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Widow of the Amputation & Other Weird Crimes - by Robert Guffey (Paperback)

Widow of the Amputation & Other Weird Crimes - by  Robert Guffey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Widow of the Amputation & Other Weird Crimes is a collection of four novellas that explore the madness of murder through the warped lenses of urban noir, science fiction, horror, and experimental fantasy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Widow of the Amputation & Other Weird Crimes is a collection of four novellas that explore the madness of murder through the warped lenses of urban noir, science fiction, horror, and experimental fantasy.</p><p><br></p><p>In Decay in Amber</em>, a convicted rapist and murderer wakes up one morning to discover he is only six inches tall and floating down the middle of the L.A. River in a beer bottle. In Rocket City Murder</em>, a police lieutenant has only twenty-four hours to solve a brutal triple-murder committed within the secretive confines of the bio warfare research lab known as Micropolis. In Widow of the Amputation</em>, the mythologies of various cultures collide as Charles Manson succeeds in busting out of Corcoran Penitentiary. And in You Might As Well Die</em>, a crime noir writer is led into a clever cat-and-mouse game intended to frame him for a murder he himself unknowingly devised.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Guffey is my kind of crazy. He understands that the universe is preposterous, life is improbable, and chaos rules: get used to it." -Pat Cadigan, author of Mindplayers</em></p><p><br></p><p>"Robert Guffey's writing has impressed, entertained, and enlightened me pretty much since I first met him. My suggestion? If he wrote it, read it." - Jack Womack, author of Random Acts of Senseless Violence</em></p><p><br></p><p>"A playful amalgam of Andy Kaufman and Philip K. Dick..." - Damien Lincoln Ober, author of Doctor Benjamin Franklin's Dream America</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><br>

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