Spookapalooza 2025
13 Magic Pumpkin Seeds by Genie Gabriel
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A half-bionic computer nerd teams up with a beautiful witch and an assortment of Halloween characters in a series of misadventures to save a small country from a zombie apocalypse.
Finn Dagdaman’s six-year-old life was saved with experimental robotic body parts, making him feel even more of an awkward misfit. When the military rediscovers his bionic abilities as an adult and offers to make him a fully bionic super-soldier, part of Finn yearns to be a hero like his brother. Then he meets a sassy witch with a daughter whose cat runs away with a mischievous dog seeking out misadventures.
Asteria knew mortals were trouble. She only had to look at the roster of those referred to their magic pumpkin patch for a last chance at redemption to know that. Yet geeky-hot Finn tempted her to give a mortal a chance at her heart. What better way to test his bewitching potential than rescuing her daughter’s cat and the neighbor girl’s mischievous dog from their latest antics? Along the way, they gather a zany cast of Halloween characters and are swept into saving a small country from a zombie apocalypse. Who is behind these misdeeds, and can bionics and spells set things right before the Halloween clock strikes midnight?
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Genie Gabriel
Genie Gabriel, aka Genene Valleau
I’m an optimist whose rose-colored glasses have bent frames and cracked lenses. When life kicks me in the teeth, I find miracles and lessons I refused to learn an easier way. In fact, I live with a small herd of miracles in the furry forms of dogs, who are constantly trying to teach me to forgive, to play more, and to love without limits. I write about people who find courage and integrity in the darkest times of their lives, who rescue stray dogs and kittens, who find a person they would willingly give their lives for, and who make their little corners of the world a better place. People have remarked my stories “aren’t what they expected.” With rose-colored glasses firmly in place, I take that as a compliment. I invite you to share a piece of my world in the pages of a book, and hope you find some surprises, some tears, some laughter, and a happy ending.
I also write books under the name, Genene Valleau.
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