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PD Allen


Biography

PD Allen lives in a cabin in a remote section of the Porcupine Mountains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. His cabin is equipped with a hand pump to draw water. Electricity is provided by a bicycle hooked to a small generator.

He spends his days hunting, fishing and foraging. He travels around the UP a great deal, gathering folklore and exploring various mysteries. He also practices shamanism, and can sometimes be seen traveling through the wilderness, flying from treetop to treetop under the influence of Amanita Muscaria. Occasionally he assumes the form of a large red fox.

On clear nights when there is a full moon, locals say you can hear him playing his fiddle high up on the mountaintops. The Indians say he plays for the little Manitou, which come out to dance and caper.

At least once per week, he travels twenty-five miles on foot to the nearest cybercafé. There he updates his blog — PD Allen: Stories, Rants, & Raves http://allenpd.blogspot.com/.

Where to find PD Allen online

Website: http://pdallen.com
Twitter: AllenPD
Facebook: Facebook profile
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/daleallenpfeiffer

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/PD-Allen/e/B0030WFKWI/

Books

Fiddlesticks    by PD Allen
Price: $2.99 USD. 109110 words. Published on January 16, 2012. Fiction.
16-year-old Ojibwa fiddler Rene DeClaire was just trying to find herself, in line with the old ways and shamanic practices as taught to her by her Grandma Rena. Instead, she found herself at the center of a struggle to save the World Under the Flesh, and by extension her own world, from predations of the Blight, the Horde and a corrupted shaman known as the Ogimauh.
Strange Attractors    by PD Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 34460 words. Published on December 19, 2011. Fiction.
This volume contains eleven tales from the frontier of imagination, stories that are, by turn, surreal, satirical, surprising, subversive, slapstick, sensual and spiritual. And always stimulating.
Complete Tales of da Yoopernatural    by PD Allen
Price: $2.99 USD. 133150 words. Published on December 5, 2011. Fiction.
In these tales the author has created a world of myth and legend, a world which looks a lot like the one we inhabit but is just a bit skewed with the occasional portal to other dimensions, appearance of mythical creatures, spirits, ghosts and more. The stories range from the prosaically dreamlike to the disturbing, without a lot of graphic bloodshed or gratuitous violence.
A Killer's Pride; Tales of da Yoopernatural, Volume 4    by PD Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 37110 words. Published on May 21, 2010. Fiction.
Out of a misguided sense of loyalty, young Ojibwa Indian Stephen DeClaire ignores a call to follow the Red Path. He joins the army along with his friend Skip Neunan and is shipped to Iraq just in time to take part in the razing of Fallujah. Stephen finds himself the focus of a struggle between the Buffalo Maiden and the Beast of Babylon.
Afraid of the Dark; Tales of da Yoopernatural, Volume 3    by PD Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 34640 words. Published on April 8, 2010. Fiction.
Drawn by a contrasting mixture of attraction and repulsion, will Andrew Erickson uncover what secrets lie hidden in the absolute darkness of the haunted Laughing Eagle Mine before they cost him his life, and that of his friends? Also in this volume, an enchanted, ancient sturgeon seeks to communicate with Bruce Torvalds, bridging the gap between man and nature. Is it already too late for Bruce?
The Eighth Tier    by PD Allen
Price: Free! 15300 words. Published on February 3, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
And you thought being a deadhead was a lifestyle. Jim Burroughs writes the history of Tier Dwellers living on the eighth tier of a ten tier concert stadium out on the plains in Kansas. Though banal and pathetic, their story is full of droll humor and existential insights.
The Secret Life of Trees (Tales of da Yoopernatural, Volume 2)    by PD Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 29960 words. Published on February 2, 2010. Fiction.
The northern woodlands are home to many strange sights. Some say the ghosts of fallen forests haunt the region. A few speak of enchantments even more mysterious than ghosts, marvels of the fallen wilderness that linger, haunting woodlands and claiming the lives of solitary hunters or backpackers. Carl Landau will soon discover the truth behind these local legends. Also includes The Giant Killer.
Blood Moon    by PD Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 35490 words. Published on December 5, 2009. Fiction.
0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Connie Hillman tries to save her former lover and PhD advisor, Phil Waverly, from making a terrible mistake. Phil finds an ancient ceremonial site that could prove there was a PreColumbian Bronze Age civilization in the Great Lakes region. Connie fears it will lead to something much darker. This volume also includes The Buck of Mulligan Plains.

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Smashwords book reviews by PD Allen

  • The Death Trip on Nov. 20, 2009
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    Grim story, the last third is pretty intense. The author has developed some intriguing ideas about medicine, the pharmaceutical industry, and consumer culture. She has an adequate knowledge of pharmacology and ethnobotanics. I love a good corporate conspiracy, and this one is very well-done, making possible some interesting statements about the modern world in which we live. The ending presents the main character with a tremendous dilemma.
  • Benny Platonov on Dec. 07, 2009
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    This will cut you up and cut you down. A great writer who should have received more recognition years ago. That he is giving this book away for free is astounding.
  • Songs From the Other Side of The Wall on Dec. 08, 2009
    star star star star star
    I haven't read the entire book yet, but what I have read is beautiful. Dan can write. He has created vital and vibrant characters, full of observation about life and the world in which we live. I can't wait to read the entire novel.
  • Sentence of Marriage on Dec. 08, 2009
    star star star star star
    This is an exquisite portrait of life in New Zealand over a century ago, through the eyes of a young woman. Shayne Parkinson is a first class storyteller, and a pleasure to read.