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    Jasmine and Garlic
    Jasmine and Garlic
    Jasmine and Garlic
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    Jasmine and Garlic

    By Monica J. O'Rourke

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    A “routine” obstetric visit quickly becomes a nightmare for an unsuspecting mom-to-be. But even worse than the exam itself is what is in store for her and her unborn child ...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonica J. O'Rourke
    Release dateDec 24, 2015
    ISBN9781370874897
    Jasmine and Garlic
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    Monica J. O'Rourke

    Monica J. O’Rourke has published more than one hundred short stories in magazines such as Postscripts, Nasty Piece of Work, Fangoria, Flesh & Blood, Nemonymous, and Brutarian and anthologies such as Horror for Good (for charity), The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra, and The Best of Horrorfind. She is the author of Poisoning Eros I and II, written with Wrath James White, Suffer the Flesh, and the brand-new collection, In the End, Only Darkness! Watch for her new novel, What Happens in the Darkness, later this year from Sinister Grin Press! She works as a freelance editor, proofreader, and book coach. Her website is an ongoing and seemingly endless work in progress, so find her on www.facebook.com/MonicaJORourke in the meantime.

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      Jasmine and Garlic - Monica J. O'Rourke

      JASMINE AND GARLIC

      Monica J. O’Rourke

      Jasmine and Garlic

      Copyright © 2015 by Monica J. O’Rourke

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      First e-book edition Dec. 2015

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      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Jasmine and Garlic

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