Modified Volume 1: Modified, #1

By Kat Stiles

Sometimes super powers aren't all they're cracked up to be...

Kate has enough problems - a boss that's a little too friendly, a sex life that's non-existent, and a cat with zero tolerance for late meals. The last thing she needs is to be kidnapped, even if it is by a hot Brit.

Afterwards, she's mysteriously returned and has no memory of what happened. She learns, with the help of an eccentric sexy woman, that she's been modified - given a power unique to her talents. Sounds cool, right? It would be if she knew how to use it without killing everyone around her...

Modified is a funny, sexy, geeky romp about the trouble of acquiring an unexpected and inherently evil super power. With offbeat characters, profanity, and a healthy dose of salacious thoughts, it's an entertaining short read, volume one of a serial type series.

Pick up your copy today and get Modified!

Reader Discretion is Advised: If you are offended by strong language or sexual situations, for the love of God don't buy this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kat Stiles
• Release date: Aug 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386227229

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Modified

Volume 1

by

Kat Stiles

katstiles.com

Wellington, Texas

But born and raised in Iselin, NJ

Modified Copyright © 2017 by Kat Stiles

Cover illustration by Jasper Yu © 2017

For information on the cover art, please contact Jasper Yu.

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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, any place, events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. The characters and story lines are created from the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Editor: Leslie Karen Lutz

Printed in The United States of America

Dedication

For all my fellow Jerseyans,

who know what pizza should taste like and expect 1,000 different menu items at a diner

who understand why it totally makes sense to go right when you want to make a left

who let you know exactly where you stand

who get the sheer joy of profanity

this series is dedicated to you.

stay Jersey, it’s beautiful

Chapter 1

It’s a little known fact that when the human brain is under a tremendous amount of pressure, it lets out an audible poof sound, right as it gives out. A literal brain fart.

How do I know that? Well, I’ve killed people like this. Many times. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not evil. No, I’m not the villain—I’m absolutely sure of that. It just took me a while to control my modification.

I guess it’s better to start at the beginning. Then you can decide for yourself.

It started on a dark, rainy, and oh yeah, can’t forget stormy, night. I promised myself if I ever chronicled all this shit that I’d use as many adjectives as possible. And lots of vulgarity, for fuck’s sake. It’s not a masterpiece. But it is my story.

So on this totally shitty night, I was in my car, driving home from a job I had in the city, working as a DBA for a tech company: USAcom. The wages sucked, and the people sucked, but it was a job. My commute was only twenty minutes, but I stopped on the way. Fucking cigarettes. Ten dollars a pack and I still smoked. What was it, like 2020 when they put the additive in? Supposed to make them healthier for you, as if inhaling smoke into your lungs could ever be healthy. The additive just made them more addictive. It had been a full day since I had a cig, so I was pretty