A. Sparrow

• Nov-2017
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James Moody is restless. Finally dead after a long run of living with one foot in the grave, he and his fellow 'trespassers' have rebuilt and re-populated the surface of Root after the war with Penult. But his good friend Urszula, a half-soul with a ...

• Dec-2015
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James Moody wants nothing more than to rebuild a quiet life in the living world with his resurrected girlfriend Karla. But she has given up on life and would rather she and James exist as free souls in the after lands. When Karla disappears, James, d...

• Jan-2014
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Eleven longish short stories about bog men, swamp hags, witches' curses, hell hounds, pagan warriors, slavic gods, death wishes, bucket lists, professional vigilantes, musical necromancy, artificial life after death, demonic possession, aphrodisiacs ...

• Sep-2012
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Nineteen year old James Moody, after a brief respite on a goat farm in Wales, resumes a life devoid of luck. Pining for Karla, the girl he met in 'Root,' a threshold of the afterlife for suicidal souls, he sets off for Scotland, where he is abducted ...

• Feb-2012
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Life couldn't get more awful for James Moody. Between social isolation and family tragedies he manages to mostly stay cheerful. In his darkest hours he finds his soul transported to 'Root,' a way station for souls in transition.When his lapses become...

• Jul-2011
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Name: Archie Parsons. Occupation: Malaria consultant. Hobbies: Mosquito husbandry. Cat fancying. Long walks through West African shanty towns at sunset. That last activity nearly gets Archie killed fresh off a plane in Liberia. Robbed and beaten, he ...

• Apr-2011
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Something strange lurks in a vacuum-sealed bell jar in a wealthy eccentric's parlor, feeding on the unearthly sounds his musical mercenaries create. When suicide attempt survivor Aerie Walker passes his audition, her life takes a major turn for the w...

• Jul-2010
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James Moody, deported from the UK back to the US, strives to keep his promise to dead girlfriend Karla and rescue her from the frigid antechamber of Hell called The Deeps. Meanwhile, Frelsian assassin Wendell Franks employs coercion to recruit him as...

• Jun-2010
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Dan Tompkins, dead of supernatural causes at age 22, washes up on Lethe, where reluctant souls go to forget life and strive for Elysium. Pining for Gina, the love he left behind, Dan wants out. He teams with rogue soul Marco Sabonis to find a way bac...

• May-2010
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(Sequel to Xenolith). Frank Bowen braves three portals and a parallel world at war to find the wife he lost years ago in Belize, but the reunion inexplicably bombs. The Liz he finds is much evolved from the woman he married. Can Frank rekindle what t...

• Oct-2009
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Two lightly intertwined stories of strangers lost in strange lands.Lassoed, knocked down, face planted in the dirt -- best thing to happen to Frank Bowen in years. When wife Liz went missing in the wilds of Belize, the constables of San Ignacio cou...