Books tagged: diner

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His Last Shot    by John E. Miller
Price: $0.99 USD. 7810 words. Published on February 11, 2009. .

Lance Corporal prides himself on being the best professional killers. He's never missed a shot. But when his grandfather dies, he finds himself remembering the past and how it shaped his character. This story is part of the printed collection, Bones of the Woods.
The Pensacola Cracker Barrel    by Ronald Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 530 words. Published by Murder Creek Publishing  on August 12, 2010. .

Have you ever turned off an Interstate highway to find a restaurant you've seen advertised on a billboard, just to find "you can't get there from here"? This is a poetic saga of such an adventure.
The Special    by R.M. Haag
Price: $0.99 USD. 4120 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on September 23, 2010. .

Nick thought that the railroad car diner looked like an oasis in the barren desert of the highway. A place for tired, lost souls looking for a hot meal and a bit of company before facing the lonely blacktop. Someplace safe. He couldn't be more wrong.
The Diner - Simpler Times & Good Food    by Chefs Secret Vault
Price: $3.99 USD. 5340 words. Published on November 2, 2010. .

A lot of us have fond memories of a simpler time when Diners were everywhere. The diner is a uniquely American institution where you and your family could dine. Or, you and a date could listen to the jukebox and share a vanilla Coke. Poodle skirts, rock and roll, drive-ins, DA haircuts are just some of the great memories. And always good food at the local diner.
Granny Fuhrmann And The Last Supper    by Philip Wooldridge
Price: $0.99 USD. 5270 words. Published by Four Moons Books  on March 3, 2011. .

Abigail Fuhrmann is about to enter the hereafter, and her immediate survivors gather in Northern Michigan at the Dog and Doughnut, a local greasy spoon, hoping for a low-key celebration with some good old-fashioned comfort food. However, the combination of generations and flapjacks tend to bring out the worst, and the best, in the members of this interesting, yet not so uncommon American family.
Welcome to Mom's Diner    by Steven Bennett
Price: $0.99 USD. 2550 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

A nice smile from a pretty face in a cozy diner doesn't mean there aren't deeper things afoot.
Line by Line    by Barbara Hacha
Price: $7.99 USD. 125260 words. Published on April 26, 2011. .

The 1930s: As the Great Depression deepens and her family disintegrates, Maddy Skobel flees her central Ohio town—by freight train—determined to make her own way. Learning to survive as a hobo while facing hardship, danger, and violence, Maddy must discover her own resourcefulness and strengths.
Slumgullion Sector    by Michael Angel
Price: $1.49 USD. 9700 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on June 7, 2011. .

I’d been sitting at Doyle’s Clam House for an hour, and no one had gotten around to being kidnapped by aliens yet. I had a bowl of what the guide books called the best chowder north of Bodega Bay on one side, and a redhead who’d make Raymond Chandler dive for his thesaurus on the other. No one told me that I'd get to witness something right out of the Star Wars cantina scene that evening.
Funeral Food (A Tory Bauer Mystery)    by Kathleen Taylor
Price: $2.99 USD. 72090 words. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on June 17, 2011. .

In Funeral Food, the first of six mysteries featuring the crew at the Delphi Café, Tory would like nothing more than to get through the hot June days waiting tables. When a handsome young Mormon Missionary is found, dead, in the café’s mop closet, Tory is drawn into the investigation, and what she discovers shakes the foundations of her small town world.
Sex and Salmonella (A Tory Bauer Mystery)    by Kathleen Taylor
Price: $2.99 USD. 80460 words. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on July 6, 2011. .

In Sex and Salmonella, the second of six mysteries featuring the crew at the Delphi Café, Tory is busy enough dealing with twelve year old Presley (her roommate Del’s son), the married Stuart McKee, performing in the local talent contest, and the heat and humidity. When she discovers a dead body in the carnival Fun House, Tory’s summer spins completely out of control.