Alphabet of Lightning (There Was a Crooked Man)

History is now...Humanity has brought itself back from a global nuclear war, inventing a perpetual source of clean energy. But a rogue soldier uses the accelerator to go back in time, wanting to become a god. The locals will whisper his name for centuries-the Crooked Man. The one tasked with stopping him must learn the rules of time travel as he goes, waking up in the body of a disabled ancestor in the 1920s. But there's just something about Shamus Connelly that draws friends close. So begins . . . There Was a Crooked Man

About the Author

Edward Morris has been nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Pushcart Prize In Literature. His short fiction has appeared over 150 times worldwide in markets from Interzone to The Lovecraft Ezine, Perihelion SF, and Big Pulp. Print anthologies include The Children of Gla'Ki: Tribute Stories To Ramsey Campbell, Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year, The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer, and ReAnimators! His short stories have been translated into Japanese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, and most recently, Egyptian Arabic with Dr. Ahmed Al-Turki's fantastic translation of "Jihad Over Innsmouth" from The Book of Cthulhu. Morris is a multiple sclerosis survivor who lives and works in Portland, Oregon, as an author and bouncer.

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