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    Doorway Down: Short Story
    Doorway Down: Short Story
    Doorway Down: Short Story
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    Doorway Down: Short Story

    By M.E. Purfield

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    In 1920 New York, private investigator Mathew Richmond is hired by the beautiful Clara Ashley, an actress on the verge of becoming a big star. But the case she brings him isn't just a career-breaker; it's a soul-taker.

     

    Mathew must find a private film that could end Clara's career, while fending off the criminals of the street who are trying to stop him.

     

    Will Mathew be able to find the film before it's too late?

     

    Will Clara be able to avoid a career-ending scandal?

     

    Find out in this noir meets Lovecraft thriller.

     

    If you enjoyed books like Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep or Stephen King's The Dark Tower, you'll love Doorway Down. Buy now before the price changes!

      

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishertrash books
    Release dateJul 23, 2021
    ISBN9798201859657
    Doorway Down: Short Story
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    M.E. Purfield

    M.E. Purfield is the autistic author who writes novels and short stories in the genres of crime, sci-fi, dark fantasy, and Young Adult. Sometimes all in the same story. Notably, he works on the Tenebrous Chronicles which encompasses the Miki Radicci Series, The Cities Series, and the Radicci Sisters Series, and also the sci-fi, neuro-diverse Auts series of short stories.

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      Doorway Down - M.E. Purfield

      Doorway Down

      Short Story

      M.E. Purfield

      Published by trash books, 2021.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      DOORWAY DOWN

      First edition. July 23, 2021.

      Copyright © 2021 M.E. Purfield.

      ISBN: 979-8201859657

      Written by M.E. Purfield.

      Also by M.E. Purfield

      Auts Series

      Auts

      Auts World (Coming Soon)

      Books About Everyone

      The Satellite

      The Ableism of Salvation

      What Sorrow Flies Off Roofs

      The King of Dodgeball Goes with the Flow

      When the Lights Go Out

      Blunt Force Kharma

      Bound Kharma

      Kharma's Pursuit

      Kharma's Glitch

      Kharma's Gatto

      Desolate Kharma

      Blunt Force Kharma

      Cities That Eat Islands

      Cities That Eat Islands (Book 1)

      Cities That Eat Islands (Book 2)

      Cities That Eat Islands (Book 3)

      Fish Hunt

      Cities That Hide Bodies

      Complete Cities That Eat Islands

      Miki Radicci

      A Black Deeper Than Death

      In a Blackened Sky Where Dreams Collide

      Blood Like Cherry Ice

      Surly Girly

      Bawling Sugar Soul

      A Girl Close to Death

      Heart on the Devil's Sleeve

      Sinking Stones in the Sky

      The Ghost and the Stream

      Expressway Thru the Skull

      Hacker's Moon

      Miki Radicci Shorts

      The Ultimate Miki Radicci Omnibus Vol 1

      The Ultimate Miki Radicci Omnibus Vol 2

      Miranda Crowe

      Bagged

      Munki Moo Moo

      Munki Moo Moo

      Radicci Sisters Mystery

      Psychic Sisters

      My Dead Body

      Saints

      Squeezed

      Broken Psychic Hearts

      The Emptiness Above

      The Sludge Below

      Doe

      Auties

      The Killer

      The Deceiver

      The Sentinels (Coming Soon)

      Favors

      Bumper

      Rats In The Cage

      Short Story

      Natural Born Killer

      Limits of Stupidity

      MiLK

      Orange Flecks

      Through Tangled Nerves

      The Creative

      Defective Brain Club

      Line

      The Van Outside

      Doorway Down

      Just

      Short of a Long Holiday

      Lifetime Hallmark Scheme

      Malignant Little Bastards

      Pain Killer

      Sibling Rivalry

      Hole In The Head Freak

      Neurodivergence on FH-358

      Stories

      A Sandwich Can't Stop A Bullet

      The Morrows

      How To Make Friends with Teenage Anarchists

      Metal Balls: Stories (Coming Soon)

      Tenebrous Chronicles

      Party Girl Crashes the Rapture

      Angel Spits

      Six Feet

      Tweens with Pop Guns

      Lightning From The Fire

      The Subject

      Tenebrous Two

      Darby & Cain

      The Saoirse War

      Ealu

      Thainig An

      Ag Dul Abhaile

      Buama Ama

      Fealltoir

      Spas Reoite

      Standalone

      Breaking Fellini

      Delicate Cutters

      Jesus Freakz + Buddha Punx

      Buddha Punx + Ghetto Girlz

      Klepto Pyro Mojo

      The Pick-Up

      (R)Evolution

      Angst

      Watch for more at M.E. Purfield’s site.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Also By M.E. Purfield

      Dedication

      Doorway Down (A Short Story)

      Sign up for M.E. Purfield's Mailing List

      Further Reading: Psychic Sisters

      About the Author

      Deepest thanks to

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