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    APPtitude for the Arcane
    APPtitude for the Arcane
    APPtitude for the Arcane
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    APPtitude for the Arcane

    By Chris Norgate

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    Like a spider sitting in the center of a gossamer web, the demon Tar'Kor had lured its prey into its trap and is ready to begin its feast.

    A new APP had been discovered by Darren, it promised him all his hearts desires and the power to be whoever he wanted to be, it sounded fun, it sounded easy and with a few simple signs to spray paint on a wall it would be easier than actually studying towards his exams; all he needed to do was get a group of friends together and go to this old house where ley lines crossed.

    Then there was a knocking at the door, a stranger claims he's had a puncture, he's was soaking wet and in need of a telephone. How could such a chance encounter affect the plans already set in motion?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Norgate
    Release dateJul 16, 2018
    ISBN9781005622725
    APPtitude for the Arcane
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    Chris Norgate

    Chris Norgate lives in Hampshire in England with his wife, children and small furry rodent like things and spends most his time playing with them or mucking them out - you decide which.Why write a book? After years of struggling with the written word dating back many years to being labelled at school (by a teacher who was too scared to call him thick) Chris has tried to find ways to not read or write. After having to write more reports for work and driving the automatic spell checker into meltdown, he sat down to make a list of the top ten misspelled words he makes......this soon turned into well over 100. So with a blogging site set up to try and get a short paragraph or two to constantly write words until spelt correct he started the diary; it was originally about his life and was as boring as a firework party under the sea, so he added things to make it more interesting. When comments on the blog started coming in that the girl character was very interesting - which surprised him as he was writing about himself, Chris changed 'her' into Valentine as it was the 13th Feb when he was looking for a name and it seemed a good one to go on with. And there it is, 17 months later a book has been created and now its been unleashed onto the world until Chris is paid an extortionate amount of money to take it away and smash the hard-drive its saved on.If Chris ever finds the courage to write another book he promises to try and put a plot into it.

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      This is the best of the short stories. If you think witchcraft is dusty books and cobwebs then think again. Here you can get all the power you want from a free app. But just like all free apps there's a catch and along the lines there's always a catch.

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