The Drackenmire Ghouls' Treasure Trickery
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 97350 words.
Published on April 23, 2013. Fiction.
The butler Jeeves and the ghouls who employ him work with two greedy humans (who intend to keep it all for themselves) to retrieve the treasure stolen from the ghouls back from a ruthless mid-level mobster and his even more ruthless boss. They are happy to dish out some payback in the process. It’s thrills, chills, chases, and laughs among the undead and the humans who want to stay that way.
Location: United States
Member Since: Nov. 19, 2011
Thomas Hanna
Biography
After years of teaching high school and then college biology I retired to write. I am back living in Philadelphia, PA where I was born and raised.
Books
A Master of Persuasion
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 75320 words. Published on April 2, 2013. Fiction.
Larry Ritter sets out to persuade every person in a small town into wearing a gaudy bandanna without knowing the details of why. Using several aliases and playing on the quirks of some local characters he spins yarns, makes promises, and suggests why certain people will benefit from being part of this one time only special event. Only he knows that a single holdout could ruin it for him.
Price: $5.99 USD. 75320 words. Published on April 2, 2013. Fiction.
Larry Ritter sets out to persuade every person in a small town into wearing a gaudy bandanna without knowing the details of why. Using several aliases and playing on the quirks of some local characters he spins yarns, makes promises, and suggests why certain people will benefit from being part of this one time only special event. Only he knows that a single holdout could ruin it for him.
Miriam Marston's Poltergeist
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 81870 words. Published on January 11, 2013. Fiction.
With the impending loss of the house she shares with a prankish poltergeist to a road project, Miriam Marston uses her wiles, her allies, and the power of minor celebrity to fight City Hall. She faces off against humiliation, a housemate she can’t reliably control, personal tragedy, a neighbor with a shotgun, and official corruption to set a good example while she tries to save Oakview Avenue.
Price: $6.99 USD. 81870 words. Published on January 11, 2013. Fiction.
With the impending loss of the house she shares with a prankish poltergeist to a road project, Miriam Marston uses her wiles, her allies, and the power of minor celebrity to fight City Hall. She faces off against humiliation, a housemate she can’t reliably control, personal tragedy, a neighbor with a shotgun, and official corruption to set a good example while she tries to save Oakview Avenue.
Tales of Roger, a Humandroid
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 90170 words. Published on January 11, 2013. Fiction.
Noah buys Roger, a humandroid, as his gay companion and sex toy but the lifelike fully functional Roger is so versatile, witty, and has so much personality that he amazes, amuses, and complicates Noah’s whole life with laughs, tears, fears, drama, and dangers. Many of the complications of a live partner plus a few unique to his special nature.
Price: $5.99 USD. 90170 words. Published on January 11, 2013. Fiction.
Noah buys Roger, a humandroid, as his gay companion and sex toy but the lifelike fully functional Roger is so versatile, witty, and has so much personality that he amazes, amuses, and complicates Noah’s whole life with laughs, tears, fears, drama, and dangers. Many of the complications of a live partner plus a few unique to his special nature.
The Masters' Orb: An Indianapolis Smithe Adventure
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 67040 words. Published on December 3, 2012. Fiction.
“Polie” Smithe finds a ceramic shard that might be of ET origin and sets off to find the rest. By weird logic he locates the two other pieces and obtains them by daring and strange moves. He learns some secrets of the reassembled Orb - only to have it alter itself in a way that makes it more of a mystery but less obviously useful to the Army General or the tycoon who have also been seeking it.
Price: $5.99 USD. 67040 words. Published on December 3, 2012. Fiction.
“Polie” Smithe finds a ceramic shard that might be of ET origin and sets off to find the rest. By weird logic he locates the two other pieces and obtains them by daring and strange moves. He learns some secrets of the reassembled Orb - only to have it alter itself in a way that makes it more of a mystery but less obviously useful to the Army General or the tycoon who have also been seeking it.
Space Depot: The Two Trub Trouble
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 41990 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
The Lawford family must deal with the first intergalactic vacationers to arrive via the new depot device in their back yard. The family learn fast that these visitors, two uncooperative Trubs, will test their nerves and patience by putting themselves and the travel program in danger. When this is over the Lawfords have an idea of what this job entails to decide if it’s worth the rewards.
Price: $4.99 USD. 41990 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
The Lawford family must deal with the first intergalactic vacationers to arrive via the new depot device in their back yard. The family learn fast that these visitors, two uncooperative Trubs, will test their nerves and patience by putting themselves and the travel program in danger. When this is over the Lawfords have an idea of what this job entails to decide if it’s worth the rewards.
The Curse of Sticky Fingers
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 94850 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
Merk McNeap tries to lift a wallet to get money owed him but gets the wrong one and a curse - the wallet sticks tight to his hand. To break the spell he must protect the wallet’s owner from the angry men her son is cheating. After much comedic running around Merk suggests a solution to the business dispute and is rewarded by the woman who cursed him - who enjoyed hassling him and plans more.
Price: $5.99 USD. 94850 words. Published on November 18, 2012. Fiction.
Merk McNeap tries to lift a wallet to get money owed him but gets the wrong one and a curse - the wallet sticks tight to his hand. To break the spell he must protect the wallet’s owner from the angry men her son is cheating. After much comedic running around Merk suggests a solution to the business dispute and is rewarded by the woman who cursed him - who enjoyed hassling him and plans more.
Holy Hostages!
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 123620 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
When the inept Clarkson gang take a convent full of nuns hostage for ransom they face the challenges of diocesan bureaucracy, an angry mob intent on lynching them, and Mother Thelma (their biggest problem, but also at times an ally) to survive and profit from this. The gang planned many things out in advance but of course events don’t follow their plans and they must work it all out on the fly.
Price: $6.99 USD. 123620 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
When the inept Clarkson gang take a convent full of nuns hostage for ransom they face the challenges of diocesan bureaucracy, an angry mob intent on lynching them, and Mother Thelma (their biggest problem, but also at times an ally) to survive and profit from this. The gang planned many things out in advance but of course events don’t follow their plans and they must work it all out on the fly.
Stuck In the Center
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 35960 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
The three young Barkley kids (12,9, and 5) are accidentally locked in the large urban Harding Commerce Center at closing. The kids must then protect themselves by helping the automated security systems, a bumbling repairman, a narcoleptic homeless woman, and two Center employees to thwart three bank robbers who want the kids as hostages when they are discovered and the police arrive.
Price: $4.99 USD. 35960 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
The three young Barkley kids (12,9, and 5) are accidentally locked in the large urban Harding Commerce Center at closing. The kids must then protect themselves by helping the automated security systems, a bumbling repairman, a narcoleptic homeless woman, and two Center employees to thwart three bank robbers who want the kids as hostages when they are discovered and the police arrive.
Craig Wishes Up a Payback Phantom
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 38560 words. Published on September 20, 2012. Fiction.
Young Craig, routinely put down or picked on by his family, wishes for a Payback Phantom, someone inconspicuous but effective to give them a taste of their own medicine. Mrs. Stanton arrives and shapes up each other family member without being obvious. When real danger arrives, she handles that calmly and defuses things then too.
Price: $4.99 USD. 38560 words. Published on September 20, 2012. Fiction.
Young Craig, routinely put down or picked on by his family, wishes for a Payback Phantom, someone inconspicuous but effective to give them a taste of their own medicine. Mrs. Stanton arrives and shapes up each other family member without being obvious. When real danger arrives, she handles that calmly and defuses things then too.
Romeo and Juliet and Todd and Alice
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 51370 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Using Todd’s uncle’s invention, high school classmates Todd and Alice travel back in time to Verona, year 1303, to try to find out why the famous star-crossed lovers did what they did. They get insight into the pressures on the young people in that age but end up convincing the pair to be less rash without spoiling the story about them that will become much loved in later centuries.
Price: $5.99 USD. 51370 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Using Todd’s uncle’s invention, high school classmates Todd and Alice travel back in time to Verona, year 1303, to try to find out why the famous star-crossed lovers did what they did. They get insight into the pressures on the young people in that age but end up convincing the pair to be less rash without spoiling the story about them that will become much loved in later centuries.
Adam Archer Becomes an Alien Visitor
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 37580 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Stuck in a circus alien costume, Adam ends up dumped by a distant town where he is mistaken for a true alien visitor. That makes him a dream come true for some locals and the target for others. He tries to explain, while the townies defend him from the Army, secret agents, and local crazies with rifles. Dad’s example of troubleshooting to learn how to make stuff work helps Adam save himself.
Price: $4.99 USD. 37580 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Stuck in a circus alien costume, Adam ends up dumped by a distant town where he is mistaken for a true alien visitor. That makes him a dream come true for some locals and the target for others. He tries to explain, while the townies defend him from the Army, secret agents, and local crazies with rifles. Dad’s example of troubleshooting to learn how to make stuff work helps Adam save himself.
The Bobboli Brothers and Prince Baddkind
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 40330 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Named as “Whipping Boy”, the two young sons of Sir Bobboli resolve to make the prankster prince pay in kind for every punishment they receive because of him. Things get more complicated when the boys stumble on a plot to use the official Rules to overthrow the king and seize control of the kingdom and they witness thefts by the prince and a nobleman but the Rules won’t let them testify to that.
Price: $4.99 USD. 40330 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Named as “Whipping Boy”, the two young sons of Sir Bobboli resolve to make the prankster prince pay in kind for every punishment they receive because of him. Things get more complicated when the boys stumble on a plot to use the official Rules to overthrow the king and seize control of the kingdom and they witness thefts by the prince and a nobleman but the Rules won’t let them testify to that.
Now You See Him...
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 39530 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Young Everett finds that a coat altered by his friend’s invention makes whatever is covered by it, including you, invisible. When a thug named Thig steals the coat and uses it to rob people, Ev feels he must get the coat back, return the stolen items, and teach Thig a lesson. Then Thig steals the invention itself to make many invisibility coats and Ev’s task gets bigger and more important.
Price: $4.99 USD. 39530 words. Published on September 15, 2012. Fiction.
Young Everett finds that a coat altered by his friend’s invention makes whatever is covered by it, including you, invisible. When a thug named Thig steals the coat and uses it to rob people, Ev feels he must get the coat back, return the stolen items, and teach Thig a lesson. Then Thig steals the invention itself to make many invisibility coats and Ev’s task gets bigger and more important.
Three Proudly Defiant Provocateurs Bring Home the Gold
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 100650 words. Published on July 12, 2012. Fiction.
Rich bigots plan to double their group’s money by stealing their own gold for the insurance but they’ll blame the theft on the Proudly Defiant Provocateurs, three gay civil rights defenders in flamboyant costumes. The PDPs learn of the plan and while teasingly harassing those people twist things so the gold changes hands but the public projects they support get it without them stealing it.
Price: $5.99 USD. 100650 words. Published on July 12, 2012. Fiction.
Rich bigots plan to double their group’s money by stealing their own gold for the insurance but they’ll blame the theft on the Proudly Defiant Provocateurs, three gay civil rights defenders in flamboyant costumes. The PDPs learn of the plan and while teasingly harassing those people twist things so the gold changes hands but the public projects they support get it without them stealing it.
Going Critical: How To and Why To Give and Take Proper Criticism
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $8.99 USD. 159310 words. Published on May 24, 2012. Nonfiction.
Going Critical aims to stimulate thought about how proper, usually constructive, criticism can make us aware of how and how often we are being used inappropriately and help us avoid those situations by asking questions, insisting on clear and relevant answers, or simply saying no. It suggests how and why to both give and accept appropriate criticism - that includes compliments.
Price: $8.99 USD. 159310 words. Published on May 24, 2012. Nonfiction.
Going Critical aims to stimulate thought about how proper, usually constructive, criticism can make us aware of how and how often we are being used inappropriately and help us avoid those situations by asking questions, insisting on clear and relevant answers, or simply saying no. It suggests how and why to both give and accept appropriate criticism - that includes compliments.
An Angel of Mercy
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 113650 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
An abrasive lawyer learns about himself and finds he has an unexpected role to play while defending a good man falsely accused of a crime by the local rich lady out to prove she owns the small town. The accused denies the charge but is reluctant to fight back because of his past. The attorney gives him the message he desperately needs to hear so they can win this fight and get on with life.
Price: $6.99 USD. 113650 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
An abrasive lawyer learns about himself and finds he has an unexpected role to play while defending a good man falsely accused of a crime by the local rich lady out to prove she owns the small town. The accused denies the charge but is reluctant to fight back because of his past. The attorney gives him the message he desperately needs to hear so they can win this fight and get on with life.
Pass It On
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 90380 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
The monstrous Kirubi lives in a human host and compels him to feed on human organs despite his revulsion and wish to die. When the long-time host finally takes desperate action to free himself the monster is passed to several new hosts in quick succession since the terrible but necessary action needed becomes known. The local sheriff leads the effort to deal with the threat and the mess.
Price: $6.99 USD. 90380 words. Published on March 7, 2012. Fiction.
The monstrous Kirubi lives in a human host and compels him to feed on human organs despite his revulsion and wish to die. When the long-time host finally takes desperate action to free himself the monster is passed to several new hosts in quick succession since the terrible but necessary action needed becomes known. The local sheriff leads the effort to deal with the threat and the mess.
Squirrel Bait and Other Stories
by Thomas Hanna
Price: Free! 23130 words. Published on December 1, 2011. Fiction.
These eight light-hearted stories feature dreamers, schemers, minor league con men, and a variety of determined characters doing their thing, trying to do their thing, or wondering what the thing is that they should be doing.
Price: Free! 23130 words. Published on December 1, 2011. Fiction.
These eight light-hearted stories feature dreamers, schemers, minor league con men, and a variety of determined characters doing their thing, trying to do their thing, or wondering what the thing is that they should be doing.
Third Time Lucky
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $4.99 USD. 79640 words. Published on November 30, 2011. Fiction.
Middle-aged Tess and Hal meet as volunteers in a charity food kitchen. Some say a meal they concocted made people feel better so they must deal with those who, despite all their disclaimers, are determined to learn the secret “magic” ingredients. While dealing with that the pair find romance.
Price: $4.99 USD. 79640 words. Published on November 30, 2011. Fiction.
Middle-aged Tess and Hal meet as volunteers in a charity food kitchen. Some say a meal they concocted made people feel better so they must deal with those who, despite all their disclaimers, are determined to learn the secret “magic” ingredients. While dealing with that the pair find romance.
Lotta Losers
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 88470 words. Published on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
Politely bumbling Maddie Dullboy signs papers to win the Lotta contest - only to learn those are a contract that will bankrupt her family. Finding little sympathy for signing unread papers, she must learn to use the terms and fine print of the contract to become too much trouble for the users to use. She becomes more cautious in the process - or maybe not.
Price: $5.99 USD. 88470 words. Published on November 29, 2011. Fiction.
Politely bumbling Maddie Dullboy signs papers to win the Lotta contest - only to learn those are a contract that will bankrupt her family. Finding little sympathy for signing unread papers, she must learn to use the terms and fine print of the contract to become too much trouble for the users to use. She becomes more cautious in the process - or maybe not.
Boobs
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 111530 words. Published on November 28, 2011. Fiction.
Imaginatively dumb college guys Achey, Brakey, and Hart love breasts and mysteriously grow their own after messing around in an inventor’s workshop. They use those to cause mischief by entering the Home Coming Queen contest at a rival college while learning to undo the effect. But they get a big scare and rush to undo what they don’t actually understand.
Price: $6.99 USD. 111530 words. Published on November 28, 2011. Fiction.
Imaginatively dumb college guys Achey, Brakey, and Hart love breasts and mysteriously grow their own after messing around in an inventor’s workshop. They use those to cause mischief by entering the Home Coming Queen contest at a rival college while learning to undo the effect. But they get a big scare and rush to undo what they don’t actually understand.
A Repo Angel
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 92420 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
A new to this job Repo Angel uses the body of a dead woman to tell Stanley his soul is being repossessed. That leads to questions when her body is found and how she died is not clear to the police. Stan’s new lady friend takes it on herself to find out whether he is a liar, a murderer, or crazy.
Price: $5.99 USD. 92420 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
A new to this job Repo Angel uses the body of a dead woman to tell Stanley his soul is being repossessed. That leads to questions when her body is found and how she died is not clear to the police. Stan’s new lady friend takes it on herself to find out whether he is a liar, a murderer, or crazy.
The Far-Out Show
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 140050 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
In this parody (not a sci fi story) Nerber, a contestant from the planet Ormelex, secretly visits Earth as part of the first intergalactic reality TV show on his home planet. But the popularity of the show back home causes unexpected problems. Meanwhile the Producers shaping the show from a ship in space scheme to come out ahead. But Nerber has his own agenda from the start.
Price: $6.99 USD. 140050 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Fiction.
In this parody (not a sci fi story) Nerber, a contestant from the planet Ormelex, secretly visits Earth as part of the first intergalactic reality TV show on his home planet. But the popularity of the show back home causes unexpected problems. Meanwhile the Producers shaping the show from a ship in space scheme to come out ahead. But Nerber has his own agenda from the start.
Techie Tales: 13 New High-Tech Heroes
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $6.99 USD. 118370 words. Published on November 26, 2011. Fiction.
These stories introduce 13 new comic book style heroes - not superheroes but scientific ones. Each uses a high-tech system based on state of the art and beyond science to give him or her a limited and specific enhanced ability to deal with problems. Here they continue the on-going process of testing and developing their inventions, using them to deal with problems large and small as they find them
Price: $6.99 USD. 118370 words. Published on November 26, 2011. Fiction.
These stories introduce 13 new comic book style heroes - not superheroes but scientific ones. Each uses a high-tech system based on state of the art and beyond science to give him or her a limited and specific enhanced ability to deal with problems. Here they continue the on-going process of testing and developing their inventions, using them to deal with problems large and small as they find them
Jail Job
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 99920 words. Published on November 25, 2011. Fiction.
In a classic underhanded scheme that goes awry, two prison guards plot to have two convicts they have depicted to the public as criminal geniuses “escape” so they can promptly recapture them for the reward. But the cons really escape. Ultimately that pair get back inside and claim they never left. That leaves the State with a P.R. headache that a smooth inmate operator helps resolve.
Price: $5.99 USD. 99920 words. Published on November 25, 2011. Fiction.
In a classic underhanded scheme that goes awry, two prison guards plot to have two convicts they have depicted to the public as criminal geniuses “escape” so they can promptly recapture them for the reward. But the cons really escape. Ultimately that pair get back inside and claim they never left. That leaves the State with a P.R. headache that a smooth inmate operator helps resolve.
Is Titanic Rising?
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $8.99 USD. 204270 words. Published on November 23, 2011. Fiction.
Reluctant seer Adrian Barakat must help determine if the love of a strong-willed woman who died on Titanic but is determined to be reunited with her fiancée before he dies is what made the restored ship resurface - and if this event is a danger to anyone.
Price: $8.99 USD. 204270 words. Published on November 23, 2011. Fiction.
Reluctant seer Adrian Barakat must help determine if the love of a strong-willed woman who died on Titanic but is determined to be reunited with her fiancée before he dies is what made the restored ship resurface - and if this event is a danger to anyone.
The One Percent Solution
by Thomas Hanna
Price: $5.99 USD. 89040 words. Published on November 22, 2011. Fiction.
In this comic caper novel the inept Perrine brothers steal a valuable painting only to have it stolen from them by the man who anonymously hired them to steal it. The brothers don’t take this well so their challenge now is to make their efforts pay off for them and to punish him.
Price: $5.99 USD. 89040 words. Published on November 22, 2011. Fiction.
In this comic caper novel the inept Perrine brothers steal a valuable painting only to have it stolen from them by the man who anonymously hired them to steal it. The brothers don’t take this well so their challenge now is to make their efforts pay off for them and to punish him.
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