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Geoff Nelder has a physicist wife, two children, and lives in rural England within easy cycle rides of the Welsh mountains. Geoff is a bad-ass freelance editor – morphed after teaching for decades. He was the fiction judge for the Whittaker Prize. He’s had non-fiction books and articles and over 80 short stories published along with the following novels: Exit, Pursued by Bee, mystery science fiction Escaping Reality, humorous thriller Hot Air, thriller, winning awards from a Netherlands Arts Academy Science Fiction trilogy: ARIA Best SF novel award from P&E 2012 Xaghra’s Revenge, magic realism historical fantasy to be published soon.

You must buy ARIA because it is the ONLY book with infectious amnesia. You need this book to solve the question what is the most important thing we treasure in our minds? See the fictional infectious amnesia before it happens to you! ARIA: Alien Retrograde Infectious AmnesiaToday, Jack caught a bug at work. He catches a bus home. By the time he disembarks in the desert town of Rosamond, all the other passengers and the driver have fuzzy heads. Jack had caught an amnesia bug, and it’s infectious.Imagine the ramifications:The passengers arrive home, infecting family; some shop en route infecting everyone they meet. The bus driver receives more passengers giving them change for last week’s prices and today’s amnesia. Some passengers work at the power plant, the water treatment works, the hospital, fire station. All shut down in weeks.One man, Ryder Nape, realizes what’s going on, but can he persuade friends to barricade themselves in a secluded valley, hiding from the amnesia bug?“Geoff Nelder inhabits Science Fiction the way other people inhabit their clothes.” — Jon Courtenay Grimwood “Geoff Nelder's ARIA has the right stuff. He makes us ask the most important question in science fiction--the one about the true limits of personal responsibility.” —Brad LinaweaverRobert J. Sawyer calls ARIA a “fascinating project.”“ARIA has an intriguing premise, and is written in a very accessible style.”—Mike Resnick

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense; Science Fiction & Fantasy

Exit, Pursued by a Bee is driven by a Southern-belle heroine-astronaut, involves a paleolithic mongrel called Kur, Glastonbury Festival chaos, steamy sex in space, a mean-momma loose-cannon journalist and an out-of-control general who'd fix anything by nuking it?

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Erica is a nine-to-five office temp with flaming red hair, emerald eyes, and black lipstick. The highlights of her day usually include coffee meetings and intoxicated fumblings. An adventurer at heart, she hires a hot-air balloon ride for she and her boyfriend, complete with a champagne lunch. While in the air, she witnesses an unsavory crime happening on the ground below. The perpetrators spot the balloon, and begin shooting at it, hitting the pilot and killing him. Somehow, Erica and Paul manage to land the balloon but their troubles are not over. They are tracked down and abducted by a gang engaged in human trafficking, and taken to an island in the Mediterranean. Erica soon adapts to gangland ways and uses her charms to escape. Along the way, her life shifts from bored office temp to a feisty Lara Croft now living on adrenaline and dangerous men. She is chased by a rogue named Dean, who is annoyed by Erica but falling for her at the same time. Hot Air is a contemporary crime novel and a winner of both the Wuacademia Silver Award in 2007 and Prix d'Or (Gold) 2008 for best unpublished novel.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Escaping Reality is a humorous thriller set in Northern Britain and Amsterdam. The story opens with musician Gerry Ricketts having his face pushed into a water-filled gutter by a large policewoman. He is under arrest. After a quick trial, Ricketts is sentenced to ten years in Stonelodge Prison for a jewel robbery he did not commit. Determined to discover who framed him, Ricketts begins plotting his escape. It won't be easy. Stonelodge is a Category B prison, old and smelly, with heavy security. His luck finally turns when he enters into a sexual relationship with Wendy, the prison librarian. He finally makes his escape, hiding out in the Northumberland moors, and eventually reaches Amsterdam. But the plot that landed him in prison is bigger than he knows, and his troubles are just beginning as he struggles to stay one step ahead of the law and clear his name. Escaping Reality, although set in Europe, was inspired by the 1960's TV series The Fugitive. Geoff Nelder's other books include Exit - Pursued by a Bee, ARIA, and Hot Air.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Two competition judges discuss everything they know about entering, judging and (most importantly) winning short story competitions, in an easy-to-follow question and answer format.You will learn exactly what competition judges are looking for, how scoring systems work, how to score highly in every category, what impresses judges the most and what turns them off, how to write an exceptional short story, which types of competition give you the best chance of winning, how to avoid being disqualified, and much more.Dave Haslett is the founder of ideas4writers, the ideas and inspiration website, and has judged two ideas4writers short story competitions that each attracted hundreds of entries.Geoff Nelder is an award-winning short story writer and novelist, and the fiction judge for the Whittaker Prize in 2009 and 2012.

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