Odd Places
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**Odd Places by Guy Anthony De Marco** A long, dark road stretches before you, waiting to take you to Odd Places... - A pair of thugs discover their prey isn’t as helpless as they expected. - A rancher tries to find a meat processor who will handle his unusual cattle. - A dysfunctional family wins a robotic butler with a few screws loose. - An odd antique box catches the eye of a rich man. - A kid finds that Santa Claus is not what he expected. - A farmhand is adopted into his herd of milk cows. - A magician is forced to divulge the secret of his best illusion. - A father snatches the death meant for his daughter.... and 19 more stories that will transport you to Odd Places. This collection of short stories appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Necrotic Tissue Magazine, AlienSkin Magazine, Serpentarius Magazine, and other speculative fiction markets. *Guy Anthony De Marco is a nocturnal award-winning author living in the geographic center of the middle of nowhere. Between writing speculative fiction, brewing more coffee, and wishing the bills and the horrific mortgage would forget how to find him, he ponders how long it would take for a zombie apocalypse to reach his front door. His practical wife, Tonya, trains all of the small pets to trip the incoming hordes and wonders where all the coffee went by the time she wakes up. Guy is a member of the following organizations: SFWA, HWA, SFPA, ASCAP, RMFW, and hopes to collect the rest of the letters of the alphabet one day.*
Menrva's Summary
THE PULSE
A long, dark road stretches before you, waiting to take you to Odd Places... This collection presents a series of unsettling narratives where ordinary individuals encounter the bizarre and the terrifying. From a pair of thugs discovering their prey is not as helpless as expected, to a rancher seeking a processor for unusual cattle, and a dysfunctional family dealing with a malfunctioning robotic butler, each story plunges the reader into a world where the expected rules do not apply. The collection explores themes of the uncanny, the monstrous, and the unexpected twists of fate, all within a speculative fiction framework.
INSIDE THE PAGES
- A pair of thugs discover their prey isn’t as helpless as they expected.
- A rancher tries to find a meat processor who will handle his unusual cattle.
- A dysfunctional family wins a robotic butler with a few screws loose.
- An odd antique box catches the eye of a rich man.
- A kid finds that Santa Claus is not what he expects.
- A farmhand is adopted into his herd of milk cows.
- A magician is forced to divulge the secret of his best illusion.
- A father snatches the death meant for his daughter.
THE COLLECTIVE ECHO
This collection of short stories showcases Guy Anthony De Marco's ability to craft narratives that delve into the strange and unsettling corners of speculative fiction. The stories, many of which have been previously published in notable speculative fiction markets, suggest a focus on the uncanny and the unexpected, often with a dark or horrific undertone. The author's background as a self-described nocturnal writer living in isolation hints at a unique perspective that likely informs the peculiar scenarios presented. Readers can anticipate a varied array of tales that explore the bizarre, the monstrous, and the darkly humorous.
Page Count:
193
Publication Date:
2012-01-01
ISBN-10:
1622250400
ISBN-13:
9781622250400
Horror
Science Fiction
Fiction
Dark Fantasy
Short Stories
Speculative Fiction
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