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#Fiction - DEAD SOULS - Bonus Content from Origin of a Serial Killer

6/21/2019

#FICTION
DEAD SOULS
BONUS CONTENT
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

Ana follows me beyond a guard house where we see four sentries watching the workers. We enter a row of apartment buildings, each identical to the last and capable of housing eighty workers. Construction proceeds with haste on the newest building, the population of the community swelling beyond the current capacity. The buildings are made of gray concrete, each with three stories.

Beyond the apartments we arrive at THE MATRIX, a western style bar with a dirt floor and a broken splinter of a front door. The bar teems with workers even at midday, most being in construction or some other manual labor. The men eye us warily, keeping a distance as we walk around the mini-city. Beyond the bar we see a bank and a barber shop. A man approaches us, a silver star on his chest.

“Afternoon ladies. Do you need an escort to the bar?”

“Do we need one?” Ana asks.

“It’s compulsory,” he says. Ana’s eyes go wide and the man chuckles. “It’s for your own safety, I can assure you.”

Ana’s eyes lock with mine and I feel the questions in her stare, but keep silent while we follow the man into the bar. A dusty piano occupies one corner and we take seats at one of the three small, round wooden tables in the center of the room. The men stare at us, all conversations coming to a halt. I wink at a construction worker and he drops the cigar from his mouth.

The barkeep hustles over to us, simpering a bow at me.

“What’s your poison tonight? Beer or whiskey.”

“What types of beer do you have?” Ana asks.

A few men cough in laughter and I wonder if this room is safe. Looking around, the front door seems to be the only exit and the men number twelve. I don’t know the man with the badge.

“Beer, singular,” he says, point at the bar. A solitary tap handle sticks from the bar, the side printed with the name: BEER.

Ana laughs and asks for whiskey.

The bartender rushes away without looking at me. Am I getting a drink? Is this happening? Do these men even know who I am? He returns in a flash, putting a bottle of whiskey, two glasses and two mugs of beer on the table.

“This place looks like it got stuck in a time warp from more than a hundred years ago. What’s the story here?” Ana whispers to me after he leaves. I watch the men stare and think how to phrase my answer.

“This is something of a social experiment.”

I pour whiskey and drain my shot. The heat rising to my face calms me and I begin to relax. I can see playing cards on the table closest to us, with small mounds of poker chips in front of each of the three men.

“Social experiment? You mentioned Gogol. I don’t understand.”

“I got the idea from his novel of buying ‘souls’. The homeless population in Vegas seemed a good place to start.”

One man grabs the cards and deals the next hand, keeping a hostile eye on me.

“These men were homeless…now what?” Ana says, wanting me to finish my thought.

“I bought their lives. Now they live and work here, never to leave, part of my grand experiment. These men work construction on a special project I’m building on the outskirts of the city.”

“What project?”

“I’m building a new city, from scratch. Each inhabitant will be invited and must swear allegiance to me. It will be a city built for and run by women.”

Ana pours another glass of whiskey and watches the men play poker. “Can I join?”

READ MORE OF THIS STORY IN THE BONUS CONTENT SECTION OF THE UPCOMING MORAN PRESS RELEASE - ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER.

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COVER REVEAL and PRE-ORDER - Stories for the Mad Volume One - A Moran Press Anthology

6/15/2019

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STORIES FOR THE MAD
VOLUME ONE
A MORAN PRESS ANTHOLOGY
OF DARK LITERARY FICTION

FICTION BY

Justin Bog
Gabriel Ricard
Agnes Bookbinder
Pete Donohue
Danielle McCoy
Rae Theodore
Richard Wall
Brian Rouff
Dan Provost
Scott Wozniak

STORIES FOR THE MAD - Volume One from Moran Press

A collection of dark literary short stories - tales of madness, killers, deconstructions of the antihero. Be thrilled, entertained, and horrified. I do not apologize for the nightmares. See you in the pages of Stories for the Mad, Volume One.

Pre-Order by Clicking the Cover Image. The book will also be available in paperback and kindle at Amazon and other online retailers.

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PRE-ORDER - Origin of a Serial Killer

6/14/2019

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ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

Are killers born or made? Journey into the psyche of a killer to discover the dark secrets of a twisted mind.

Read the journals and stories seized by the FBI and written by a serial killer with the ominous moniker, The Butcher of Vegas.

What makes her kill? Find out in Origin of a Serial Killer.

Her words.
Her stories.

WARNING FOR GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND ADULT SEXUAL CONTENT. THIS BOOK IS FOR 18+

PRE-ORDER for $12

What you get:

ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER. Signed (with the blood of my enemies). I will add a free book to each pre-order.

When will you get it:

Paperback edition will be released in July.

Thank you for supporting Moran Press. There will be multiple releases this summer. Stay tuned for a big news update on the list of coming titles.

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Meet Poet Austin Davis - Interview with Voyage Phoenix

6/7/2019

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MEET POET AUSTIN DAVIS
INTEVEIW WITH VOYAGE PHOENIX

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BOOKS BY AUSTIN DAVIS
FROM MORAN PRESS

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Book Deal of the Month of June - FIVE DOLLAR PAPERBACKS

6/4/2019

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CLOUDY DAYS, STILL NIGHTS

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#Fiction - DEAD SOULS - Bonus Content from Origin of a Serial Killer

#FICTION
DEAD SOULS
BONUS CONTENT
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

PREORDER
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

COVER REVEAL and PRE-ORDER - Stories for the Mad Volume One - A Moran Press Anthology

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STORIES FOR THE MAD
VOLUME ONE
A MORAN PRESS ANTHOLOGY
OF DARK LITERARY FICTION

PRE-ORDER - Origin of a Serial Killer

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ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

Meet Poet Austin Davis - Interview with Voyage Phoenix

MEET POET AUSTIN DAVIS
INTEVEIW WITH VOYAGE PHOENIX

BOOKS BY AUSTIN DAVIS
FROM MORAN PRESS

Book Deal of the Month of June - FIVE DOLLAR PAPERBACKS

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#Fiction - DEAD SOULS - Bonus Content from Origin of a Serial Killer

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COVER REVEAL and PRE-ORDER - Stories for the Mad Volume One - A Moran Press Anthology

PRE-ORDERSTORIES FOR THE MADVOLUME ONEA MORAN PRESS ANTHOLOGYOF DARK LITERARY FICTION

PRE-ORDER - Origin of a Serial Killer

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Meet Poet Austin Davis - Interview with Voyage Phoenix

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#FICTION
DEAD SOULS
BONUS CONTENT
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

PREORDER
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

PRE-ORDER
STORIES FOR THE MAD
VOLUME ONE
A MORAN PRESS ANTHOLOGY
OF DARK LITERARY FICTION

PRE-ORDER
ORIGIN OF A SERIAL KILLER

MEET POET AUSTIN DAVIS
INTEVEIW WITH VOYAGE PHOENIX

BOOKS BY AUSTIN DAVIS
FROM MORAN PRESS

DEAL OF THE MONTH
FIVE DOLLAR PAPERBACKS
SERVER
LOVE AND QUARTERS
CLOUDY DAYS, STILL NIGHTS

READ AN EXCERPT FROM SERVER
A MOMENT AND FOREVER

ALSO BY STEPHEN MORAN
ELLA/TERRORIST COMBO