Annie Pearson lives in Seattle, where she works as a writer and managing editor at Jugum Press. Learn more at www.anniepearson.com…
Chaos House
By day, Rik fends off chaos for his twin nieces and his infirm mother. Late at night, he’s finishing a dissertation about pair-bonded friends in Hong Kong fight movies. Then a famous artist comes to town, unwinding Rik’s tautly organized life in 1983 Ashland, Oregon.
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RESTORATION RULES – HISTORICAL FICTION
Restoration-era shaggy caper tales of cousins seeking justice that 17th century English law cannot provide, with plots more complicated than the Hampton Court Maze.
No One Dies
Near Cambridge, 1685, the once noble Foxe family undertakes genteel highway robbery to survive. They observe strict principles—their Restoration Rules—and take only from cheats and thieves who robbed their villages. The cousins lead a bold attempt to fulfill their dying uncle’s wish: “Find who cheated us. And restore the Marborne title.” Learn more…
Reap Justice
In London, 1685, the Foxes of Cambridgeshire no longer need petty highwayman tactics to save their village. But now, one cousin—Tom Foxe, bound by past promises and his own honor—must launch a fever-paced heist to rescue old friends from dire jeopardy. Learn more…
Call the Reavers
The Thames is frozen solid. But Lizzie Foxe is in a white-hot rage after rescuing children from an illegal slave ship. To punish the investors, she plans a momentous heist, to take what they value most: their money. Her goal: recompense for the rescued innocents. Learn more…
RAIN CITY INCIDENTS – CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Misadventures in contemporary Seattle among people whose work drives their hearts’ desires while hoping to survive the wretched comedy of romance under grey skies.
The Grrrl of Limberlost
They say you can’t go home again — not when chaos reigns.
A murder in a Seattle coffee house. A murder on a decaying boat dock. Samsara Byron, the post-punk security expert, insists this has nothing to do with her. She’s busy fending off an attack on the world’s cyber infrastructure—if only she could get a cell signal. Learn more…
Artemis in the Desert
A second-chance at love, Jane Austen style, on motorcycles.
Eliot Arden, a Seattle artisan, takes a short-term job that drags her back a decade, riding her rebuilt BMW R100RS down the road not taken. Sean Wentworth, the manga artist, has the career of his dreams. Dreams and desires might heat up like red slick-rock in the sun. Or is that only a brush fire sparked by a 900cc bike sliding sideways down a backcountry highway? Learn more…
Nine Volt Heart
Can you find true love without a non-disclosure agreement after your picture is on the cover of Rolling Stone?
He said, “I love you.”
She said, “You don’t even know the real me.”
He said, “Great title for a song. Key of G? Can we try close harmony?”
An electric ride through the backstreets of Seattle, where tourists never go. Learn more…
The Pirate King
World’s best cybersecurity sleuth – or postpunk math dweeb?
Samsara Ada Byron is being stalked and harassed by black-hat hackers and by her old nemesis, the White Knights of the New Russian Revolution. When threats spill off the dark alleys of the Internet, the only safe place for Sam seems to be inside the private enclaves of Seattle’s software elite. The Pirate King skates off the wall and into the gritty gravel of Seattle backstreets and dirt-bike wilderness. Learn more…