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    The Old Girlfriend of Doom: Poker Boy, #2
    The Old Girlfriend of Doom: Poker Boy, #2
    The Old Girlfriend of Doom: Poker Boy, #2
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    The Old Girlfriend of Doom: Poker Boy, #2

    By Dean Wesley Smith

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    Even superheroes can’t always save the girl.

    As one of the greatest superheroes in all of the Gambling Universe, Poker Boy does everything he can to help, but when the damsel in distress refuses to be rescued from her own deadly breasts, what’s a superhero to do?

    “The Old Girlfriend of Doom” was first published in the anthology Crime Spells in February 2009 from Daw Books, edited by Loren L. Coleman and Martin H. Greenberg.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateSep 22, 2016
    ISBN9781536504132
    The Old Girlfriend of Doom: Poker Boy, #2
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    Dean Wesley Smith

    Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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