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The moment I approach the door, the masks hover, circling like lazy moths around the warmth of a light bulb. I’ve worn each face before. The Confident Stranger with the serene smile. The Quiet Thinker, who nods instead of speaks, and The Charming Ghost, who laughs at the right moment and vanishes before the check…
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Chapter One It’s a summer night in South Florida and it’s hot. We are the only ones on the block without air-conditioning, and tonight I’m sweating. On nights like this, I used to pray for a storm to rise out of the Everglades and cool me off, but not since my grandfather moved in. His…
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Some of you have read Echo Six, my first voyage away from crime thrillers and into the realm of Science Fiction. If you enjoyed Echo Six, know that I’m writing the sequel now, Echo Two. I’m sharing the draft of Echo Two’s prologue, just a teaser and it may answer any questions you may have…
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Jeff Shaw’s ECHO SIX is an enjoyable, fast-moving time-travel tale that works as no-frills, old-fashioned sci-fi. A spacecraft crash-lands in the desert of New Mexico in 2025. Its pilot, named Echo Six, has come from Earth some 350 years in the future. Now he must learn to survive. A man called Echo Six is piloting…
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