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Bill Blume's love for the written word started back in high school with an addiction to comic books that was later hijacked by novels such as Frankenstein and Dragonflight. The first book in his young adult, vampire hunter series, Gidion's Hunt, was published back in 2013. His short stories have appeared in many anthologies and were published in 2015 by Diversion Books in his collection The Deadlands and Other Stories. Just like the father figure in his "Gidion Keep" novels, Bill has worked as a 911 dispatcher for more than two decades. He also spent ten years working as a board member for James River Writers.
Gidion's Hunt
Series: Gidion Keep, Vampire Hunter
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: For Gidion Keep, hunting vampires is easy. It's high school that might kill him.
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Hunting vampires is a Keep family tradition. Dad quit the business over a decade ago when Mom was killed, so Grandpa has been teaching Gidion—in secret—to take up the hunt. As Gidion closes in on the local coven, however, he discovers their evil plans to kill off a student and a teacher. To complicate matters, the vampires know they're being hunted and they're determined to kill Gidion and everyone he's protecting, no matter what it takes. For Gidion, the odds are immense and his first test as a vampire hunter may be his last, but he will have help: one of his best friends might be the key to finding the vampires’ lair and finishing them once and for all...if he can be trusted. GIDION'S HUNT delivers a fast-paced thriller with a young hero whose deadliest weapon isn't a wooden stake but his wits and a lot of luck.
The Hand on the Wall
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Blurb: An unseen monster has stolen Art's left hand, and no one believes him. The most frightening thing is what he'll have to sacrifice to get it back.
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When Art awakens to discover his left hand missing, he soon learns that isn't the worst part. No one, including his wife, remembers him ever having a left hand. His determination to prove something stole a piece of him and to get it back turns into an obsession that threatens his marriage and his job. Only one person believes his story. A one-handed mural artist named Heidi reveals the thing that stole Art's hand did the same to her two years earlier. The more he learns about the monster tormenting him, the more his life spirals.
An Eye for Reading
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Blurb: A unique, private library devoted to autobiographies demands a deadly price from its librarians.
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Belinda Middleton is about to lose her job at the county library. Just as she thinks she won't find new work elsewhere, she's invited to interview for a position overseeing a private library. Her meeting with the mysterious Leonard Ward reveals what makes this library unique and that what he really wants from Belinda might kill her.
The Bounty: A West of Apocalypse Tale
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Blurb: Short on coins, Ayleen Torr chases down a bounty on the planet Antares III only to turn into the one being hunted.
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Ayleen Torr travels the galaxy on a quest for revenge, but before she can get the blood she's owed, she needs the means to survive. To earn enough coin, she chases down a bounty on Antares III. Just as she's about to catch her target, she finds herself turned into the one on the run. If she doesn't find a way off-world in a hurry, getting paid will be the least of her problems.
The Cold Shoulder
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Blurb: Aden already has a death mark for betraying the order of spies that trained him, but when he's framed for the murder of an emperor, every fool with a dagger is out to get him. The only way to survive is for Aden to find the real assassin.
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The Order of the Hunt trained Aden to be one of their best spies and assassins. Then three years ago, he cut all ties with the Order and went into hiding. Running from the Order's death mark on him, Aden scrapes by working as a bounty hunter until someone frames him for assassinating the most powerful emperor in the East. Now, every fool with a dagger is pursuing him, and the Order's hunters are closer than ever to catching him. Aided by an underworld information dealer, a retired soldier, a witch, and one of the Order's most determined hunters, Aden must track down the emperor's real assassin to clear his name. What he finds is a conspiracy that might overturn every kingdom in the East.
Bitter Pill
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Blurb: An assassin tasked with finding the secret to immortality in 19th Century Hong Kong discovers there are worse things than death in this steampunk adventure.
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At the end of the 19th Century, technology has allowed the British Empire to conquer the skies and the oceans, but no machine can overcome death. When a young assassin named Yu Sharpe is dispatched to Hong Kong, her task is to hunt down a man who holds the secret to immortality. What she finds will force her to face the one death that still haunts her. "Bitter Pill" is a steampunk short story inspired by Chinese mythology and the Six-Day War of 1899.