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Gunning for the Buddha

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 403 pages

File Size : 34,21 MB

Release : 2013-12-21

Category : Fiction

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If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. A young woman struggling with drug addiction catches aliens on her digital camera. A man with elemental powers struggles with morality and carrying out the orders of his bosses. The dead leave their graves and take up... surfing? Gunning for the Buddha collects fifteen stories that range from near-future science fiction to historical dark fantasy and contemporary horror, touching on a range of genres in the process. These wide-ranging stories were previously published in magazines such as Asimov's, Strange Horizons, The Best of All Flesh, and Writers of the Future. Enjoy the voyages, and watch out for false Buddhas on the road! “Don’t be looking for bold starship captains or warrior maidens wielding magic swords in Gunning for the Buddha. Michael Jasper serves up something refreshingly different: a heady brew of ordinary folks making tough decisions at the far edges of reality. Spend some time with these stories and you’re bound to bump into people you know who find themselves in places you’ve only dreamed about.” — Hugo-winning author James Patrick Kelly “Mike Jasper brings the common touch to the most uncommon situations. Welcome to his world.” — Nebula-winning author John Kessel



A Gathering of Doorways

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 447 pages

File Size : 12,12 MB

Release : 2015-01-21

Category : Fiction

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Sometimes you eat the forest, sometimes the forest eats you. What would you do if your child was lost, and—even though you’d never admit this to anyone—it was all your fault? How would you react? Would you be a hero or a coward? And just how would you get your innocent child out of this situation These are all questions Gil Anderson faces when his five-year-old son goes missing somewhere in the dark trees at the edge of the family farm. On that fateful day, Gil must travel through his own version of hell to rescue his child before the forest eats them all. What Gil doesn't know is that his wife and son are both on their own dark, solitary journeys as well... For fans of Stranger Things and the weird world of the Upside Down. "In his third novel, speculative-fiction rising star Jasper offers a finely nuanced blend of fantasy and horror." — Booklist



UnWrecked Tales

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 469 pages

File Size : 36,90 MB

Release : 2018-07-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Stories of where the normal meets the strange... From the travails of a water-carrying alien on a harsh world.... to the loss of a child by a much-too-young father touched by the were gene. From the plight of a young immigrant painter struggling to get by... to the story of a young man who has to decide whether to help when he comes across a car in the ditch and a family fighting for survival in that wrecked vehicle... And more... Twenty-one stories about the moment when someone's life took an unexpected turn, and that person was changed forever. Tales of heroes and cowards, lovers and leaders, the heartbroken and the heartless. Stories that leave you wrecked inside, while the characters on the page try desperately to pick up the pieces of their lives. Take a chance on a story from a genre you might not have ever read before, and dive headfirst into the tale of a life that appeared normal but was quickly transformed into a life less ordinary, and a life more strange and more fascinating. Michael Jasper uses genre as a weapon in these twenty-one stories. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.



The Last Sorcerer

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 100 pages

File Size : 33,74 MB

Release : 2013-12-27

Category : Fiction

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Magic: It can show up in the strangest places… An old man sleeping in a cardboard box in snowy Chicago holds the secret of sorcery in his head. Thanks to the damage done to him by using magic decades ago, he doesn’t realize it. Most days he can’t even remember his own name. But when two teens try to jump him in an alley, the magic Words come back to him at last, and he “infects” the kids with magic. And soon Chicago has a wild epidemic of magic on its hands… An earlier, but still self-contained version of the novel A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, but with a slightly altered cast of characters and plotlines. Consider it the “alternate-world” version of the Contagious Magic story.



The All Nations Team

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 492 pages

File Size : 35,26 MB

Release : 2010-08-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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An unlikely team of misfit players, and the coach fighting to hold them all together... In his first season as head coach of the All Nations team, former slave George Grunion contends with racist crowds, low team morale, and... the ghost of the previous head coach. And if George can’t hold the All Nations together, he loses more than his job and his team. He’ll miss his chance to fulfill the prophecy made by his prescient centerfielder Mack — that George will be reunited with his estranged family before the 1918 season ends. If George doesn’t score this final run, he loses everything. "Avid, talented newcomers like Jasper help us keep the faith." — Locus



Unassisted Living

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 71 pages

File Size : 44,25 MB

Release : 2013-12-27

Category : Fiction

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Retirement: it’s not just for the elderly. Thirty-six-year-old JB lives to inspire the old folks at Whispering Pines Rest Home. He listens to their stories, encourages them to get some fresh air, and makes sure they aren’t just sitting around waiting for the end to come. But he’s not a doctor, not a therapist. He’s a resident of Whispering Pines, too. When the finances for Whispering Pines hit the skids, the Home starts to earn the wrong kind of attention. And JB must confront the harsh reality of his past, and the reason he dropped out of life to retire three decades early. A reality he has been working hard to avoid since stepping foot inside Whispering Pines. Sometimes life — and getting back to really living — requires some assistance.



A Lasting Cure for Magic

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 41,88 MB

Release : 2013-05-31

Category : Young Adult Fiction

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Contagious magic: good luck trying to find a cure… Two minutes after the shocking end to A Wild Epidemic of Magic, this third book in the series finds Kelley and Jeroan stranded in Dubuque, Iowa, after losing their parents—and all the Sorcerers they met in the past two months—to the vengeful Druid. Apparently, the Druid did not enjoy his 200-year banishment. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the twins must once again work together to find a way to regain all of their magic, before time—and magic—runs out for good. The fantastic third book in the Contagious Magic series, for all ages.



A Wild Epidemic of Magic

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 412 pages

File Size : 18,29 MB

Release : 2013-12-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Magic: the side effects are painful, if not fatal... Two months after the explosive and unexpected ending to A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, Jeroan learns all about magic at Dr. Azure’s mysterious training center. Meanwhile, Kelley can't even leave her hotel room in Dubuque without a chaperone. When people they care about start disappearing, and people they didn’t think they should care about—like Dr. Azure—get attacked by rogue magic-users, Jeroan and Kelley must work together. Before this growing epidemic of magic turns deadly. Unfortunately, they learn too late that magic no longer works properly, and they suffer some serious side effects whenever they use it... The fantasy series for all ages continues!



Redemption, Drawing Near

Author : Michael Jasper

Publisher : UnWrecked Press

Page : 80 pages

File Size : 29,61 MB

Release : 2013-12-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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First contact between a priest and an alien… Less than a dozen years from now, over thirty black ships containing the aliens the world will come to know as the Wannoshay arrive on the frozen earth of the Great Plains of America and Canada. When communications break down between the military personnel of the humans and the leaders of the Wannoshay, Father Joshua McDowell gets a chance to make first contact with the aliens. And just as he thinks he has come to understand the aliens and his new friend known as Johndo, Father Joshua realizes he has a lot more to learn. And what he doesn’t know about the Wannoshay just might kill him… A Wannoshay Cycle novella.



Heroes In Training

Author : Martin H. Greenberg

Publisher : Astra Publishing House

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 40,40 MB

Release : 2007-09-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1440619654

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ORDINARY PEOPLE. EXTRAORDINARY HEROES... This all-new fantasy anthology features thirteen original stories about ordinary or inexperienced people learning to become extraordinary heroes. From the shape shifter Esen-alit-Quar who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission to the young man sworn to defeat a pack of lycanthropes, these heroes in training are thrown into exciting adventures that demand nothing short of all that is in them.