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    Jailbreak
    Jailbreak
    Jailbreak
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    Jailbreak

    By Harry Shannon

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    The short story "Jailbreak," co-written by veteran writer Harry Shannon and newcomer Steven W. Booth, is the first chapter of a new horror novel. It is a briskly paced weird-western-zombie-apocalypse tale. Their new novel, also starring Sheriff Penny Miller, is tenatively entitled "The Hungry." It will be released as an ebook and trade paperback in September of 2011.

    This 5,000 word section has already appeared in "Best New Zombie Tales," the charity anthology "Dead Set," and is in also Harry Shannon's Stoker-nominated collection "A Host of Shadows" from Dark Regions Press.

    "Impeccable pacing and an eye for the terrifying will leave the reader shaken and unsettled."
    -Publisher's Weekly on "A Host of Shadows"

    "Shannon is a writer who is never afraid to walk into the shadows and drag the things living there kicking and screaming into the light."
    -Brian Keene

    "Master craftsmanship!"
    -Cemetery Dance

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarry Shannon
    Release dateJul 19, 2010
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    Harry Shannon

    HARRY SHANNONHarry Shannon has been an actor, an Emmy-nominated songwriter, a recording artist, a music publisher, VP Music at Carolco Pictures and a Music Supervisor on “Basic Instinct” and “Universal Soldier.” His novels include “Night of the Beast," “Night of the Werewolf," “Daemon," "Dead and Gone" and "The Pressure of Darkness," as well as the Mick Callahan suspense novels “Memorial Day,” “Eye of the Burning Man,” and “One of the Wicked." His new collection "A Host of Shadows" is from Dark Region Press. Shannon has won the Tombstone Award, the Black Quill, and has been nominated for the Stoker by the Horror Writer's Association. Contact him via Facebook or at www.harryshannon.com

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      Jailbreak - Harry Shannon

      Jailbreak

      By Steven W. Booth and Harry Shannon

      First published in Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology

      Also published in A Host of Shadows by Harry Shannon

      Published by Harry Shannon at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Harry Shannon

      Copyright 2010 Steven W. Booth

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      Jailbreak

      Say again? Sheriff Miller slid worn boots from the edge of the desk, slammed them down on the messy floor. The antique office and jail were in the middle of yet another round of remodeling. Paint cloth whispered. Dust rose, spread and slowly settled. The old style radio crackled with static. Outside, night was spreading like a dark blanket over the little town that crouched further down the road.

      I said, he killed Miss Barbara by the library, Sheriff, Deputy Bob Wells said. He spoke rapidly, baritone voice

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