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    Communication Breakdown: Uncollected Anthology, #13
    Communication Breakdown: Uncollected Anthology, #13
    Communication Breakdown: Uncollected Anthology, #13
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    Communication Breakdown: Uncollected Anthology, #13

    By Dayle A. Dermatis

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    Former Hollywood party girl Nikki Ashburne sees ghosts—in fact, many of them are her friends. Okay, they’re kind of her only friends.

    So when the ghost of a 70s British rock god asks her for help finding a song he wrote for his favorite groupie…well, c’mon. What’s a girl to do but say yes?

    Only one problem: Nikki’s rift with her musician brother, Ned, over the spectral secret she’s been keeping from him…

    Another story in the popular Ghosted urban fantasy series featuring Nikki Ashburne. Come for the ghosts. Stay for the snark.

    “Communication Breakdown" is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 13: Mystical Melodies.

    “One of the best writers working today.”
    —USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoul's Road Press
    Release dateJul 20, 2017
    ISBN9781386387237
    Communication Breakdown: Uncollected Anthology, #13
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    Dayle A. Dermatis

    Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels (including snarky urban fantasies Ghosted and the forthcoming Shaded and Spectered) and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, appearing in such venues as Fiction River, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and DAW Books.Called the mastermind behind the Uncollected Anthology project, she also guest edits anthologies for Fiction River, and her own short fiction has been lauded in many year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.To find out where she’s wandered off to (and to get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com and sign up for her newsletter or support her on Patreon.* * *I value honest feedback, and would love to hear your opinion in a review, if you’re so inclined, on your favorite book retailer’s site.* * *For more information:www.dayledermatis.com

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      Communication Breakdown - Dayle A. Dermatis

      Communication Breakdown

      Communication Breakdown

      A Nikki Ashburne/Ghosted Short Story

      Dayle A. Dermatis

      Soul’s Road Press

      Contents

      About This Book

      Communication Breakdown

      Uncollected Anthology

      Uncollected Anthology

      The Nightly Dance Aboard the Ship of Wonders, Brigid Collins

      At the Crossroads, Kristine Kathryn Rusch

      The Fairy Boy Band, Leah Cutter

      Journal’s End, Stephanie Writt

      The Last Night at the Crowley, Annie Reed

      Street Song, Leslie Claire Walker

      When the Music Plays, Rebecca M. Senese

      About the Author

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      About This Book

      Former Hollywood party girl Nikki Ashburne sees ghosts—in fact, many of them are her friends. Okay, they’re kind of her only friends.

      So when the ghost of a 70s British rock god asks her for help finding a song he wrote for his favorite groupie…well, c’mon. What’s a girl to do but say yes?

      Only one problem: Nikki’s rift with her musician brother, Ned, over the spectral secret she’s been keeping from him…

      Another story in the popular Ghosted urban fantasy series featuring Nikki Ashburne. Come for the ghosts. Stay for the snark.

      Communication Breakdown is part of Uncollected Anthology, Volume 13: Mystical Melodies.

      Communication Breakdown

      A Nikki Ashburne/Ghosted Short Story

      The morning sun was finally over the scrubby brown Malibu hills, sparkling on the Pacific waves. When my younger brother, Ned, and I had arrived, dawn had barely been pinking. It would be another hot Southern California day, but for now I was deeply content. My face was tight with dried seawater, my hair plastered to my head, and my lips tasted of salt. My muscles ached pleasantly from the workout, and I had the sand between my toes and the soft wind caressing my skin.

      The surfing had been glorious.

      One of the best parts of driving through Malibu in the summer was all the hot surfer dudes changing out of their wetsuits on the shoulder of Highway 1. You couldn’t really complain about the traffic because it slowed you down for the view. There are no ugly surfers. Trust me on this.

      Ned had already carried his board to his car and was stripping down up there, no doubt to the delight of passers-by. My own suit was half off, dangling around my waist and my modest, copper-colored one-piece Speedo. I’d come here to surf, not lounge in this season’s latest fashion of a bikini.

      Since it was a weekday morning, we hadn’t had a lot of company. Now, the only other surfer who’d been on the waves with us carried his board near me and dug it into the sand so it stayed upright. He was humming a song I couldn’t quite place, something older, classic.

      Great waves today, I said by way

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