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    The Object of Her Obsession

    By Saul Tanpepper

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    Can love transcend death?

    For three, long, sweltering summers, Emma Harris has secretly watched Jesse, the boy her uncle hires to fix the fences on their remote North Dakota ranch. Now, years after her father's death, seventeen-year-old Emma is determined to make him hers. There's just one thing getting in her way, and that's her mother. But that won't be a problem for long. Nor will Jesse's indifference to her.

    There's something about Felipe-Janssen knives, the fancy ones you used to be able to get at Milano's on Tenth Street in downtown Grand Forks... Most of them are gone now. Misplaced or thrown away. All except the filleter. I was always so careful to keep that one hidden away. I wanted to make sure it wouldn't get lost or misused like the others.

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    Ages: young adults and older (16+)

    Length: approx. 10,500 words

    A short, dark, suspenseful tale of self-cutting and murder from the collection Shorting the Undead and Other Horrors.

    Saul Tanpepper is a writer of short stories and novels of speculative fiction for the undead of all ages. He lives in Northern California. Please visit him at his home on the web: tanpepperwrites(dot)com.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrinestone Press
    Release dateDec 15, 2014
    ISBN9781502243966
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    The Object of Her Obsession
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    Saul Tanpepper

    Subscribe for new releases & exclusive deals/giveaways: www.tanpepperwrites.com Saul Tanpepper is the specfic pen name of author Ken J. Howe, a PhD molecular biologist and former Army medic and trauma specialist.  Titles include: The best-selling epic post-apocalyptic zombie series ZPOCALYPTO - A WORLD OF GAMELAND SERIES The best-selling post-apocalyptic horror series BUNKER 12 The international technothriller series THE FLENSE (a BUNKER 12 companion series) The climate disaster survival series SCORCHED EARTH - A CLIMATE COLLAPSE SERIES Short story collections: Shorting the Undead & Other Horrors Insomnia: Paranormal Tales, Science Fiction, and Horror Visit him at www.tanpepperwrites.com

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