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    Two Shots to the Chest
    Two Shots to the Chest
    Two Shots to the Chest
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    Two Shots to the Chest

    By Jared Prophet

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    Tough bits of gritty hard boiled action. And it is always about a girl.

    The Burning Thing - 1300 words
    One Man has Murder in his heart and is determined to make things right.

    The Last Little Bit of the Dream - 1450 words
    The other may have more of his blood on the floor, than in his veins.

    My Touch is Deadly - 190 words
    Poem length bit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJared Prophet
    Release dateOct 15, 2010
    ISBN9781452365329
    Two Shots to the Chest
    Author

    Jared Prophet

    My style has been described as David Lynch meets Scooby-Doo. I am ok with that.

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      Book preview

      Two Shots to the Chest - Jared Prophet

      TWO SHOTS TO THE CHEST

      by

      Jared Prophet

      cover by Joel Barber

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Jared Prophet on Smashwords

      Two Shots to the Chest

      Copyright © 2010 by Jared Prophet

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

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      Contents

      Tales of Danger: The Burning Thing

      First Published in Guilded Edges #3 Feb 2000

      The Last Little Bit of the Dream

      Published to a Blog July 12th 2007

      My Touch is Deadly

      previously unpublished, written 2000 revised 2010

      Afterword

      Bonus

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      The Burning Thing

      I hadn't slept in three days. This

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