The Prisoner
by Adrian Scott
Price: Free! 20710 words.
Published on April 19, 2013. Fiction.
The first 50 years of Australia's settlement by the white man was a time of brutality, cruelty, and harshness - not always on the part of the prisoners.
One man, transported for a crime today's world would consider minor, finds that regardless of his crime, regardless of his past, he comes to a time when he discovers some things are worth dying for.
Location: Australia
Member Since: Aug. 10, 2011
Adrian Scott
Biography
I have been writing short stories since 9 years old, changed to writing novels 4 years ago. in that time, I've written 69, now working on my 70th; thirty-one of which have been published in the US by Renaissance ebooks and Publishing by Rebecca J Vickery. I am also publishing on Smashwords. Society of Vampires volume 1, published by Rebecca J Vickery, Publishers, US; has also been forwarded by Rebecca to Francis Ford Coppola for consideration as a movie. So it's all go at the moment.
I have three daughters, all of whom I regularly see. My wife of 31 years, Penny, passed away on March 17, 2011.
I live in a retirement village in Caboolture Queensland with my dog, Scamp. He is my main critic and friend.
I have three daughters, all of whom I regularly see. My wife of 31 years, Penny, passed away on March 17, 2011.
I live in a retirement village in Caboolture Queensland with my dog, Scamp. He is my main critic and friend.
Where to find Adrian Scott online
Website: http://www.adrianscott.info
Twitter: Scottian64832
Blog: http://adrianscottma.wordpress.com/
Twitter: Scottian64832
- @VinniesNSWmedia @KRuddMP Definitely! Homelessness is a bigger problem than the vast percentage of pollies want to admit.
- Not many hours to go before you'll have to pay 99 cents for Society of Vampires II, people! Get it while it's still free!
- @StevePriceMedia @ABSStats And only, basically, the coastline is populated. How many would we be if the entire country were populated?
- Is Writing A Lonely Profession? http://t.co/Z0tqBEoYV3
- Society of Vampires vol II 'Return of the Fox' is free from Fri 26-Mon30 April at http://t.co/BJDAYNk8gh. Can't do better than that, people!
Blog: http://adrianscottma.wordpress.com/
Where to buy in print
Books
A Vampire's Tale
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 51480 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on October 2, 2012. Fiction.
~ Horror Romance ~ The Society, ruled by Lord Tarkus, provides refuge for vampires in Paris. The Accord with the Gypsy clan provides an ally against their common enemy, the werewolf. A traitor set on destruction dwells among us. I will share how I fell in love and became one of the Society; the battles we face; the discovery of the traitor; and the exciting, fulfilling, and eternal life before me.
Price: $2.99 USD. 51480 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on October 2, 2012. Fiction.
~ Horror Romance ~ The Society, ruled by Lord Tarkus, provides refuge for vampires in Paris. The Accord with the Gypsy clan provides an ally against their common enemy, the werewolf. A traitor set on destruction dwells among us. I will share how I fell in love and became one of the Society; the battles we face; the discovery of the traitor; and the exciting, fulfilling, and eternal life before me.
Gateway to Hell
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 43460 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on July 30, 2012. Fiction.
~ A Horror novel by multi-published Australian author, Adrian Scott ~ In 1869, Richard and Donna Hanniger move into their new home. The only reminder of a removed old mansion is a dead tree in the yard. They determine to remove the eye-sore and do, leaving a gaping hole. Storms, odors, sounds, and unbelievable sights assail them. Are they losing their sanity or have they opened a gateway to Hell?
Price: $2.99 USD. 43460 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on July 30, 2012. Fiction.
~ A Horror novel by multi-published Australian author, Adrian Scott ~ In 1869, Richard and Donna Hanniger move into their new home. The only reminder of a removed old mansion is a dead tree in the yard. They determine to remove the eye-sore and do, leaving a gaping hole. Storms, odors, sounds, and unbelievable sights assail them. Are they losing their sanity or have they opened a gateway to Hell?
Revenge
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 41950 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on April 1, 2012. Fiction.
Heinous murders haunt the poorer streets of Sydney. Dr. Marcus Learnaby is a caring, skilled surgeon to his patients and those who work under him. To his wife and young son, he is a dictator, a martinet. Could there be a darker side to the doctor, a side which seeks death and darkness? Will one detective be able to bring him face to face with his true self and end a long killing spree?
Price: $2.99 USD. 41950 words. Published by Publishing by Rebecca J. Vickery on April 1, 2012. Fiction.
Heinous murders haunt the poorer streets of Sydney. Dr. Marcus Learnaby is a caring, skilled surgeon to his patients and those who work under him. To his wife and young son, he is a dictator, a martinet. Could there be a darker side to the doctor, a side which seeks death and darkness? Will one detective be able to bring him face to face with his true self and end a long killing spree?
Strange Tales, Dark Thoughts volume III
by Adrian Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 22280 words. Published on December 12, 2011. Fiction.
Two tales that will have the hairs on the back of your neck rising, and alter your conception of the decency of man as you know it.
Price: $0.99 USD. 22280 words. Published on December 12, 2011. Fiction.
Two tales that will have the hairs on the back of your neck rising, and alter your conception of the decency of man as you know it.
Strange Tales, Dark Thoughts volume II
by Adrian Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 22190 words. Published on November 9, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of short stories in the horror genre: some weird, some strange, some downright unbelievable, but all designed to make the reader think...and think again, then leave the bedside light burning through the night.
Price: $0.99 USD. 22190 words. Published on November 9, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of short stories in the horror genre: some weird, some strange, some downright unbelievable, but all designed to make the reader think...and think again, then leave the bedside light burning through the night.
Curse from the Dark Continent
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.50 USD. 42580 words. Published on October 25, 2011. Fiction.
Alan Carmody, a cattle breeder in South Africa, loses everything when an evil witchdoctor causes his negro hands to run off, after burning and looting his farm and killing his family. He kills the witchdoctor and emigrates to Australia, but the witchdoctor's spirit in the giuse of a cheetah, begins hunting down all with whom he comes into contact in this new country, until only Alan is left.
Price: $2.50 USD. 42580 words. Published on October 25, 2011. Fiction.
Alan Carmody, a cattle breeder in South Africa, loses everything when an evil witchdoctor causes his negro hands to run off, after burning and looting his farm and killing his family. He kills the witchdoctor and emigrates to Australia, but the witchdoctor's spirit in the giuse of a cheetah, begins hunting down all with whom he comes into contact in this new country, until only Alan is left.
The Death House
by Adrian Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 25880 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
In the early days of rail, a shack was built on railway property to house the bodies of those killed on or near the rail. It became known as the Death House. this collection of short stories features mysteries all connected to the death house in some eerie and evil way.
Price: $0.99 USD. 25880 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
In the early days of rail, a shack was built on railway property to house the bodies of those killed on or near the rail. It became known as the Death House. this collection of short stories features mysteries all connected to the death house in some eerie and evil way.
Dr Alexander V Weemis
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.50 USD. 54670 words. Published on September 29, 2011. Fiction.
A doctor is sentenced to transportation to australia for life, and develops a hunger for human flesh. his insanity reaches new heights when he meets the woman of his dreams...or is it nightmares?
Price: $2.50 USD. 54670 words. Published on September 29, 2011. Fiction.
A doctor is sentenced to transportation to australia for life, and develops a hunger for human flesh. his insanity reaches new heights when he meets the woman of his dreams...or is it nightmares?
Strange Tales, Dark Thoughts volume I
by Adrian Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 19710 words. Published on September 20, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of tales of the strange, the weird, and the frightening. Just the thing to read on a dark night when the lightning flashes, and the thunder crashes, and all the doors are locked.
Price: $0.99 USD. 19710 words. Published on September 20, 2011. Fiction.
A collection of tales of the strange, the weird, and the frightening. Just the thing to read on a dark night when the lightning flashes, and the thunder crashes, and all the doors are locked.
The Vyrkolaka
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.50 USD. 42830 words. Published on September 7, 2011. Fiction.
the greeks say if a body is left unguarded between death and burial it will rise to prey on its kin. charles comstock drowns off the island of Santorini, and is transported to sydney for burial, but he rises to kill his kin one by one - and all that stand between it and success are an old greek woman and a disbelieving young priest.
Price: $2.50 USD. 42830 words. Published on September 7, 2011. Fiction.
the greeks say if a body is left unguarded between death and burial it will rise to prey on its kin. charles comstock drowns off the island of Santorini, and is transported to sydney for burial, but he rises to kill his kin one by one - and all that stand between it and success are an old greek woman and a disbelieving young priest.
Shadow of Hecate
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.50 USD. 41830 words. Published on August 23, 2011. Fiction.
an old jewish man is murdered in 1800's sydney by a gang of thugs, and his wife, a witch, uses her familiar, a large dog, as a murder weapon to slaughter one by one the gang. blood runs free in the streets, and a journalist is left in the middle of a mystery he cannot unravel...
Price: $2.50 USD. 41830 words. Published on August 23, 2011. Fiction.
an old jewish man is murdered in 1800's sydney by a gang of thugs, and his wife, a witch, uses her familiar, a large dog, as a murder weapon to slaughter one by one the gang. blood runs free in the streets, and a journalist is left in the middle of a mystery he cannot unravel...
The Vampires of Port Arthur
by Adrian Scott
Price: $2.50 USD. 50860 words. Published on August 21, 2011. Fiction.
a family of five vampires are driven out of their lair in Eastern Europe and board ship for australia, the state of van diemen's land, where a new prison colony is being built. saul, the teenage vampire, falls in love and watches in horror as his new love turns from what she was into what she has become. one by one, they are killed off until only one remains. but which one is it?
Price: $2.50 USD. 50860 words. Published on August 21, 2011. Fiction.
a family of five vampires are driven out of their lair in Eastern Europe and board ship for australia, the state of van diemen's land, where a new prison colony is being built. saul, the teenage vampire, falls in love and watches in horror as his new love turns from what she was into what she has become. one by one, they are killed off until only one remains. but which one is it?
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