title: Dark Thoughts: A Collection of Dark Tales
author:  Martin Reaves 
description: Martin was born in Artesia, a suburb of Los Angeles county. He moved to Auburn, CA in 1993. Over the past thirty-five years Martin has written scores of short stories, plays, and dramatic sketches. And four novels: Relative Karma, Relative Sanity, Relative Yuletide, the award-winning A Fractured Conjuring, and Rosebud Hill: Volume 1. Also available is the highly-acclaimed Dark Thoughts, a collection of short fiction. He is currently at work on a fifth novel. He is also a working musician/singer. He dearly loves to hear from his readers.
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  St. Martin’s Press
  
  THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION. ALL OF THE CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVENTS
  PORTRAYED IN THIS STORY ARE EITHER PRODUCTS OF THE AUTHOR’S IMAGINATION OR ARE
  USED FICTITIOUSLY.
  
  “Retro Demonology”
  
  Copyright © 2010 by Jana Oliver.
  
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  **[**About the
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  _Atlanta 2018_
  
  The _Proud to Be Retro_ decal on the house’s front door should have been Riley
  Blackthorne’s first clue. But then every day was bizarre when you were an
  apprentice De