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    Bloodshed Fred
    Bloodshed Fred
    Bloodshed Fred
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    Bloodshed Fred

    By Monica J. O'Rourke

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    When Fred is hired to carry out a hit, he has to wonder who hired him—and why he has to return home to do the job. Sometimes your past is better left buried.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMonica J. O'Rourke
    Release dateFeb 28, 2013
    ISBN9781301055852
    Bloodshed Fred
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    Monica J. O'Rourke

    Monica J. O’Rourke has published more than one hundred short stories in magazines such as Postscripts, Nasty Piece of Work, Fangoria, Flesh & Blood, Nemonymous, and Brutarian and anthologies such as Horror for Good (for charity), The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra, and The Best of Horrorfind. She is the author of Poisoning Eros I and II, written with Wrath James White, Suffer the Flesh, and the brand-new collection, In the End, Only Darkness! Watch for her new novel, What Happens in the Darkness, later this year from Sinister Grin Press! She works as a freelance editor, proofreader, and book coach. Her website is an ongoing and seemingly endless work in progress, so find her on www.facebook.com/MonicaJORourke in the meantime.

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