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| − | Leigh M. Lane lives in the dusty outskirts of Sin City with her husband | + | In addition to writing dark speculative fiction for over twenty-five years, Leigh M. Lane has sung lead and backup vocals for bands ranging from classic rock to the blues, dabbled in fine arts, earned a black belt in karate, and accrued a moderate level of expertise in animal care and behavior. She has a BA in English and graduated from UNLV Magna Cum Laude. She currently lives in the dusty outskirts of Sin City with her husband, an editor and educator, and one very spoiled cat. |
MYTHS OF GODS (May 20, 2011) | MYTHS OF GODS (May 20, 2011) | ||
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WORLD-MART (October 15, 2011) | WORLD-MART (October 15, 2011) | ||
| − | + | George Irwin remembers a time before the Big Climate Change, back when the airlines were still in business, back when people still drove their own cars and the bulk of humanity had not yet been driven underground.Back when all people were still people despite their eye color or which class they were born into.... | |
| − | + | The world has changed much over his lifetime, but George still believes in the American Dream. However, when an alleged terrorist act lands his wife in the hospital, George stumbles upon a secret that could mean the end of all civilization. | |
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| + | World-Mart takes place in a not-too-distant future, one in which the collective and all-powerful entity known as "Corporate" owns and controls every aspect of society. | ||
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| + | One held in place by complacency and mediocrity. | ||
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| + | One that could very easily come to pass . . . very soon. | ||
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| + | AFTERMATH: BEYOND WORLD-MART (November 15, 2015) | ||
| + | When all seems lost, when all the world has crumbled away, what will rise in its place? | ||
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| + | Corporate America has fallen, taking the rest of the world down with it, genetic engineering and bioterrorism having come together to wipe out nearly the entire human race. The few survivors have no choice but to rise from society's ashes, but with resources growing scarce and some unable to let go of the past, the future of the human race skates on a razor's edge of uncertainty. | ||
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| + | In this highly anticipated conclusion to the World-Mart trilogy, George travels beyond the districts, to the deviant shanty-towns and beyond, to a place he'd nearly forgotten--and to another he never could have imagined existed. And what he finds along the way will change everything he'd thought about the world--and the end of the world--as he knows it. | ||
THE PRIVATE SECTOR (February 22, 2015) | THE PRIVATE SECTOR (February 22, 2015) | ||
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In addition to writing dark speculative fiction for over twenty-five years, Leigh M. Lane has sung lead and backup vocals for bands ranging from classic rock to the blues, dabbled in fine arts, earned a black belt in karate, and accrued a moderate level of expertise in animal care and behavior. She has a BA in English and graduated from UNLV Magna Cum Laude. She currently lives in the dusty outskirts of Sin City with her husband, an editor and educator, and one very spoiled cat.
MYTHS OF GODS (May 20, 2011) Take a critical look at religion through an infant God's eyes in this dark science fantasy satire that spans from the Big Bang to present day. After stumbling upon the creation of existence and life, God attempts to personally resolve religious conflicts by coming to the people in the form of five prophets. Instead of setting the people straight, however, God inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will leave time, space, and humanity forever changed.
WORLD-MART (October 15, 2011) George Irwin remembers a time before the Big Climate Change, back when the airlines were still in business, back when people still drove their own cars and the bulk of humanity had not yet been driven underground.Back when all people were still people despite their eye color or which class they were born into....
The world has changed much over his lifetime, but George still believes in the American Dream. However, when an alleged terrorist act lands his wife in the hospital, George stumbles upon a secret that could mean the end of all civilization.
World-Mart takes place in a not-too-distant future, one in which the collective and all-powerful entity known as "Corporate" owns and controls every aspect of society.
One held in place by complacency and mediocrity.
One that could very easily come to pass . . . very soon.
AFTERMATH: BEYOND WORLD-MART (November 15, 2015) When all seems lost, when all the world has crumbled away, what will rise in its place?
Corporate America has fallen, taking the rest of the world down with it, genetic engineering and bioterrorism having come together to wipe out nearly the entire human race. The few survivors have no choice but to rise from society's ashes, but with resources growing scarce and some unable to let go of the past, the future of the human race skates on a razor's edge of uncertainty.
In this highly anticipated conclusion to the World-Mart trilogy, George travels beyond the districts, to the deviant shanty-towns and beyond, to a place he'd nearly forgotten--and to another he never could have imagined existed. And what he finds along the way will change everything he'd thought about the world--and the end of the world--as he knows it.
THE PRIVATE SECTOR (February 22, 2015) The world of corporate greed runs rampant after the government collapses, leaving police, fire, and social services in the hands of the wealthy. Debtor prisons for the lower and middle classes overflow and quarantine camps have filled to capacity, turning the streets into a personal battleground for terrorists fighting against a world headed toward ruin as resources run dry and civilization becomes ruled by The Private Sector.
FINDING POE (March 18, 2012) Follow the final moments before Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death, journeying through twisted bits and pieces of his musings, both brilliant and mad, in search of the truth behind his final, unfinished work "The Lighthouse," while unraveling the mystery behind the elusive woman desperately seeking the author for answers behind her husband's haunted death.
JANE THE HIPPIE VAMPIRE Novella Series (September 27, 2014) Jane has had one hell of a time ever since she happened upon the wrong guy during the Summer of Love, but she's taken it all in stride. Wandering from town to town, she seeks out the needy and the broken in hopes of breaking the curse that's left her bloodthirsty and forever seventeen.