The Peddler

· Omens from the Aether Book 3 · Office Speed Press · Narrated by Paul Woodson
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Could a small wooden figure hold the power to kill? The power to save a life? The magic to come alive?

In a city full of gangsters, thieves, and abusers, where cops can be as corrupt as criminals, fate brings those in need of help to the makeshift table of an old, blind peddler who carves tiny wooden figures of mighty warriors.

On the street between a bustling city and a lush park, there is little justice. Here sits the peddler and his table of carved figures. Nichelle, an internal affairs detective, gets pulled into this neighborhood as crime after crime goes unsolved. Those behind everything would rather see her dead than risk exposure, but when she digs for clues, she finds the peddler.

In this gritty, atmospheric urban fantasy, magic does not announce itself. But when danger comes for Nichelle, she finds there are forces at work that she can’t explain. Does fate favor the innocent? Or is there more to the peddler than meets the eye...

A fast read with the dark, atmospheric weight of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the gritty noir of Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, and the thought-provoking quagmire of a Black Mirror episode. If you relish urban fantasy with a dash of mystery and horror, then you won’t want to miss this standalone novelette in the Omens from the Aether anthology series.

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Could a small wooden figure hold the power to kill? The power to save a life? The magic to come alive? In a city full of gangsters, thieves, and abusers, where cops can be as corrupt as criminals, fate brings those in need of help to the makeshift table of an old, blind peddler who carves tiny wo...

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Channing Whitaker is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker originally hailing from Centerville, Iowa. An alum of Indian Hills Community College, Channing went on to study cinema, screenwriting, literature, and mathematics at the University of Iowa. His college years were also spent tending bar and in bar security, which he considers a valuable study of humanity, and an indispensable supplement to his formal education.Post graduation, Channing began his career in the production of television news, independent films, and commercial videos, as well as writing for websites, corporate media, and advertising. His career has taken Channing from Iowa to Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma, and to California where he currently resides.Channing has penned one novel (Until the Sun Rises: One Night in Drake Mansion, 2015), a forthcoming sequel, one feature horror film (KILD TV, 2016), as well as written and directed more than fifty short films.Channing is a fan of many media forms and genres. He considers himself a storyteller foremost and works in multiple media and genres himself. Channing's artistic influences include Trevanian, Gene Roddenberry, Kurt Vonnegut, Jim Jarmusch, and Robert Altman, though he credits his late father, a psychology professor, with profoundly impacting his approach to the deep, conflicted, and multifaceted characters which drive his stories.In his home life, Channing is a father of two, a sports lover, and a real-life space exploration enthusiast. Channing is among a small subset of writers who are also dyslexic. He considers learning to overcome the challenges of this diagnosis to have aided him in persevering amid the rejection-filled, uncertain, and competitive fields of writing and screenwriting.
Channing Whitaker is a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker originally hailing from Centerville, Iowa. An alum of Indian Hills Community College, Channing went on to study cinema, screenwriting, literature, and mathematics at the University of Iowa. His college years were also spent tending bar ...

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