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Zombiearth

August 24, 2025
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Zombiearth

I might have overlooked this, if not for the unreadable title… (Also, brightest danged zombie apocalypse I ever did see.)

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FEMA Camp 37

August 23, 2025
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FEMA Camp 37

A tale that combines the allure and romance of the old west with a dark and difficult time in the future.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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Ava Finds Time: A Tale of Medicine and Music in Appalachia

August 23, 2025
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Ava Finds Time: A Tale of Medicine and Music in Appalachia

Not enough time to become skilled, but…

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Butch & Louie’s Book of Poetry

August 23, 2025
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Butch & Louie’s Book of Poetry

If they do say so themselves. Which they do.

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To Save the Golden-Cheeked Warbler: Austin, Texas Crime Thriller (Fastball)

August 22, 2025
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To Save the Golden-Cheeked Warbler: Austin, Texas Crime Thriller (Fastball)

Yup, crime thriller. (Sorry, Julie Frost.)

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Out of the Shadows (Broken Gears Book 1)

August 22, 2025
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Out of the Shadows (Broken Gears Book 1)

Back to the shadows! Back!

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Ventures, Vengeance & Murder (A Stacie Maroni Mystery Book 11)

August 22, 2025
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Ventures, Vengeance & Murder (A Stacie Maroni Mystery Book 11)

One of the weirdest outcomes of the current fiction ecosphere: “If it’s got a puppy on it, it must be a murder mystery!”

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Tahoe Trauma: A Roger and Suzanne Mystery (Roger and Suzanne Mysteries Book 19)

August 21, 2025
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Tahoe Trauma: A Roger and Suzanne Mystery (Roger and Suzanne Mysteries Book 19)

We have featured Mr. Last’s covers before, but I can’t say that we’re really used to them.

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