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Quad-Cities Author Mark McLaughlin Releases ‘Keegan’s Companions’ On Kindle

July 2nd, 2023
Quad-Cities Author Mark McLaughlin Releases 'Keegan's Companions' On Kindle

Keegan’s Companions by Mark McLaughlin has been released on Kindle! KEEGAN’S COMPANIONS is a short story on Kindle, available for only 99 cents. Also available on Kindle Unlimited. US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SPK2GC UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C9SPK2GC Like McLaughlin’s novel, HUMAN DOLL, it is a horror/science-fiction tale set in the entertainment industry. Keegan Bray is one of the world’s wealthiest men, and his latest business obsession is artificial intelligence. His new company, Keegan’s Companions, is making robotic AI consorts using doll technology. Keegan’s... Read More

Rock Island Author To Sign New Collection With Frankenstein Sequel

November 20th, 2020
Rock Island Author To Sign New Collection With Frankenstein Sequel

Rock Island author Michael McCarty will hold a Covid-safe book signing (masks required) this Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Igor’s Bistro, 3055 38th St., Rock Island. The 50-ish author’s latest is “Frankenstein’s Mistress: Tales of Love & Monsters,” published by Grinning Skull Press ($15 paperback). This collection of horror and science fiction stories includes a sequel to Mary Shelley’s classic “Frankenstein” – with Victor Frankenstein, the monster, and a blind fortune teller named Rose Blackthorn. In other tales, even the apocalypse won’t stop Leonard Cartwright from... Read More

Get Spooked With Ghost Tales

September 26th, 2019
Get Spooked With Ghost Tales

Halloween is creeping up and will be here before you know it. So why not start getting into the spirit now? Colonel Davenport Historical Foundation will be celebrating all that is spooky, with “Ghost Tales” this Saturday Sep 28 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., with scary stories told by local storytellers on the grounds of the Colonel Davenport House on Arsenal Island (Davenport Avenue Rock Island). Admission for this event is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and free for children 12 and younger and active military. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with guided tours through the Colonel Davenport House.... Read More