Robert J McCarter
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A story from an unusual apocalypse.
The aliens came in peace and we met them with violence. After we attacked them, we thought they left for good, but the day the alien's gossamer threads fall, everything changes. Now the dead become gossamer ghosts, haunting the living, intent on balancing the scales of their lives.
In "Gossamer Ghosts," Glenn watches as events unfold that will change everything. Not knowing what they are, he welcomes the gossamer...
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Falling in love and saving the world...When Nik Nichols (aka Neutrinoman) and Licia Lopez (aka Lightningirl) first touch, electrons and neutrinos fly. But neither wants a relationship, both overwhelmed by their new superpowers, keeping their identities secret, and dealing with the demands of the military.But now they must face a huge planet- killing asteroid, an untrustworthy supervillain that wants to team up, and an escalating alien threat. Can...
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Walter Anchor wants nothing more from his afterlife than to solve his own murder, complete his unfinished business, and move on. This failed actor turned dentist teams up with a ghost named Emily to find his murderer. But when they solve a series of cases that lead him to the truth about his death, he gets more than he bargained for. Can he face the reality of his own death, save the woman he still loves, and do the unthinkable before anyone else...
4) Protocol X
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An Alien EncounterNeutrinoman and Lightningirl saved the world and fell and love, but the battle with the aliens at Yellowstone drove them apart. Now Neutrinoman must face alien attacks aimed directly at him, a recruitment offer from Toxicwasteman, and international fame. All without Lightningirl at his side.An encounter with an alien he calls "Sarah" will change everything, provided they both survive. Can Neutrinoman save the world and win back the...
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Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day solving the toughest murder of all. His own. When a case brings him to Hollywood, Walter takes on a murder that could only happen in Tinseltown. An actor playing the part of a corpse murdered during the filming of a funeral scene. Walter will deal with an interfering ghost and confront his past as a failed actor to solve this case. But can he stop the murderer before someone...
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Explore the Curious and ConfoundingA gritty sci-fi / western featuring a genetically modified talking horseA karmic sci-fi apocalypse haunted by the "ghosts" of the deadA man who erases memories, desperate to remember something importantAn old-fashioned story of survival in space, with a twistThese stories by Robert J. McCarter are different, strange. They are the anomalies, the divergences from his usual storytelling. Darker. Stranger. Weirder.Genres...
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Everyone's Got a Crazy Ex, Even at the End of the WorldWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona… but that might just be changing.What's harder on a budding romance than the apocalypse, a horde of zombies, or a psychotic, petty, wannabe warlord? An ex, of course, one that doesn't let go easily.Now that...
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Two dragons, a kraken, Cthulhu and a bunch of zombies, lots of monsters here. A couple of unicorns, a naiad, the Grim Reaper, and the Devil, plenty of creatures too.
From the fertile imagination of Robert J. McCarter comes Creatures Featured, a collection of 13 stories that cross genres and take some old stories in exciting new directions. Each tale featuring his unique style of storytelling. Expect surprises and wonder at the creatures featured...
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Is this the End? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other. In a climactic battle between Woody and Talia, between the survivors of Phantom Ranch and Talia's superior forces, between the now intelligent Zs and the living, can they...
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Seriously? You Call This a First Date? When Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona.Woody thinks that June just might be too much for him. She's beautiful, smart, and way too good with a gun. Their jaunt to the Grand Canyon to put Woody's fungus theory of zombies to the test doesn't turn out quite like they...
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What happens when you take the fertile imagination of a science fiction and fantasy writer and apply that to modern, contemporary stories? In these pages, Robert J. McCarter does just that, applying the wit, compassion, and character-oriented approach of his sci-fi work to stories a little closer to home with stunning results. From what happens after "happily ever after" reaches its inevitable conclusion, to a tender coming of age story (or two),...
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A world within our world. A secret tunnel hidden under the Eiffel Tower. A small central sun at the center of our planet warming those lands in the hollow earth. Seas with no horizon because of the concave nature of those lands. Adventures beyond the imagination of the modern man at the dawning of the twentieth century. Finding himself alone on his favorite holiday, American Thanksgiving, seasoned adventurer Marco Walker ventures out into the wilds...
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Love and the ApocalypseWoody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other.After barely surviving the twisted "game" of the worst petty, psychotic, wannabe warlord of them all, Talia, they decide to go back to the Grand Canyon to stand with...
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Him and Her and… Her?When Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona, except each other.There's nothing harder on a new romance than a third wheel. Finally free of immediate danger, Woody and June must contend with a mysterious stranger whose intentions are not at all clear.Can Woody and June's growing relationship...
15) Drawing the Dead
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Life and death are not that far apart...What happens when we die? Viki Dobos knows. Her job is to help people talk to their dearly departed. She draws the deceased, and they come to life on the page... briefly. When a rich Russian man hires her and whisks her away to Hawaii, everything changes. The rich man wants her to do the forbidden, and a handsome man she meets on the beach needs her more than he knows. Viki will have to confront her past, face...
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A Novel of... Love, Life, & FamilyA Boy. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Wade. With his "second strike" with leukemia in remission and his health restored, the summer of 1977 feels like a turning point... until he starts to see a ghost in the Cedar City, Utah graveyard.A Girl. Seventeen-year-old Helena Monfort. She grew up too early, the tough girl with a bad reputation that just needs a friend.A Ghost. Lionel Malak. A simple man, he doesn't understand why...
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What Do You Do When the Game Changes? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other. What happens when zombies get curious and what they are curious about is you? That seems to be happening when one of the new zombie pods follow the...
18) To Be a Fool
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Who wants to rest in peace? Want to have a happy afterlife as a ghost? Then, stay out of the bardo (your own personal hell); avoid your old meat-life--it only leads to trouble; and take your time with your unfinished business. In other words, rest in peace. But, resting in peace doesn't work for JJ Lynch. He will have to break all the rules and risk everything to do the right thing and find his way in the afterlife. Using technology developed...
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Desperate Times Call for Foolish MeasuresWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona, except each other.When outmanned and overpowered by a trained paramilitary group, can Woody and June find a way to survive, much less stay together? Can the mercurial Dallas be trusted?Can Woody and June survive the humans,...
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A world within our world. A secret tunnel hidden under the Eiffel Tower. A small central sun at the center of our planet warming those lands in the hollow earth. Seas with no horizon because of the concave nature of those lands. Adventures beyond the imagination of the modern man at the dawning of the twentieth century. In 1889, seasoned explorer Marco Walker descends into the hollow earth on a desperate mission to rescue Jules Verne on the behest...