title: The Artifact: An Anthology
author: Steve Boudreault
description: Nine authors. All with different styles and personalities. Brought together by an internet site. The story of how these nine people connected is as amazing as the book itself. From across the nation, they met each other on a fan fiction website, and developed a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. There's a teacher, a salesman, a movie critic and a student. There's a copywriter, a website optimization specialist, a youth leader, a business owner and a rising filmmaker. And there's one common passion. Writing. In March, 2008 they decided to attempt something special by collaborating on a novel, and four months later, The Artifact was born. And the amazing part? They had never physically met. All communication was done via the 'net and over the phone. Late nights in chat rooms, and early mornings on the word processor. They realized from the beginning that none of them had a complete novel hiding inside, but each of them had at least one, great chapter. And that's how nine strangers got together to write a book...one chapter at a time.
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  Published by Raconteur House
  
  
  
  
  
  Murfreesboro, TN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and
  
  
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  THE CANARD CASE
  
  
  
  
  
  Book Four of the Artifactor
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Raconteur House book/ published by arrangement with the
  
  
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