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    Soulmate From Hell
    Soulmate From Hell
    Soulmate From Hell
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    Soulmate From Hell

    By Annie Reed

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    For a low-level minion, Reba had a nice thing going, if you can call working the Soulmate Request Desk in Hell a nice thing. Then a pert young blonde named Paulette sent in a soulmate request the Boss decided to fill in a most unusual way.

    Reba's afterlife will never be the same again.

    This edition of "Soulmate From Hell" includes a complete BONUS story: "The Galaxy's Most Wanted."

    "The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- David Bawdy, author of BUBBA GOES FOR BROKE.

    "A friend recommended the works of Annie Reed. I was not disappointed. In fact, if her other shorts are as good as this one, I plan to read many more." -- Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT GAME

    Annie Reed is the award-winning author of the popular Patient Z stories, as well as the Diz and Dee fantasy detective series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThunder Valley Press
    Release dateMar 25, 2012
    ISBN9781476364773
    Soulmate From Hell
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    Annie Reed

    Award-winning author and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch calls Annie Reed “one of the best writers I’ve come across in years.”Annie’s won recognition for her stellar writing across multiple genres. Her story “The Color of Guilt” originally published in Fiction River: Hidden in Crime, was selected as one of The Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016. Her story “One Sun, No Waiting” was one of the first science fiction stories honored with a literary fellowship award by the Nevada Arts Foundation, and her novel PRETTY LITTLE HORSES was among the finalists in the Best First Private Eye Novel sponsored by St. Martin’s Press and the Private Eye Writers of America.A frequent contributor to the Fiction River anthologies and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Annie’s recent work includes the superhero origin novel FASTER, the near-future science fiction short novel IN DREAMS, and UNBROKEN FAMILIAR, a gritty urban fantasy mystery short novel. Annie’s also one of the founding members of the innovative Uncollected Anthology, a quarterly series of themed urban fantasy stories written by some of the best writers working today.Annie’s mystery novels include the Abby Maxon private investigator novels PRETTY LITTLE HORSES and PAPER BULLETS, the Jill Jordan mystery A DEATH IN CUMBERLAND, and the suspense novel SHADOW LIFE, written under the name Kris Sparks, as well as numerous other projects she can’t wait to get to. For more information about Annie, including news about upcoming bundles and publications, go to www.annie-reed.com.

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      Soulmate From Hell - Annie Reed

      Soulmate From Hell

      Annie Reed

      with complete bonus story

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Soulmate from Hell

      Copyright © 2012 Annie Reed

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Copyright © 2010 Annie Reed

      First published in COSMIC COCKTAILS, edited by Denise Little

      Daw Books, 2006

      Published by Thunder Valley Press at Smashwords

      Cover and layout Copyright © 2012 Thunder Valley Press

      Cover art Copyright © Dmitry Pshek/Dreamstime.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This story is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction.  All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

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      Soulmate From Hell

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted (Bonus Story)

      Copyright Information

      About the Author

      Soulmate From Hell

      My name's Paulette, and I want a soulmate.

      Reba raised a hairy eyebrow at the video of the young woman displayed on the heat-resistant monitor on her desk.

      Why didn't anyone just want a date anymore?  Paulette was cute, in a vapid blonde sort of way.  She had a dimple in her chin, pouty lips, and a nose that was a little too pert to be natural, which probably meant that other portions of her anatomy, out of camera range, would be a little too pert to be natural, too.  Men seemed to go for those things.  So why couldn't Paulette be satisfied with a date?

      Why had she requested a soulmate?

      Reba sighed and flexed her wings.  She really needed more of the moisturizer her shift supervisor had recommended, but she'd have to put in another four hundred sixty-six hours processing soulmate requests before she'd have the credits to buy anything other than a mid-shift snack.  The thin skin between the spines of her

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