The Carnage Motel
by Deran Ludd
Price: Free! 9460 words.
Published on June 13, 2011. Fiction.
A winter wonderland of desperation, need and want in a snowbound motel room in eastern Oregon.
Location: United States
Member Since: July 09, 2010
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Deran Ludd
Biography
Deran Ludd takes traditional genre fiction, twists it and twists it, adds unusual characters, and tells tales pumped with action, woe, and dark humor.
Ludd is the author of two published novels:
Sick Burn Cut (Semiotext[e], 1992) was optioned for a film, and a screenplay was developed by the author. A slightly reworked excerpt from the novel appeared in the German short story anthology AmLit (Druckhaus Galrev, 1992).
No Aloha (Semiotext[e], 1999; DIY ebook edition, 2010) has been a part of class readings at St. John's University and the City College of New York. It has also been included in a Colorado Association of Libraries bibliography, and was included in a suggested reading list in Monolith Magazine (January 2011). Excerpts from the novel appeared in the New Zealand science fiction magazine Log Illustrated, 1999. and the online edition of Pugzine, 1999.
Ludd is also the author of several short stories, including eshort stories Hypnotizing Chickens and The Carnage Motel. Both are available from most ebook outlets.
Ludd is the author of two published novels:
Sick Burn Cut (Semiotext[e], 1992) was optioned for a film, and a screenplay was developed by the author. A slightly reworked excerpt from the novel appeared in the German short story anthology AmLit (Druckhaus Galrev, 1992).
No Aloha (Semiotext[e], 1999; DIY ebook edition, 2010) has been a part of class readings at St. John's University and the City College of New York. It has also been included in a Colorado Association of Libraries bibliography, and was included in a suggested reading list in Monolith Magazine (January 2011). Excerpts from the novel appeared in the New Zealand science fiction magazine Log Illustrated, 1999. and the online edition of Pugzine, 1999.
Ludd is also the author of several short stories, including eshort stories Hypnotizing Chickens and The Carnage Motel. Both are available from most ebook outlets.
Where to find Deran Ludd online
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Hypnotizing Chickens
by Deran Ludd
Price: Free! 4760 words. Published on August 24, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
A well-paying working vacation in picturesque New Mexico. Two women, on assignment to kill someone else's irritant, end up playing a near deadly game of race and gender, just to get breakfast.
Price: Free! 4760 words. Published on August 24, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 2 reviews) A well-paying working vacation in picturesque New Mexico. Two women, on assignment to kill someone else's irritant, end up playing a near deadly game of race and gender, just to get breakfast.
No Aloha (The Friendly Happy Music Of The Past)
by Deran Ludd
Price: $0.99 USD. 43650 words. Published on July 10, 2010. Fiction.
In an adhoc family of survival and love, four kids fight and rob their way across civil war-ravaged Denver. At the end of the 20th century the USA has collapsed under the crush of Christian fascism and rapacious corporations. As the UN abandons efforts to stabilize the former-United States, the kids desperately push on through a fiery cityscape toward a twilight mirage of the American Dream.
Price: $0.99 USD. 43650 words. Published on July 10, 2010. Fiction.
In an adhoc family of survival and love, four kids fight and rob their way across civil war-ravaged Denver. At the end of the 20th century the USA has collapsed under the crush of Christian fascism and rapacious corporations. As the UN abandons efforts to stabilize the former-United States, the kids desperately push on through a fiery cityscape toward a twilight mirage of the American Dream.
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Deran Ludd's favorite authors on Smashwords
Lili Koi
Latest book: Stuff on the Rocks. Published on January 12, 2011.
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View their blog. Latest post: "Dedun: Recent short story published on Smashwords"
Smashwords book reviews by Deran Ludd
- The Englisher Seduction
on Oct. 01, 2010
As soon as I started this story I knew it was going to get evil, and I wasn't disappointed. And even if you have a pretty good idea where it's going, it still draws you along, word by word. I hope Koi does a novel, I have no doubt it'll be killer.