Marielle is a beautiful revolutionary with a passion for mechanical men. Lydia is a five-thousand year-old ghost with a hunger for vengeance. And Earth has only got five minutes—REAL TIME—to live. Across twisted Time dimensions (and a universe with a flower garden) battles, schemes and twists unravel. This story is a satiric Science-Fiction drama, proudly exhibiting absolutely no respect whatsoever for politicians. 

It describes the events which lead up to Earth’s death; a catastrophic annihilation, but a peculiar one, almost trivial. Because it unfolded in the most bizarre way, and no-one actually cared. 

Only a bottle-blonde pop star could possibly bring it back to life.





Price cut: Only 99c / 99p for January 2018

Available in Kindle and Paperback.

(Can also be read as a stand-alone story)
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Heaven Expects

Book 2



Amy is a well-respected and gifted courier in the Ulterior Dimension galaxy. Her life is routine - but, most days, that's what she loves about it. Until she meets Aiden Armstrong, a handsome and secretive man who claims he has to be delivered to the Black Moon at the farthest extreme of the galaxy. 

Amy is not happy. She does not deliver people, she delivers messages: high security and top secret messages which only she is qualified to carry. But there is just something strange and puzzling about Aiden Armstrong that pulls at her curiosity. Primarily, the fact that he gives nothing away and won't even tell her why he has to get to his destination.

The question is, can Amy tolerate this man's moodiness, secrecy, and generally perplexing behaviour? As twists and secrets unveil, Amy realises that there are hidden powers within Aiden Armstrong who, on the face of it, just seems like a quirky and weird man down on his luck.

Assisted by her no-nonsense mechanoid, Kipper - along with her moody, sexually deviant, and quite possibly insane ship computer, Pegasus - Amy sets out on the delivery of a lifetime, where nothing is quite as it seems.






Price cut: Only 99c / 99p for January 2018

Available in Kindle and Paperback.

(Can also be read as a stand-alone story)
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About the author:

Gareth Stokes is the wrong side of young, the right side of decrepit, the wrong side of rich, and the right side of starvation. Currently residing in the south-east of the UK, he is a greedy reader, enthusiastic reviewer and part-time blogger. He is a fan of science fiction, mystery thrillers, and the supernatural, but will read just about anything if the product description is interesting. He is older than he looks (or at least that's what he's convinced himself), and probably drinks a little too much caffeine. Currently sprint-reading through indie books of all genres and having a great experience with them, he is a keen reader, when he's not writing, and a keen reviewer, when he's not editing.

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