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    The Galaxy's Most Wanted
    The Galaxy's Most Wanted
    The Galaxy's Most Wanted
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    The Galaxy's Most Wanted

    By Annie Reed

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    A little lie here, an embellishment there, what's the harm?

    One would-be Lothario discovers exactly how inventive a woman scored can be when the morning after doesn't quite live up to the night before. What's a guy to do when he suddenly finds himself the galaxy's most wanted man?

    This edition of "The Galaxy's Most Wanted" includes the BONUS story "Soulmate From Hell."

    Publishers Weekly called this short story a "clever tale...playing out like an episode from the Twilight Zone."

    "The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE.

    "A friend recommended the works of Annie Reed. I was not disappointed. In fact, if her other shorts are as good as this one, I plan to read many more." -- Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT GAME.

    Author Annie Reed is a prolific, award-winning writer whose stories have been published in numerous science fiction and fantasy anthologies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThunder Valley Press
    Release dateOct 22, 2010
    ISBN9781458132628
    The Galaxy's Most Wanted
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    Annie Reed

    Annie Reed is a writer and historian. She earned her law degree from the University of Notre Dame and her history degree from the University of Illinois. She lives with her family near St. Louis, Missouri, and runs marathons in her spare time. 

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      The Galaxy's Most Wanted - Annie Reed

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Annie Reed

      with complete bonus story

      Soulmate From Hell

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Copyright © 2010 Annie Reed

      First published in COSMIC COCKTAILS, edited by Denise Little

      Daw Books, 2006

      Soulmate from Hell

      Copyright © 2012 Annie Reed

      Published by Thunder Valley Press at Smashwords

      Cover and layout Copyright © 2012 Thunder Valley Press

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This story is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

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      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Soulmate From Hell (Bonus Story)

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      About the Author

      The Galaxy's Most Wanted

      Last time I counted, I had two hundred fifty-seven wives and four hundred thirteen children. Five hundred forty-one nieces and nephews. A couple hundred pistol toting fathers-in-law. And a dog.

      I'm also wanted on seventeen planets in sixteen different systems. That's not counting all the outstanding interstellar warrants against me for child abandonment, failure to support, and back alimony.

      Yeah, I used to be something, all right. I don't look like much, not anymore. At least not compared to the pretty woman who brought me out tonight. Yeah, that's her. The brunette. Curves in all the right places. She's sitting on the bar stool to my right, flirting with the hunky bartender, he of the bulging muscles and piercing blue eyes, full head of blond hair, and easy smile. If I had looked like Mr. What Can I Get A Pretty Little Thing Like You To Drink Tonight, I wouldn't be in this mess. Guys like me, we have to try harder.

      That's how the whole mess I'm in

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