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Next To Ewe
Author: Mark Thomas
Davin Chaney is NOT a private detective, he's proprietor of a sleazy 1970s paralegal service, and spends most of his time delivering reno-viction notices for rapacious landlords. But Davin's plaza-mate knows that he owns a gun, and asks for his help when a beloved French Bulldog gets pet-napped. The pet owners have been instructed to stuff ransom money into an inflatable sheep, then release the ovine balloon to drift over the empty expanse of Lake Ontario. Davin is intrigued by the absurd demand and promises to solve a mystery that eddies through ancient grudges, blackmail and murder.
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Searching For Martian Slutfest IV
Author: Mark Thomas
*Searching for Martian Slutfest IV* is a mock noir prequel to the novel "Next to Ewe". "I need you to find a film," my beautiful client said, "the only celluloid copy of something I did a few years ago." She touched a cigarette to her lips, inhaled, and made the tip flare. "Is this movie an embarrassment?" I asked. "That's putting it mildly." Strangely enough, she didn't look embarrassed. "What's the film called?" "Martian Slutfest IV." The little smoke face at the end of her cigarette averted its eyes. Okay, I thought, I'll get the movie. How hard could it be?
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A Robot A Ghost and an Alien Walk Into A Bar
Author: Mark Thomas
“A Robot, a Ghost, and an Alien Walk into a Bar” is a collection of short stories about lonely monsters. The characters are quirky variations on science fiction tropes. The robots are blues guitarists, art collectors and disaffected cats. Aliens visit Earth to play tag with space nerds, or to seek bureaucratic approval for lunar building projects. Ghosts are careless (they occasionally get run over by cars) and their haunting behaviour is controlled by an abstruse fifth century theological debate. Robots, ghosts, and aliens share their world with stressed-out humans, animate corpses, talking foxes and demonic hockey players. Everyone is searching for slivers of happiness, and some actually find it.
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The Enclave
Author: Mark Thomas
Published: 8/11/2025
Allan Ripke wakes on the bank of a tranquil river, surrounded by cheerful strangers, quaint shops, and a towering wall that encloses everything. He doesn’t know who he is. He doesn’t know how he got there. But no one seems to think that’s strange—not even when names change overnight, and a psychosis-inducing fog rolls in.
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Paper Dragon
Author: Mark Thomas
Published: 11/11/2025
Peter Jarry is an arsonist/errand-boy for a small Macedonian crime family. When the patriarch, George Tripko, dies there isn’t nearly as much money in his estate as there should be. George’s son, grandsons and fourth wife all suspect each other of defrauding the old man. But no matter who perpetrated the crime, Jarry is considered a traitorous accomplice. Jarry has to figure out who stole forty million dollars from his ex-boss, before he becomes a corpse, himself. Paper Dragon is a mystery/thriller in the style of Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder books, with lots of black humour and absurdity hanging from every plot twist.
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