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James Hold
Full Series List in Order
Adventures of Buck Stardust
1 - All the World's a Sage (May-2014)2 - See You Later Alligator (May-2014)
3 - Buck Stardust's Not-So Great Adventure (May-2014)
4 - The Supreme Torture (May-2014)
5 - Funeral For A Friend (Jul-2014)
6 - Rudy's Rock (Jul-2014)
Out of Texas
1 - The Gaunt-Faced Grappler (Oct-2013)2 - Chariots of the Texans (Nov-2013)
3 - Remember the Aloe, Moe (Jun-2014)
4 - Josie and the Alley Cat (Aug-2014)
5 - Itinerary (Sep-2014)
6 - Bag's Gotta Brand New Papa (Apr-2015)
7 - Back to Square One (Jan-2019)
Purrfect Parables
1 - The Horse of the Seven Fables (May-2014)2 - The Rooster King and His Sun (May-2014)
3 - Pinky the Polka-Dotted Pig (Jul-2014)
4 - Rocky's Tail (Jan-2015)
Book List in Order: 140 titles
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The Gaunt-Faced Grappler
- Oct-2013
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Can a radioactively reanimated cat find happiness in the world of professional fighting? In the Great State of Texas anything can happen.Back in the 1960s there was a cartoon show, Tennessee Tuxedo, about a penguin trying to make it in the world of m...
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Chariots of the Texans
- Nov-2013
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The second installment in the continuing saga of the gaunt-faced grappler, a shape-shifting cat turned human.1. Chariots of the Texans -- Famed UFO investigator Erik Von Fritz, believing the gaunt-faced grappler is the son of Bigfoot, drafts our hero...
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Remember the Aloe, Moe
- Jun-2014
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The gaunt-faced grappler begins the six-week Easter season by entering a tournament to crown a new STW champion. Along the way, he must also wrestle with the question of which of two women he truly loves.The gaunt-faced grappler begins the six-week E...
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Rudy's Rock
- Jul-2014
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Fans of Bill Haley and the Comets may be disappointed to learn he and his band do not appear anywhere in this story. It does however feature Buck Stardust, a scantily clad damsel in distress, and some creepy flesh-eating caterpillars. That and the Ph...
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Josie and the Alley Cat
- Aug-2014
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""In that rare subgenre of Christian literature concerning cats that take human form and enter championship wrestling tournaments, OUT OF TEXAS 4 definitely rates in the top 10." - Merry Baker, The Kitchen Science MonitorEaster we"...
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Bag's Gotta Brand New Papa
- Apr-2015
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A subtlety nuanced work, which can be enjoyed on any number of levels, although sitting would probably be the most comfortable. -- Fannie Setzwell, The 'Bar K' LoungerWhen Tropical Gale Kim leaves the city flooded, the gaunt-faced grappler holes up i...
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Incidental Contact
- Oct-2016
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Which came first--the ostrich or the emu? Everyone knows the joke about the man who asked a genie for a tall beautiful girl with long legs and large eyes...and the genie gave him an ostrich. But then what happened? Here are eight tales about O'Ryan, ...
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Back to Square One
- Jan-2019
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As the floodwaters of Tropical Gale Kim recede, Houston sets out to recover from the devastating effects of the storm. Meanwhile, the gaunt-faced grappler, having sustained a major injury during his run-in with the criminal Usuzi organization, abando...
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Nude With Pickle
- Sep-2020
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A supernatural tale about Green Bay football?Nude With Pickle is perhaps the most famous work of Gus Hoo, a writer active on the island of Guam from 1960 to 1990. It is a unique work combining paranormal phenomena, American sports, Lovecraftian menac...
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Oh Bury Me Not
- Sep-2020
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Wrestling and murder in the turbulent days before sports entertainment.When a dishonest fight promoter cheats Barry out of his payoff, he goes to the promoter's house to demand payment. Upon entering, he finds him dead, the victim of a horrible beati...
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Tranquility Base
- Sep-2020
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A woman on the brink of fifty joins a rock'n'roll band. It changes her life in more ways than she expected.It's the sort of thing Kurt Vonnegut might have written, only he didn't as otherwise his name would be on the cover....
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Gail Bate at Beaver Gap
- Dec-2020
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Teen sleuth Gail Bait and her chum, Virginia, find themselves stranded in the town of Beaver Gap without money. She wires her father for help but in the meantime must fend for herself. She is accused of shoplifting and murder and is stalked by a cree...
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The Sinister Secret of Stegosaurus Slope
- Mar-2021
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Dawn and her fiancé Henry hire canoeist Ace to guide them to a lost valley in the Texas Trans-Pecos where Dawn's father disappeared twenty years earlier. Their search leads to a lush jungle world ruled by an evil medicine man who commands an age...
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UDA 1981: Sinister Secret of Stegosaurus Slope
- Mar-2021
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Dawn and her fiancé Henry hire canoeist Ace to guide them to a lost valley in the Texas Trans-Pecos where Dawn's father disappeared twenty years earlier. Their search leads to a lush jungle world ruled by an evil medicine man who commands an age...
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UDA 2007: Seven Jewels of Wisdom
- Mar-2021
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An affectionate parody of Seabury Quinn's ghostbusting duo Jules de Grandin and Dr Towbridge who appeared in Weird Tales magazine during the 1930s and 40s. Subtle hints within the series suggest the two were gay. This collection accepts that premise....
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Any Wednesday
Sixteen hundred years ago in Plainville, Texas, a boastful baker bragged her bread was the best. The gods put her to the test demanding she present them a yearly loaf in exchange for their not destroying the world. Now in the present day a nihilist f...
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Around the Cauldron Sing
A rural village off the beaten path hides an evil secret; one involving pagan rites and sacrificial murders. There Inspector Cushing finds himself a marked man, left alone to face a population gone mad. And he must do it all on crutches....
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Bakora, the Tree-Headed Monster
Contrary to what you see in the movies, giant monsters do not limit their attacks to cities in Japan but strike neighboring Pacific Island nations as well. Such was the case during my time in the Philippines when—...
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Buck Stardust vs Dracula
The title says it all. Buck Stardust, expat Texan, meets the Lord of the Undead himself. Quite possibly the world's first cowboy vampire tale set in the Philippines.This story has a real bite to it. -- Vlad Tepes, The Cape Town Incisor...
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Bungle in the Jungle
Cristina Preston, a young woman with an over-active imagination, fantasies herself as Norak, Daughter of a certain Jungle Lord. Together with the neighbor's Cat of Many Colors, she journeys to the land of Qua-lun where she assists the high priest Ro-...
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Come Back When You Grow Up, Girl
In this age of constant TV, movie, and comic book reboots, it was but a matter of time before Akkadia, the Abracadabrical Amazon, got hers. See what happens when she helps a fellow heroine who has suffered a similar experience....
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Cover You in Oil
An old dark house, the reading of a will, bickering relatives, and a nearby abandoned forge. A perfect setting for evil deeds under the cloak of darkness. And the Cat of Many Colors is there to witness it all....
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In the Footsteps of Cthulhu
I posted my first O'Ryan and Ostrich story on Smashwords in May 2015. In 2016 I collected eight stories into INCIDENTAL CONTACT and published it on Amazon. In 2019 Liberty Mutual Insurance ripped off my idea for their Limu Emu and Doug commercials. I...
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Lazy Sunday Afternoon
Strange things are taking place at the La-Z-River ranch. A murdered man disappears. Fear spreads about a Mescalero Mummy. An archaeologist wants Jowls to check it out, but why isn't she more helpful? The Indians know more than they'll tell. The cowbo...
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Mansion on the Hill
The locals warned of strange doings on Annihilation Island. But Cristina was too young and adventurous to pay them any mind. She had to see for herself if what they said was true. Fortunate for her, the Cat of Many Colors tagged along to save her bac...
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Monday Monday
This is a parody of Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin and Dr Towbridge, a ghostbusting duo who appeared in Weird Tales magazine throughout the 1930s and 40s. Subtle hints throughout the series suggest the two were gay. This story accepts that premise....
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Muh Na Muh Na
Buck Stardust recounts an adventure from his early days in the Philippines. Falling foul of the law, he must get a job or else face jail time. He finds work as a pedicab driver and the usual Buck mishaps follow....
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Saturday In The Park
A menace from outer space that threatens to engulf the planet. Can the Great Jowls de Gangrene, on his own, prevent an infestation of alien plant life from taking root, or will he be forced to share center stage with others?...
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Sealed With A Hiss
Sooner or later everyone visiting the Philippines hears the story about a human-reptile creature living in the basement of a well-known shopping mall. The snake likes to attack women in the dressing rooms.The store insisted it was an urban legend.Buc...
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Third Stone From the Sun
It was a matter of time before Akkadia, the Abracadabrical Amazon, should encounter Moolactus, the Milker of Worlds, and his herald, the Screwy Skater. Can she survive this cosmic crisis, or is Earth doomed?If you're familiar with the original Fantas...
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Though She Be But Little
An overworked Inspector Cushing takes a leave of absence and rents a hut on Mersea Island. It is the off season and he thinks he has the beach to himself. Instead he uncovers a terrible secret and again comes face to face with the evil followers Rhun...
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Thursday Afternoon
A man dies but his spirit lives on. And the hatreds of a lifetime linger behind.Jowls de Gangrene is a spoof of the Jules de Grandin character written by Seabury Quinn for Weird Tales magazine in the 1930s....
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To Show Thy Dangerous Brow By Night
A routine missing persons case takes Inspector Cushing to a manor estate along the cliffs of Cornwall. The place is home to a meteor crater inhabited by radioactively mutated creatures. It results in a literal descent into Hell as he, Sergeant Morell...
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U.D.A. Part One
Inspector Cushing investigates the death of a worker at a British museum. The curator tells of an expedition to West Texas where the temple of a dread entity, whose name can only be whispered, was uncovered. The mummy of a high priest is discovered a...
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U.D.A. Parts Two, Three, and Four
Final Book in the Reign of Rhun-Ry'tbai Cycle.Ultimate Destruction Awaits as Sam, a commercial gardener and X-Files fanatic, stumbles upon a secret military compound buried in the Texas Trans-Pecos. Will he, like his hero Fox Mulder, uncover proof of...
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U.D.A.
Inspector Cushing investigates the death of a worker at a British museum and uncovers a conspiracy to spread the cult of the dread cosmic diety Rhun-Ry'tbai across the nation. Rhun-Ry'tbai, whose name can only be whispered, but whose disciples will s...
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