Location: United States
Member Since: June 02, 2010

Jon Thorpe


Biography

Jon Thorpe resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Books

The Novagem    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 3290 words. Published on June 6, 2010. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
An odd young man is smitten by an antique store clerk. During one of his awkward attempts at wooing her, the young man comes across a book on the 1915 San Francisco Pan-Pacific Exposition that will overturn his notion of reality and inspire him to join forces with a secret organization hell-bent on proving that the sun is not a star.
The Mormon    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 8600 words. Published on June 5, 2010. Fiction.
Three members of a secret organization sit in a Calcutta bar and discuss an ancient codex they have recently purloined from a Tibetan monastery. They know that the key to unlocking the knowledge contained within the codex is a young Mormon who has been spirited away to the Rason-Marinetti Oil Platform to analyze the validity of what just might be Siberian seer stones.
To Come Back So Far From Nowhere In Particular    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 1740 words. Published on June 5, 2010. Fiction.
Jared Petrarch, a fine young man and an upstanding Christian, dies on the way home from a church dance. This story takes a look at the subtle but profound effects his existence has had on the lives of others.
The Sister City Initiative    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 4810 words. Published on June 4, 2010. Fiction.
As a man's marriage begins to crumble he becomes increasingly obsessed with the passage of the Sister City Initiative.
Never, Ever, Bring This Up Again    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 2910 words. Published on June 4, 2010. Fiction.
The American-owned, Liberian-incorporated SCOVAL Corporation attempts to negotiate the release of its employees from their North Korean kidnappers after a deal regarding the repurposing of the Rason-Marinetti Oil Platform goes bad.
A Girl Named X.    by Jon Thorpe
Price: Free! 45750 words. Published on June 2, 2010. Fiction.
X. is an orphan. She believes her father was killed in combat. Her brilliant mother committed suicide. X. discovers she can phase in and out of reality. She watches time fold in on itself. She passes through multiple dimensions. She seeks refuge in the City of Memory. She discovers a single path. She befriends a talking cat. She receives a message from her dead father and journeys to find him.

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