Location: United States
Member Since: May 19, 2009
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A. Sparrow


Biography

I'm an amateur writer with zero interest in traditional publishing. Nothing against authors who still aim to squeeze a living from this moribund profession. I don't have the time or patience to mess around with that jazz.

I write because I'm a fussy reader who struggled to find books worth reading at my local book shops. My shelves became littered with a grim collection of hardcovers and paperbacks I was unable to finish. It reached the point where if I wanted to be entertained by writing, I had to do it myself.

My stories may be unusual, but I wouldn't call them literary or experimental. They depict ordinary people in extraordinary situations, free of the usual genre or commercial constraints. I might suggest that if you're looking for more of the same of whatever you've been reading, you'll have better luck looking elsewhere.

I'm not particularly proud of any of my books, but some people seem to like them. I'm aiming higher.

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Where to find A. Sparrow online

Twitter: aesparrow
Wattpad: ASparrow
Blog: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3255361.A_Sparrow/blog

Books

Vultures in the Playground    by A. Sparrow
Price: Free! 78060 words. Published on July 7, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Mugged fresh off a plane in Liberia, Archie Parsons is lucky to limit the damage to a scalp contusion and a stolen passport. Turns out, these weren’t ordinary thugs. They work for a powerful and shadowy industrial consortium that specializes in political assassination. Through a series of mishaps, Archie's identity becomes confused with that of their lead assassin - a man named Black.
Sonant    by A. Sparrow
Price: Free! 138020 words. Published on March 29, 2011. Fiction.
0.5 star(3.50 from 2 reviews)
Something strange lurks in a bell jar in the music room of wealthy eccentric, Aaron Levine, feeding on the sounds his mercenaries create. Bassist Aerie Walker, lured back into performance after a failed odyssey in professional jazz, finds herself involved with this band of musical alchemists as a Deliverance Ministry attempts to exorcize the demons perceived to dwell in Aaron's abode.
Peregrin    by A. Sparrow
Price: Free! 123200 words. Published on August 7, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
(Sequel to Xenolith). Frank Bowen braves three portals and a parallel world at war to find the wife he lost years ago in Belize, but the reunion inexplicably bombs. The Liz he finds is much evolved from the woman he married. Can Frank rekindle what they once shared, survive the coming purge and convince her to return with him to the land of their birth?
Lethe    by A. Sparrow
Price: Free! 85990 words. Published on May 26, 2010. Fiction.
0.75 star(3.67 from 3 reviews)
Dan Tompkins, dead of supernatural causes at age 22, washes up on Lethe, where souls go to forget life and strive for Elysium. Pining for Gina, the love he left behind, Dan wants out. He teams with rogue soul Marco Sabonis to find a way back to the land of life. The Elysial powers are not amused. There may be Hell to pay.
Xenolith    by A. Sparrow
Price: Free! 126230 words. Published on October 11, 2009. Fiction.
0.25 star(4.26 from 23 reviews)
Lassoed, knocked down, face planted in the dirt -- best thing to happen to Frank Bowen in years. When wife Liz went missing in the wilds of Belize, the constables of San Ignacio could find no trace. Years later, on a pilgrimage to her remote 'grave,' Frank is abducted and whisked away to a place he can't identify, by people whose motives and origins baffle him. Could this be what happened to Liz?

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