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Authors: David Wake

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The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead (49 page)

 

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Many thanks to:–

Dawn Abigail, Roy Abigail, Apple, ArmadaCon, Sarah Bartlett, Bridget Bradshaw, Andy Conway, Dave Gullen, Charlie Harry, Pow–wow, Jessica Rydill, Smuzz and Marta Soldevilla.

 

Cover art by Smuzz.

www.smuzz.org.uk

Also by David Wake

 

NOVELS

I, Phone

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NOVELLAS

The Other Christmas Carol

 

ONE–ACT PLAYS

Hen and Fox

Down the Hole

Flowers

Stockholm

Groom

The Other Christmas Carol

Evil forces threaten the festive season and only Carol Christmas can save the day... in this grim fairy tale, a dark novella, told in the style of a children’s book that’s not for children at all.

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A tonic for the Xmas Spirit.

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“Genuinely charming…”

 

“You’re an odd person.”

 

“You’ve woven all our fears about the commercial side of Xmas into a very compelling Twilight of the Gods drama. Beautiful.”

 

“Yes. It’s amazing. Click publish before someone gets you to water it down.”

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This novella is available from Amazon as an
ebook
and
paperback
.

I, Phone

In the not too distant future, Alice Wooster’s speed-dating goes so disastrously wrong that she ends up framed for murder. On the run from the police, a mysterious cult of magic users and intelligent spam, the situation looks desperate. Her only hope to save herself, clear her name and buy more clothes lies with her trusty friend and ally: the obsolete, second-hand phone in an unfashionable colour that framed her in the first place.

 

The phone tells its own story as events build to a climactic battle that will decide the fate of augmented, virtual and real worlds.

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“Excellent novel – by turns strikingly original, laugh–out–loud funny and thought provoking.”

 

“Want to read it again soon…”

 

“A thoughtful, tense and funny look at a future that seems to be already upon us.”

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This novel is available from Amazon as an
ebook
and
paperback
.

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In the near future, no-one’s thoughts are their own and privacy is a thing of the past. Everyone shares their lives in the global social media network and pre-meditated crime is no longer possible.

 

So when Detective Oliver Braddon finds a dead body, the victim of a planned murder, he is plunged into a dangerous investigation, and forced to use unorthodox means, as he tracks down a murderer, who can kill without thinking.

 

Published Easter 2014

 

This novel is available as an
ebook
and a
paperback
.

Table of Contents

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXII

Epilogue

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