The Stein & Candle Detective Agency, Vol. 1: American Nightmares (The Stein & Candle Detective Agency #1) (42 page)

Twenty-Three years old,
Michael Panush
has distinguished himself as one of Sacramento’s most promising young writers. Michael has published numerous short stories in a variety of e-zines including: AuroraWolf, Demon Minds, Fantastic Horror, Dark Fire Fiction, Aphelion, Horrorbound, Fantasy Gazetteer, Demonic Tome, Tiny Globule, and Defenestration.

Michael began telling stories when he was only nine years old. He won first place in the Sacramento Storyteller’s Guild “Liar’s Contest” in 2002 and was a finalist in the National Youth Storytelling Olympics in in 2003. In 2005, Michael’s short story entitled, Adventures in Algebra, won first place in the annual MISFITS Writing Contest.

In 2007, Michael was selected as a California Art’s Scholar and attended the Innerspark Summer Writing Program at the CalArts Institute. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 2008 and has recently graduated from UC Santa Cruz.

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ISBN: 978-1-62007-028-4 (ebook)
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Stein & Candle Dective Agency: Cold Wars, by Michael Panush
(
http://curiosityquills.com/stein-candle-vol-2/
)

A wealthy Hawaiian hotelier is chewed to death by sharks – in his penthouse office. A traveling salesman goes missing – in a shady New England town full of monstrous fishmen. A new casino gets supernaturally good luck in Vegas – thanks to ancient Egyptian magic.

These are the cases taken by the Stein & Candle Detective Agency. But sometimes, arcane evil goes back a long way and a dangerous force from deep in the past of Stein’s family is about rise. Weatherby and Mort will put everything they have into stopping it – and it might not be enough.

Stein & Candle Dective Agency: Red Reunion, by Michael Panush
(
http://curiosityquills.com/stein-candle-vol-3/
)

For Weatherby Stein and Morton Candle – private detectives specializing in the paranormal – life normally isn’t easy. They deal with cases that pit them against ferocious demons in the Tokyo underworld, Satan-worshipping teenagers in a seemingly normal suburb and lizard-men in a Lake Tahoe lounge, and they still manage to come out on top. But now one of Weatherby’s ancient ancestors, the villainous Viscount Wagner Stein, has been resurrected and is looking to stir up trouble – and he’s not alone.

Weatherby, Morton and their allies must make a stand to stop the evils of the past from corrupting of the future – and only one side will emerge alive.

Jurassic Club: Dinosaur Jazz, by Michael Panush
(
http://curiosityquills.com/dinosaur-jazz/
)

Acheron Island is a world lost to time, home to prehistoric creatures from earth’s savage past – and Sir Edwin Crowe, son of one of the world’s last Gentleman Adventurers. When ruthless American businessman, Selwyn Slade, brings an army of corporate cronies and modern industrial power to conquer this world from the past, it’s up to Sir Edwin to protect these prehistoric lands.

Its Jazz Age meets the Mesozoic Age in a world where cave men, gangsters, hunters, zeppelins, pirates, warlords and dinosaurs clash for a chance of survival. All that and more is waiting for you in Dinosaur Jazz, a tale of high adventure in a prehistoric world.

El Mosaico: Scarred Souls, by Michael Panush
(
http://curiosityquills.com/el-mosaico-vol-1/
)

Clayton Cane’s hideously scarred face has earned him a dreaded nickname–El Mosaico. But Cane’s no normal gunslinger–a patchwork man, sewn together from pieces of corpses and given life by black magic. And the blistering gunfights, heartless outlaws and legendary monsters that Cane encounters are far from normal.