Location: United States
Member Since: Dec. 31, 2011
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Doug Dandridge


Biography

Doug Dandridge was born in Venice Florida in 1957, just a month before the launch of Sputnik. Doug read his first science fiction novel, Robert Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy, at the age of six, and then went on to devour every piece of fantastic literature he could get his hands on. H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelly were soon followed by more Heinlein, Asimov, van Vogt, Leinster and others. These were followed by Robert E. Howard, Burroughs, Moorecock and many more. Doug was also fascinated with history and science, and devoured as many books in those genres as he could. Doug's military experience included Marine Corps JROTC, active duty US Army, and a stint in the Florida National Guard. He was an avid student of martial arts and spent many an weekend in the woods with the Explorer Scouts. In the Army he was an expert with every weapon he put his hands on. Doug studied Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geology, and graduated from Florida State University with a BS in Psychology. He studied Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama, with special interest in Neuropsychology and Child Psychology, earning a Masters and completing all the course work needed for a PhD. Several years ago Doug attempted nursing school, taking courses in Anatomy and Nutrition prior to dropping out of the program due to health concerns. Doug has worked in Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Health Centers, a Prison, a Juvenile Residential Facility, and most recently for the Florida Department of Children and Families. He has been writing on and off for the last fifteen years, producing Near and Far Future Science Fiction, Urban and High Fantasy, Horror, and Alternate History. Doug writes intelligent science fiction and fantasy, with characters who are strong and smart, only defeated due to the greater strength of their opponents. Says Doug, I will never end a story with they all died. I believe people want good stories where the characters they cheer for triumph, maybe not winning the way they want, but winning nonetheless. They want stories of hope. I do not like writing that is so fresh and cliche free that they are incomprehensible, and I will not write such stories.

Where to find Doug Dandridge online

Website: http://dougdandridge.net
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Books

Refuge: The Arrival: Book 1    by Doug Dandridge
Price: $0.99 USD. 115380 words. Published on May 13, 2012. Fiction.
Nuclear war breaks out in Central Europe, the Russians trying to secure their old empire. The dimensional gates open to another world, a world of magic. The evil Emperor of the Ellala sees the millions of transplanted humans as soul energy to forward his scheme for immortality. They are seen by the natives as the fulfillment of a prophecy. Can the humans prevail against the embodiment of evil.
Doppelganger: A Novel of Refuge    by Doug Dandridge
Price: Free! 94570 words. Published on February 19, 2012. Fiction.
Kurtvon Mannerheim had never wanted to become ruler. He had enough of leadership during the bloodbath that was the Second World War. But the Gods of Refuge had prophesized such, and so he had become Emperor. The Empress Gwenara was kidnapped from his Capital. Now Kurt must ride the trail of war again, if he wishes to save her from a fate worse than death. And her soul from damnation.
The Shadows of the Multiverse    by Doug Dandridge
Price: $0.99 USD. 95110 words. Published on February 5, 2012. Fiction.
No one knew where the gates came from. No one knew what had killed the thousands of civilizations that had once roamed space. It was back, with a vengeance, destroying the intelligences that might challenge its hegemony. It is up to humans, endowed with the powers the creatures’ fear to end the threat forever. Lucille the warrior, Howard the scientist, and Siobahn the child, it is in their hands.
Diamonds In The Sand    by Doug Dandridge
Price: Free! 80680 words. Published on January 20, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
When a perfectly fit scientist falls dead in a closed room of an apparent heart attack, Detective Lieutenant Gary Lariviere must solve the case. Doctor Matheson has been working in the field of nanotechnology. Gary must navigate the shady undercurrents of the sunny Florida retirement city, Until he runs into the full potential of the new technology, and the full terrors.
The Scorpion    by Doug Dandridge
Price: $0.99 USD. 118160 words. Published on January 20, 2012. Fiction.
Kestrel McMann had faced the Scorpion before. The Scorpion had escaped by uploading his mind to a computer network. McMann moved on to Homeland Security, working for a corrupt government. The Scorpion is back. Cloning people who occupy high level positions, the Scorpion is striking back at the Great Satan. It is up to Kestrel to once again stop the terrorist, before he springs his final strike.
The Deep Dark Well    by Doug Dandridge
Price: $1.99 USD. 94080 words. Published on December 31, 2011. Fiction.
You can take the girl out of Alabama, but you can't take Alabama out of the girl, even when you transport her forty thousand years into the future. Civilization has fallen, except on the enormous space station known as the Donut. The Donut has repelled invasions in the past, but they have never had to deal with an Kuiper Belt Miner from the Yellowhammer State.
The Hunger    by Doug Dandridge
Price: $1.99 USD. 94760 words. Published on December 31, 2011. Fiction.
Hooker, heroin addict, victim, Lucinda Taylor lived her life at the mercy of evil men. After her pimp leaves her for dead she is turned by a passing vampire. Now she has the power, and she uses it to strike back at the evil men who tormented her in life. Lucinda must avoid those who would destroy her in her quest to take down the crime boss of sunny Tampa. But he has other ideas.

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