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  EVERYDAY PSYCHOPATHS

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  Jonas Eriksson

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  Everyday Psychopaths

  Copyright © 2013 by Jonas Eriksson

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  EVERYDAY PSYCHOPATHS

  EVERYDAY PSYCHOPATHS

  A Short Story Collection

  by Jonas Eriksson

  Copyright © 2013 by Jonas Eriksson

  All rights, reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

  Published by Jonas Eriksson https://www.jonaswrites.com

  EVERYDAY PSYCHOPATHS

  A Short Story Collection

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  Table of Contents:

  1.Foreword

  2.A Killer Date

  3.The Development Talk

  4.The Worst/Best Day of My Life

  5.The Wake-Up Call (sample)

  6.Hollywood Ass. (sample)

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  Foreword

  Everyday Psychopaths is a short story collection containing three short stories with at least one psychopath in each of them. I have also included samples of my two novels, The Wake-Up Call and Hollywood Ass, since you could say that both books have an element of “everyday psychopath”. Depending on where you draw the line of course.

  Starting off this 5-piece collection in style (gory style) is A Killer Date, my first effort to write a story in the thriller/horror genre. I read a lot of Stephen King as a young adult so this is kind of delayed. But it was worth trying and a lot of fun.

  The second story is a very short one about a development talk gone wrong. I was extremely creative (doh!) in calling it The Development Talk. The story is about the main character Jasper’s nervous meeting with his “psychopath” manager. I think some people might recognize themselves here, but hopefully not too many.

  The third story is also partly set in an office, but reaches into the land of relationships, a person’s general outlook on life and what happens when you pass that 40-year old mark and become bitter about it. The Worst/Best Day of My Life is a slightly dark, but mainly humorous story which I hope can bring a smile to your face.

  The two samples I’ve included are meant to hook you on my two novels, The Wake-Up Call and Hollywood Ass. The Wake-Up Call has had over 40 000 downloads at the time of writing so although some people despise the main character too much to read on, many really like it. It doesn’t come as a huge surprise that Jack Reynolds stirs readers’ feelings as the book was written as an experiment to see if you could sympathize with an “asshole” if the story is told through his eyes. You might love or hate the self-centered workaholic, womanizer Jack - as long as you don’t find him uninteresting.

  Hollywood Ass. is not a book about butts. “Ass.” is just an abbreviation for assistant and a play on words because some might argue that the main character, B, is a bit of an “ass” sometimes. The story is about the life of celebrity assistant Darryl Glendale and his employer, A-list actress “B”. Her marriage is falling apart, her career is on the ropes and she’s close to a mental collapse and the only glue keeping her puzzle of an existence together is her loyal assistant. But what happens when he starts having feelings for her?

  If you like these samples, I would be very happy if you took the time to check out Hollywood Ass. and The Wake-Up Call on my official site: https://jonaswrites.com/my-books/

  Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this little collection. Any feedback or help with spreading the word about my writing is, as always, much appreciated. I would also love if you join my VIP newsletter list: https://bit.ly/196X2jz This way you’ll always be the first to get updates about upcoming releases, giveaways and more.

  Wishing you warm regards and happy reading,

  Jonas

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  A KILLER DATE