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Brian Downes

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I was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in the United States. I live in Orlando, Florida. I am working on my fourth novel.

favourite books

For Whom The Bell Tolls, A Moveable Feast, and A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Drawing of the Dark, Declare, and On Stranger Tides, by Tim Powers. Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Idoru, and All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson. The Island Of Doctor Moreau, by H. G. Wells. The Sherlock Holmes stories by A.C. Doyle. Most of the work of H.P. Lovecraft. A Prayer For Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules, by John Irving. Romeo And Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello, by William Shakespeare. A lot of Edgar Allen Poe. I've also enjoyed the histories of John Keegan.

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Sojourns On Mars

Brian Downes

Orlando private investigator and bounty hunter Murdock Woodman searches for a stolen fortune in Disney collectibles while trying to make his marriage function.


Private investigator and bounty hunter Murdock Woodman finds himself on the hunt for $105,000 worth of Disney collectibles that his boyhood friend, Denton Wheeler, a dealer in Disneyana, was negotiating to buy from the family of a dead collector. But the collection disappeared out of a storage unit in Orlando, and now Denton wants it back. Murdock recruits another boyhood friend to help - Ryan Lissimore, a web researcher who believes he is routinely visited by aliens. In the meantime, Murdock's wife doesn't like him and the police suspect him of being a white supremacist. A bad-luck dog named Anakin and a stripper named Christmas also feature in the busiest week of Murdock's life.

 

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fatema wrote 42 days ago

hi read ache in my heart and comment pleae.

subra_2k123 wrote 51 days ago

Hello Brian, I am sending this message to all those who have read ....

emeraldraj wrote 68 days ago

Will you fight for CUPID (god of sexual love) leading men or for LIBE....

Paul Beattie wrote 69 days ago

Harper Collins have just chosen my novel, Filthy Luca as the official....

Maevesleibhin wrote 72 days ago

Dear Brian, Hellboy, huh. I see your favorite books represent a ver....

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I wrote 122 days ago

Ms. Henderson, I think you've got a touching premise here and a very interesting story. I've read the first two chapters, and they really raise my interest to read more, and getting people to turn the page is your one job. The quality of the writing is very good, as well - quite deft, straightfor... view book

I wrote 125 days ago

This is a very exciting concept, with a mysterious and deadly phenomenon dissolving people by the thousands. Here are a few notes: Prologue & Chapter One Kill the prologue. I know prologues of this kind are conventional wisdom, but convention wisdom produces a lot of bad books. The prologue do... view book

I wrote 133 days ago

I've read the first two chapters. You've got a vivid style, Willsin is well characterized and the story develops at a fast pace. Those are all good things. Two minor things in Chapter Two came to my attention: Willsin refers to the Tec-9 as an assault rifle. Then Willsin says, "The only thing I t... view book

I wrote 143 days ago

Sully, You've got an excellent and ferociously nightmarish concept here. I have the privilege to live in Orlando, Florida, United States, where the law is behind the citizen and the homeowner. If *two* men broke into my house and I killed them both with one of the 12-guages I keep handy, the poli... view book

I wrote 151 days ago

Ms. Iva P., As I promised before Christmas, I've read two chapters of Fame and Infamy - numbers 21 and 22. You have a very exciting book here. The mechanics are excellent - I didn't notice any grammatical or punctuation errors. The setting is very specific and quite fascinating, and you're clearl... view book

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