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Check Out These Amazon Shorts By M. William Phelps
 AMY
ARCHER-GILLIGAN:
Entrepreneur, Caretaker, Serial Killer
"I have written two books about serial murderers,
Perfect Poison and Every Move You Make. This Short is
also about a serial killer, Amy Archer-Gilligan, Joseph
Kesselring's inspiration for the smash Broadway hit
Arsenic and Old Lace, which later became a Hollywood
film. What's interesting about Amy Archer, beyond her
method of murder, is that she was, in my opinion,
responsible for inventing and developing what we know
today as elderly home care by opening the first private
sector nursing home (as a business venture) in the early
1900s. This is the story of how that concept came to
be-and, more important, how Amy Archer murdered perhaps
two dozen men and women who sought refuge from old age
in her home." |
 CITY
OF RUIN:
Exploring the Nation's Worst Coal Mining Disaster
On December 6, 1907, in Monongah, West Virginia,
the heart of coal country, the worst coal mining
disaster in history occurred as over 500 miners-men and
children-were beginning their work day. A lone spark set
in motion a blast so powerful horses, mules, men and
children were thrown hundreds of yards in the air to
their deaths, while hundreds more were trapped
underground and presumed dead.
For the first time, a
complete narrative of this "forgotten" tragedy is
presented. Veteran author M. William Phelps weaves the
story of a fireboss and his descriptions of the
explosion with how the community reacted to the
aftermath of having to bury over 500 of their friends
and neighbors.
"In my second Amazon Short, I've taken on what seems
like a timely subject: disaster underground. But in
reality, I've been collecting research on this tragedy
for years, hoping to one day write a book about it.
Remarkable to me, no book has been written about this
incredible coal mining disaster, where hundreds of men
and children died within minutes. As you'll read in this
Short, not much has changed underground in over 100
years."
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 DEAD
PEOPLE WON'T WALK AWAY
Inside the Real World of Forensic Science with Dr. Henry
Lee
"Now available from Amazon.com's 'Shorts' program, I
have written an essay about a day I spent with Dr. Henry
Lee at his remarkable crime lab in Connecticut. I'm
excited about this new program from Amazon, which allows
authors like myself to showcase shorter versions of
their work. Click on the cover page link to purchase my
first Amazon Short for the incredible low price of $0.49
cents. Providing I have the time, I plan on publishing
several of these shorts in order to present readers more
of my writing in-between books. Thanks!" |
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