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A True Story from a Parallel Universe: Absurdly Humorous Urban Fantasy (The Poe Detective Agency Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Brian Yansky (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 242 ratings

Book 1 of 3: The Poe Detective Agency

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Romeo Moon, shapeshifter (canine variety) and necromancer, is on a case. He hunts a mass-murdering former god who turns out to be family. Talk about disappointing. Then a Robber Baron associate of the mafia from Hell (literally) decides to have Romeo killed when he interferes with the baron's plans to conquer Romeo's home city. Romeo and his best-friend (half-zombie-reformed church- magician) and his girlfriend, a zombie villain (but with a good sense of humor), are all that stand between the baron's success and failure.

I’m an award winning author of five traditionally published novels. The Poe Detective Agency series is independently published. It's a completed trilogy. Like Romeo, I'm adopted.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08DYFYL9Q
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Keeping It Weird Press (July 29, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5374 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #237,667 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #492 in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
- #891 in Humorous Fantasy (Kindle Store)
- #1,238 in Humorous Fantasy (Books)

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I’ve published thirteen novels, five traditionally and eight independently. I write Humor and Horror and SFF and Humor. I'm a big consumer of stories, particularly SF&F&Supernatural— any story that inspires wonder— in all formats: novels, short stories, movies, shows, comics etc.…Falling in love with stories saved me from a life of crime (I’m only sort of kidding; it did save me from something). A lot of my main characters are adopted. Like them, I was adopted. I seem to write often about identity. I live in Austin, Texas. I have no horses or cowboy hats. I do have a 120 pound sheep dog. I’ve taught college and worked a lot of different jobs and lived in a number of cities. I have a black belt in Taekwondo. Helps with my action scenes. I’m married. I love writing novels (published 14 or so-some traditionally, more independently) and stories (have published over 15 stories), but I like writing most anything. My grocery lists are excellent.

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Happy

A great read, also very funny

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2020

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I almost didn't write a review, because I wasn't sure what to say about this book- it didn't break my heart or open my mind to some new wisdom. But it did entertain me fully. The day I picked it up I neglected to do anything useful, including sleep, because I couldn't put it down. I was SO tired the next day. And when I was done, I immediately tried to get the sequel, but it wasn't released yet! I honestly would have probably just picked up and continued if I could have. There were some editing issues in my Kindle edition (like the word though when it should have been through, stuff like that), but it' wasn't a big deal.

Some reasons I liked it include: female characters that are badass, mythical monsters, a bisexual teenage boy, a character with birth parents and *real* parents, characters that are realistically complex (not all, but the main ones), and a story that has blurry good guy/bad guy lines.

I did not love that the story is riddled with guns, but I accepted it as a way that this parallel universe is.

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Sarah Anderson

Fun & easy read

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020

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This was just a fun read. There are some interesting concepts & likeable characters. I will definitely check out additional books in the series. This book stands alone though, so don't worry that they will leave you on a cliffhanger or anything like that. Not much else to add. The writer has created & enjoyable world & it was fun to visit it.

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David E. Robinson

Good read despite a lot of grammatical mistakes

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020

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Would rate a four but increasing number of grammatical mistakes tended to distract. Pure, fun fantasy with plenty of sarcasm and irony to go around

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Barbara

Thoroughly enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020

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I love it when a book grabs my attention right away and this book did just that. It also kept me up hours past my usual bed time because I couldn't put it down. I love fantasy reads but lately it seems they are all too similar....this one is different. While it has witches, vampires, etc., they are not the focus of the book, rather they are supporting characters. It was a fun surprise having mythical gods and creatures woven into this story. Mostly, I like this writer's style of writing...it's written how we as people speak to one another with the characters having thoughts just like you and I do while talking to others and while events are happening and his flow is smooth and engaging. Lastly, being self published, I was happy to discover there weren't the usual typos or glaring grammatical errors that sometimes happen and drive me crazy. The plot and chapters all flowed together well. If you enjoy fantasy reads, I suggest you buy and download the book....I think you will like it!

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Wayne D.

Great and wonderful read

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2020

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This is just a terrific book in every way. I loved the writing style and the sardonic humor. It's a great twist on history, magic and mystical tales. Just an exc3ellent read; highly recommended.

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Excellent twisty turns monstery start

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021

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Seductive smart and funny mystery and noir and fun with dogs! The weave is weird and fun and the relationships have some heft

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Jennifer A.

My first Poe detective book

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022

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I really like the characters and parallel universe of Romeo, Julia and Carlos. The story line is great, the characters and environment are well explained and well written. I really enjoyed this book.😁

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D. Wilcoxen

Sometimes clever, sometimes sloppy...

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2021

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...but the sloppy couldn't be overcome by the clever.
Many parts were silly, and in some places that was ok; but the worst part to be silly was the ending, which was silly and sloppy and definitely not as clever as the clever parts. Most of the characters were one dimensional and boring; except for the main character, Romeo, and his friend, Carlos, who were only vaguely more filled out. In all, a shabby story with weak characters, mish mashed world building, and high school English class level plotting, development, and complexity. It's only saving grace from a one star rating, were the few flashes of cleverness.

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J.Wood

Entertaining and engaging

Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2020

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You will not want to put this down. The story is vivid and full of humour. The characters are thoroughly enjoyable.

Wren

Concept was better

Reviewed in Australia on April 3, 2021

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This sounded so cool and the idea was really interesting but the execution was poor. The writing was not great but the concept kept me reading until the end.

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