Sometimes, crime pays after all. And sometimes, things go wrong.
When theft goes to the edge, can you survive? Professional crews. Intricate plans. Possibly even comedy and a few Bollywood numbers.
What happens when you gather up the crew for a night of adventure?
Publisher: Knotted Road Press, Inc. (http://www.knottedroadpress.com)
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About the Authors
E. Chris Ambrose
Outdoor guide E. Chris Ambrose writes knowledge inspired adventure fiction including the Bone Guard archaeological thrillers and the Rogue Adventures. In the process of researching her books, Chris learned how to hunt with a falcon, clear a building of possible assailants, and pull traction on a broken limb.
Chris's adventures have included horseback riding in Mongolia, diving on the Great Barrier Reef, searching for tigers in India, rock climbing in Colorado, and going behind the scenes at the Papal Palace in Avignon.
Why are there coffee stains on Chris's website? Check it out at www.BoneGuardBooks.com
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Published works have appeared in M. L. Buchman's Thrill Ride Magazine, Warrior Women, Fireside magazine, YARN online, Clarkesworld, several volumes of New Hampshire Pulp Fiction, and Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. The author is a graduate of and instructor for the Odyssey Writing workshop, and a participant in the Codex on-line writers' workshop. Chris also wrote interactive superhero novel, Skystrike: Wings of Justice for Choice of Games.
Past occupations include founding a wholesale sculpture business, selecting stamps for a philatelic company, selling equestrian equipment, and portraying the Easter Bunny on weekends.
Robert J. Binney
Seattle screenwriter Robert J. Binney has written about Joe Strummer, James Bond, joyriding with the Salt Lake City police, and his relationships with Peter Frampton, President Jimmy Carter, and Himalayan monks (though not together) for the Los Angeles Times, Kelp Journal, and other fine publications. His crime fiction has appeared in anthologies from Down & Out Books and Starlite Pulp, and he is a regular contributor to the “Mysteries to Die For” podcast. “Restoration Software” will be featured in Level Short’s upcoming The Best Private Eye Stories of 2025.
Binney is a member of the Northwest Screenwriters Guild and the Mystery Writers of America. He holds an MBA from Emory University and an MFA from University of California, Riverside. For more, see www.ThirdActMedia.com.
Matthew Hellman
David Boop
M.L. ("Matt") Buchman
USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has over 75 novels, 200 short stories, and 50 read-by-author audiobooks.
From the beginning, his powerful female heroines insisted on putting character first, then a great adventure.
PW declares of his Miranda Chase action-adventure thrillers that: "Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more." About his military romantic thrillers: "Like Robert Ludlum and Nora Roberts had a book baby."
A project manager with a geophysics degree, he's designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50' sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world...and designs quilts. He and his wife presently live on the North Shore of Massachusetts. More at: www.mlbuchman.com.
Rebeccca Buchanan
Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. She has been published in a wide-variety of venues, but has only recently ventured into the thriller genre. She is enjoying the challenge. A complete list of her publications can be found at eternalhauntedsummer.com.
Nora B. Peevy
It’s not easy being in publishing AND being part cat, but Nora B. Peevy manages. She is the nonfiction writer for The Weird Wide Web, the slush reader for Trepidatio/JournalStone, the new interviewer for the Queer Books group, has read two years now for The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and is one of the past editors and illustrators for Weird Fiction Quarterly. Her quirky and horrific work is published in Unveiling Nightmares, Obsidian Butterfly Press, Sudden Fictions Podcast, Eighth Tower Publications, and other places. She also holds the world record for the longest nap and has an Olympic Gold Medal in eating cheese. She catnaps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with one scheming feline, a flashy betta fish, and an always smiling turtle. You can keep updated with her writing news and cat adventures at: Nora B. Peevy | Substack
Alison McMahan
Alison McMahan's short mysteries are in collections by Level Best Books, Wildside Press, Down-and-Out Books, Thrill Ride Magazine, and HarperCollins' Scream and Scream Again middle-grade horror anthology edited by R.L. Stine. She's a two-time Derringer finalist and listed as an "Other Distinguished Mystery Stories" authors in Best American Mystery Stories of 2018.Represented by Sandy Lu, the Book Wyrm Agency. https://alisonmcmahan.com/
Michael Penncavage
- PAGE Awards – Quarter Finalist
- Acclaim Screenwriting Contest - Quarter Finalist
- Derringer Award (Prose) – Best Mystery Short Story of the Year
Annie Reed
Annie Reed has been called “one of the best writers of her generation” and for good reason.
She’s a multiple Derringer finalist whose stories have appeared in five year’s best mystery and crime volumes, including an amazing three years in a row in the prestigious Best Mystery Stories of the Year from series editor Otto Penzler. She received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future, a Literary Fellowship from the Nevada Arts Council, and her holiday romance story “A New Home for Christmas” was chosen to appear in study materials in Japan for students preparing for college entrance exams.
She’s a frequent contributor to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Mystery, Crime & Mayhem, and Thrill Ride—The Magazine. Her novels include ROAD OF NO RETURN, A DEATH IN CUMBERLAND, and GRAY LADY’S REVENGE, part of the Gray Lady series co-written with Robert Jeschonek. She’s also an unabashed MCU fangirl.
You can find out more about this prolific writer at anniereed.wordpress.com or on Facebook at annie.reed.142.
Blaze Ward
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Blaze Ward writes Action-Thrillers about Chace Haig, Swordmistress Zhen, the Red Branch Aviation Mercenary company and others.
Additionally, he is known for science fiction in the Alexandria Station universe (Jessica Keller, The Science Officer, The Story Road, etc.) as well as several other science fiction universes, such as the Corsac Fox, the Dominion, and more.. In addition, he is the Editor and Publisher of Thrill Ride Magazine and Boundary Shock Quarterly Magazine. You can find out more at his website www.blazeward.com, as well as Facebook, Goodreads, and other places.