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Title	:	24:01 One Minute After (Free at Smashwords.com)
Author	:	Eric Diehl
Book Format	:	ebook
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 218 pages
Published	:	January 13th 2012 by Smashwords
Categories	:	Anthologies. Short Stories. Science Fiction

24:01 One Minute After (Free at Smashwords.com) ebook | Pages: 218 pages

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A bunch of short stories free from Smashwords:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

I wanted to review each story & they deserve it. They are often quirky, other times horrible &/or twisted, but all were very good. A lot of different genres were covered from Medieval fantasy to SF. I probably should have rated this as 4 stars, but it's free & very well written. That earns it an extra star & I'm not sure it doesn't deserve it anyway.

"Nanny" is about nanobots with a great ending.
"A Simple Trade" is a fantasy story. Excellent.
"Spirits of the 'Cane" - plain horror with an interesting cast.
"Edgar" A quirky game of magic. Very neat. (view spoiler)[I'll never look at cats the same way again. I could see them doing just this. (hide spoiler)]
"Galinda" Shades of Grendel with a Gardner twist.
"A Kingdom for the Taking" A Medieval conspiracy.
"A Darkness of Spirit" Magic, dragons, Medieval war, & spirit. Interesting on several levels. I'm still thinking about it, so it must be good.
"Verdara Lightstar" Space opera - fun!
"Science & the Greater Good" Wow! I thought I'd seen most SF twists on this theme. Didn't see this one coming, though.
"The Roots of Fate" Not bad, but not my favorite story in the collection. Still, it was interesting & worth reading.
"A Second Rising" Aliens have taken over our world (view spoiler)[ & turned us into ignorant livestock. (hide spoiler)]

I highly recommend getting this & watch out for more by this author. He's good!

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*Book source ~ ARC. My review is honest and voluntary.This anthology is a mixture of paranormal, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. The writing is great, but most of the stories arent really my thing.Nanny ~ Horror. Experiments on rats gone very wrong.A Simple Trade ~ Fantasy. This is why leaders should always talk to their elders/counsel before making decisions. This is my favorite story out of this collection.Spirits of the Cane ~ Horror. I dont get this one.Edgar ~ Fantasy. Ok, this was weird. I

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First of all, I want to thank Eric Diehl for offering this little gem for free on Smashwords. Im very glad I decided to give his anthology a try. The author has a very good command of the written word and has published a collection of short stories that are obviously the product of a boundless and fertile imagination. He can lead the reader effortlessly into the scientific world of modern technology where nanobots inspire dread, or the whimsical world of fantasy where cat-like creatures play a

Don't know if I can finish this one. I started out with an open mind about it, and the first few stories were fine, but the writing needs fine tuning. For example, I enjoyed 'Edgar' and 'A Darkness of Spirit' as they evoked a sort of nostalgia for writing stories of cats and dragons as a kid. After reading through those, and expecting the other entries in this anthology to follow somewhat similar lines, I had the misfortune of reading 'Vedara Lightstar' which was so poorly written both using

A bunch of short stories free from Smashwords:http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...I wanted to review each story & they deserve it. They are often quirky, other times horrible &/or twisted, but all were very good. A lot of different genres were covered from Medieval fantasy to SF. I probably should have rated this as 4 stars, but it's free & very well written. That earns it an extra star & I'm not sure it doesn't deserve it anyway."Nanny" is about nanobots with a great ending.



Eric is a tinkerer; he likes to make things. Perhaps it began with a custom van built in the long-haired days of the seventiesan old school bus with an engine salvaged from the junk yard. Or with the dozens of motorcycles ridden, broken, repaired and ridden again. Eric has built furniture and guitars; hes screen-printed t-shirts and hes used software to created package-design. Hes written software