Karina Kantas's Posts - The Book Marketing Network2024-03-29T09:24:39ZKarina Kantashttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/KarinaKantashttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2869824488?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=Froget&xn_auth=noA new genre of fiction.tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-08:523145:BlogPost:903662008-04-08T17:36:01.000ZKarina Kantashttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/KarinaKantas
Want to read something new and exciting?<br />
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Believe me, urban thriller is a genre of fiction that is about to get popular.<br />
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Do you remember S.E.Hinton's Outsiders?<br />
That book/film was in the late 70's. You will be hard pressed to find a book similar to Outsiders.<br />
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Later on this year, Mel Gibson will be staring in Under and Alone, the true story of a A.T.F infiltration of the Mongrels, a American outlaw biker's gang. This film is bound to get the public's interested in bad-boy bikers.<br />
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In Times of…
Want to read something new and exciting?<br />
<br />
Believe me, urban thriller is a genre of fiction that is about to get popular.<br />
<br />
Do you remember S.E.Hinton's Outsiders?<br />
That book/film was in the late 70's. You will be hard pressed to find a book similar to Outsiders.<br />
<br />
Later on this year, Mel Gibson will be staring in Under and Alone, the true story of a A.T.F infiltration of the Mongrels, a American outlaw biker's gang. This film is bound to get the public's interested in bad-boy bikers.<br />
<br />
In Times of Violence is an urban thriller, about a biker's gang in London. The lifestyle, the violence they partake in, and the brother hood of the gang, makes this novel and engaging, exiting read.<br />
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Lawless Justice, another urban thriller, is currently in the hands of UK literary agents.<br />
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Huntress, is due for release in summer 08.<br />
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I have a lot of passion for this genre of book, even though I'm a versatile writer and have been published in all genres.<br />
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I hope you'll take a look at In Times of Violence. It will not disappoint!<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2869824430?profile=original" alt="" width="158" height="238"/></p>Excerpt. Heads & Talestag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2008-04-08:523145:BlogPost:903372008-04-08T16:55:59.000ZKarina Kantashttp://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/KarinaKantas
Inspired from the Iron Maiden album, Best of the Beast. Heads & Tales is a collection of 28 short stories and flash fiction in the genres of horror, comedy, science fiction, romance, thriller, just to name a few. Entertaining, thought provoking stories. includes the award winning horror story, Crossed.<br />
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This is straight story telling at it's best.<br />
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VIRUS<br />
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<br />
“Well, that's it. Now we wait again,” Maria announced.<br />
<br />
Phil watched her sit at a cluttered desk to scribble yet<br />
more failure notes.…
Inspired from the Iron Maiden album, Best of the Beast. Heads & Tales is a collection of 28 short stories and flash fiction in the genres of horror, comedy, science fiction, romance, thriller, just to name a few. Entertaining, thought provoking stories. includes the award winning horror story, Crossed.<br />
<br />
This is straight story telling at it's best.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
VIRUS<br />
<br />
<br />
“Well, that's it. Now we wait again,” Maria announced.<br />
<br />
Phil watched her sit at a cluttered desk to scribble yet<br />
more failure notes. But his eyes did not linger. He scanned the<br />
laboratory. It might be the last time he'd see it. Beds lined the<br />
walls of the spacious room, all but hiding its sterile, white-tiled<br />
floor. “How long until we see results this time — if any?” he<br />
asked.<br />
<br />
“Same as the others. Twelve hours.”<br />
<br />
“That doesn't give us much time to administer a vaccine.”<br />
<br />
“No. And — yes, before you say it, you're right — there's<br />
no guarantee we'll ever find an acceptable vaccine.”<br />
<br />
On each bed lay a test subject. Even those that had<br />
succumbed remained, since the examination of their rotting<br />
bodies still offered the faint hope of a cure.<br />
<br />
But Phil knew. The virus had won this war. There was no<br />
hope. Eight months of this. And nothing but 665. The<br />
committee were right.<br />
<br />
Phil turned his face away from the rotting, deformed<br />
victims, and stared at his co-worker. It was time to tell her,<br />
although he knew how she'd react. Maria was obstinate — so<br />
certain she'd find a cure.<br />
<br />
Phil walked to her desk. Each step weighed heavily on<br />
him, like the weight they'd shouldered as a team these past few<br />
months. He rested his hand on her shoulder.<br />
<br />
“Maria?” he whispered.<br />
<br />
Her eyes shimmered. “Yes?”<br />
<br />
Phil blinked and spoke. “The committee decided if this<br />
last trial is unsuccessful, they'll go with 665. They've already<br />
begun manufacture.”<br />
<br />
“What? You're joking?”<br />
<br />
“They say there's no more time to be choosey. It's 665 or<br />
total annihilation.”<br />
<br />
“Choosey! Don't they realise what will happen? 665 has<br />
such awful side effects.”<br />
<br />
“Sorry. Maybe choosey was the wrong word, and yes, they<br />
know the peril. I agree with them. What other choice do we<br />
have?”<br />
<br />
“I'd rather die.”<br />
<br />
Phil turned and looked at the bed beside him. Clear<br />
plastic sheeting did nothing to hide its demonic deformities. IT<br />
was the only way to describe this once-person. Its new facial<br />
appearance removed any identification of what sex, race or age<br />
test subject 665 once had.<br />
<br />
“At least it's a life,” Phil assured.<br />
<br />
“We'd be like a totally different species,” Maria said. “And<br />
there may be other side effects.”<br />
<br />
“We don't have time. The countdown has begun. Half the<br />
population is infected. Six hundred and sixty-four test subjects<br />
died, 665 was the only survivor.”<br />
<br />
“Yes, but with diabolical consequences.”<br />
<br />
“Nevertheless, the committee has decided.”<br />
<br />
Maria rubbed her eyes. “But what of our future? What<br />
about our children? They may not be born with mutations.<br />
Who'd be the freaks then?” She ran a hand through her hair in<br />
frustration.<br />
<br />
“I can't give you the answers you seek, Maria. No one<br />
can.”<br />
<br />
Maria sighed. “So we wait. And in eleven and a half hours<br />
we'll know our fate.”<br />
<br />
Two heads simultaneously turned towards the large, white<br />
clock on the wall. The thick, black hands held a new<br />
responsibility now — to count time down for 666 — the<br />
number of the beast.<br />
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Heads & Tales is available from the publisher in paperback and affordable e-book format.<br />
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