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    Upside Down
    Upside Down
    Upside Down
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    Upside Down

    By Darryl Hicks

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    Introducing the Michael Ferris mysteries. All new characters, modern day Earth. Former homicide cop Mike Ferris consults on unusual murders. A weird crime scene drags Mike into the hunt for a disgruntled property owner. Humorous noir. For liberal mature persons only. The story implies an acceptance of an alternative lifestyle, thus the content may be inappropriate for minors and conservatives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarryl Hicks
    Release dateSep 9, 2012
    ISBN9781301532421
    Upside Down
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    Darryl Hicks

    Watch for 'Confiscation Blues', my new novel. Eric has the confiscation blues. He left the Colorado protective cocoon and a neighboring state confiscated his car. His Denver apartment was raided and all of his electronic devices were confiscated. They said he smuggled weed, but the evidence was planted. They said his electronic devices were purchased with money from an illegal enterprise, but his only illegal enterprise was streaming bootleg movies from Aquarium. Hey, lock him up for that, he's clearly a bad person. Eric loses his Denver job, due to testing positive for weed. What's up with that, it's Colorado, eh? Eric moves to western Colorado, new job, different problems. Eric is a common man, he just wants happiness and yummy chocolate doughnuts, why are they trying to kill him?

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      Upside Down - Darryl Hicks

      Upside Down

      by Darryl Hicks

      Published by Darryl Hicks at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Darryl Hicks

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      This ebook is a work of fiction. Events, names, and characters in the eBook, are likewise fictional.

      Upside Down is set in Denver Colorado. Writing on Upside Down has been in progress since spring 2012. It is a coincidence that the story will be posted so soon after the Batman tragedy.

      My sympathies go out to the victims and survivors of the Batman and Columbine shootings.

      Upside Down is recommended for mature persons only. Implied acceptance of an alternative lifestyle may be inappropriate for minors and conservatives.

      This is the first Mike Ferris eBook. Former homicide cop Mike Ferris consults on unusual murders. A weird crime scene drags Mike into the hunt for a disgruntled property owner.

      Upside Down is a departure from my previous series of eBooks about fictional planet Perpetual Twilight. The first Perpetual eBook relied a lot on the unique physiology of the planet. The second thru fourth eBooks followed the absurd turkey baster thread.

      There’s also a fifth Perpetual eBook, but it’s no longer posted. It is my missing eBook. Maybe I will post it again someday, or maybe I will save it for when I negotiate my first publishing contract.

      The Perpetual series goes like this:

      Perpetual Twilight (eBook #1)

      Perpetual Revenge (eBook #2)

      Perpetual Ray (eBook #3)

      Perpetual Casino (eBook #4)

      Perpetual Fred aka Perpetual Brownies (eBook #5)

      Since the Perpetual eBooks are set on a fictional planet and since there’s a magical turkey baster involved with the action, the genre was necessarily science fiction

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