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Get Your Free Copy of Secret Supers on Advent Day 1

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Get Your Free Copy of Secret Supers on Advent Day 1. I’m beginning the historic countdown to Christmas by giving you something every day for the Advent season.

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Secret Supers audiobook

But what is Advent? It’s the four Sundays before Christmas. Very often, people give little gifts every day to their children to teach them about Christ’s first coming. Click here for more details.

So let’s quickly get you your gift: click here to get your free Kindle ebook copy of Secret Supers.

Note: Your book is only free from December 1st to 3rd. Don’t let it slip by! It reverts to .99 outside of that time period.

What is my book all about? It’s a classic about how four teens get different superpowers. But they’re all in a special ed class with different disabilities. Eventually, they decide they must use their powers to fight crime.

Get Your Free Copy of Secret Supers – As An Audiobook

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Do you like audiobooks? All my novels are on Audible. Get them here.

If you’re in the UK, you can get my Secret Supers audiobook for free from me by clicking here. I give free audiobooks to all my newsletter subscribers. UK members get my other seven audiobooks too.

If you’re elsewhere in the world go to Audible and join up and you get my audiobooks free as part of Audible.

You see, I’ve given away so many free Audible books, I have no more left–in the US Audible server.

Get Your Free Copy of Secret Supers – What Readers Think

Another winner by Andy Zach!

Overall    5 out of 5 stars

Performance    5 out of 5 stars

Story    5 out of 5 stars

Unique and wonderful book for young people. Kids see a whole new side of kids with special needs. Not weird. Just kids who are facing a different sort of challenge than they are. The story is fun and believable. It kept me interested, and I’m an old lady!

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2021 Reviews Villain's Vacation Book
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Four disabled seventh-graders with superpowers take a vacation at Coaster World. They need a break from fighting criminals.

Ever since the beginning of the school year when they acquired their unusual abilities, they’ve been training and using those powers to fight crime in their town. Little do they know the arch-villain they recently defeated also loves coasters and is vacationing at Coaster World. Worse, the villain wants revenge. Nothing less than turning these teens to a life of crime will satisfy the villain.

Can Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey withstand the villain’s attacks? Or will they become Super Villains? You can only find out by reading the adventure ‘Villain’s Vacation’.

Get your .99 copy by clicking here!

What Do Readers say?

Secret Supers are back for another adventure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars 

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022

In this sequel to Secret Supers, Jeremy has been experimenting on his hamster. As a result, Dancer has learned how to read, and is reading everything he can to learn about the human world. When Jeremy discovers this, he gets Dancer one of his old cell phones so Dancer can text the group.

As for the superhero business, the group needs some downtime and goes on vacation to Coaster World. What they don’t realize is that the villain they defeated also loves roller coasters and wants revenge against the Secret Supers.

Will the Secret Supers be able to defeat the villain and enjoy their vacation, or are their crime-fighting days numbered?

This was a fun sequel to Secret Supers. Not only did we have Andy Zach as a character in the book, as though the events were true and actually happened, but I loved the inclusion of a Super-Hamster helping out Jeremy and his friends. In this battle against the villain, the Secret Supers struggle, as the villain seems to have figured out how to neutralize their powers, and they not only have to call in support but also reveal themselves to some non-Supers.

The action was well-paced throughout, and the mystery of the identity of the villain was well-done. While I had suspicions, I wasn’t sure before the reveal, which was nice. If you enjoyed Secret Supers, I feel confident that you will also enjoy Villain’s Vacation.

For this book, I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by Michael Stafford. This was a different narrator from The Secret Supers, which was a little odd to my ears at first, but I think that was only because I had listened to Secret Supers so 

Jennifer C.

Tell Me What you Think!

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Let me know what you think by clicking here or emailing me at [email protected]. As always, everyone who responds with a comment or email will get a free book from me.

You can get an autographed copy of Villain’s Vacation directly from me by clicking here. Free shipping and I pay the sales tax. Or click here and get your Secret Supers autographed copy.

Or you can get Villain’s Vacation on Amazon for .99 or 12.95. ($2.99 if you don’t get it right away.)

Don’t forget you can pick up your free copy of Secret Supers here.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Have a Zombie Turkey!

Illinois Zombie Ready

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a Zombie Turkey on me!

“But how do I get my zombie turkey, Andy? I don’t like to give out my address over the internet. I don’t want anyone to know where I live.”

“You simply download your zombie turkey.”

“What???”

Happy Thanksgiving
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Zombie Turkeys on the loose. From the back cover of Zombie Turkeys

“You can get the first chapter of Zombie Turkeys by clicking right here on this link.

Or, you can just click on the caption below. I’m selling it for .99.

Happy Thanksgiving
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Get your Zombie Turkeys here. You get a bushel of laughter with each book.

If you want to give that special Thanksgiving or Christmas gift, you can get an autographed copy here. Free shipping. Or you can subscribe to my newsletter and get a free copy!

Happy Thanksgiving! Have A Zombie Turkey – Or Secret Supers

I’ve got a lot of turkey posts. Not posts that are turkeys, but ones like this:

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I also have my Secret Supers book for free–until November 19. So grab your now by clicking here!

Here’s what it’s about:

Jeremy Gentle fell flat on his face at therapy. That was normal since he had cerebral palsy. But his new superpower wasn’t normal. Then things got weirder when his best friend, Dan Elanga, got a different superpower. But Dan was still blind.

Kayla Verdera and Aubrey Wilcosky, two girls in their middle-school special ed class, discovered they too had new superpowers. Kayla was mute and needed a walker. Aubrey lost two legs and used crutches. But they were as powerful as the boys.

What should the four friends do? Jeremy knew if the word got out, it’d be a media circus. Then they started fighting crime, as the Secret Supers. Who knew a disability could be a perfect disguise? No one would ever think of disabled kids as superheroes. Then they ran into problems they never expected.

But wait! I have yet more turkey postings coming up.

Happy Thanksgiving Have a Zombie Turkey

There’s still more for you. How about the following–zombie dinosaurs!

Zombie dinosaurs! There's one I hadn't thought of.

Posted by Andy Zach on Friday, November 20, 2020

Other fun stuff for you this Thanksgiving

How about an old movie?

Queen of Outer Space, with Zsa Zsa Gabor

Trigger warning: this is a politically incorrect movie from the 50s. You can watch the whole thing on Youtube below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLmi7NPCwT0&list=PLvLBunpX6ZX1Y7enpybk_YlSrK-P8tFV2&index=2&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies

Continuing on in the outer space for the Thanksgiving theme, we have the next post: a gorgeous video of the largest volcano in the Solar System–the size of France and three times the height of Everest!

And we’ll finish up with the largest planet in the Solar System.

Let's on with Juno to Jupiter!

Posted by Andy Zach on Wednesday, November 25, 2020

What’s Worse than a Zombie Turkey for Thanksgiving?

Happy Thanksgiving Have a Zombie Turkey. I hope you don’t have this problem:

Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I thought I'd share this helpful, satiric post.

Posted by Andy Zach on Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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Who Are The Paranormal Privateers Heroes?

Who Are the Paranormal Privateers Heroes? It’s one of my favorite books. It’s my most complex and surprising. So who are the heroes? I give you a free sample below. It’s in a unique humorous zombie hero genre. I also give you the non-zombie villains.

Happy 8th anniversary from me to you! It’s been 8 years since I first published Zombie Turkeys. Get your copy by clicking here.

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Diane Newby, in her natural environment.

But let’s start at the beginning: My Undead Mother-in-law, introduces the Newbys, a zombie family. The son, Don Newby, shows up in Zombie Turkeys. The family, led by the matriarchal undead mother-in-law Diane Newby, fights for zombie rights and any criminals that cross their paths. It helps that my zombies regenerate from injuries and get stronger each time.

This leads to Paranormal Privateers where the President has given them a letter of marquis to fight as privateers on behalf of the United States. They’re given assignments that are too dangerous or sensitive for the US to intervene directly. Like Somalian pirates.

There are a ton of villains in the book (at least five). I have a whole post about them here: Meet My Villains from Paranormal Privateers. Plus, my book’s is on sale. My book is .99 from October 20th until October 24th. Then it’s $1.99 from October 24th to October 27th.

The Paranormal Privateers Heroes – The Good Guys and Gals

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George Newby, wide-body zombie.

A heavy tread down the stairs announced George Newby. His eyes shone red too, but while Diane was built like a middle-aged woman, George was a classic wide-body. His shoulders filled the stairway. You’d think he was a truck driver or a lineman rather than an accountant.

“Hi, Karen. Hi, Ron,” he rumbled. He hugged his daughter, as if he held a baby bird, and shook my hand without hurting me in his bratwurst fingers. His bright red eyes looked squarely into mine.

George and Diane are also on the back cover of Paranormal Privateers.

Buy it here!

“Sharon Windham – tall blonde bodyguard from England. “Her eyes shone bright red under a broad brow, with blonde eyelashes and a square chin. She could be a marble idol from a Greek temple. A zombie goddess”–from Paranormal Privateers

She was a former crime lord bodyguard who switched alliegiance to Diane Newby. Former Crossfit athlete, model, and competitive swimmer.. She deamt of becoming a UN translator. She speaks 11 languages: English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, and Russian. Trained in katana, nunchuks, and naginata.

My original character description I created before I wrote Paranormal Privateers.

Meet Lulu Guitierrez

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Darkly beautiful bodyguard from Acapulco Mexico. 5′ 4″ Former cliff diver and rock climber. Former crime lord bodyguard, now protecting Diane Newby. Former MMA fighter and bodybuilder. Trained in katana, nunchuks, and naginata.

This is my character description I created before I wrote Paranormal Privateers.

Now meet one of my four villains.


Villain’s Point of View – Synthia

I examined my cell methodically. A drainpipe, two inches in diameter. A toilet. A hard bed. A steel door with hinges on the outside. I’d probably need to escape from somewhere other than this cell. Once they established a routine with my interrogation, I’d look for escape routes.

I chuckled to myself. Synthia Smith was my true name, in the sense it matched my birth certificate and other current identification. Before Synthia Smith, I was Rachel Rathbone, and before that Quinella Quincy, and so on, through the alphabet. My earliest memory was a toddler named Betty Botter. I had to be cute and pick pockets. Who knew what my original name was? Changing identities was a standard procedure for me with each new assignment.

This had been my most challenging operation, and I’d almost pulled it off. Those damn zombies! Had I blown up Harrods, the demands for billions in exchange for each national landmark’s safety would have been credible.

They had no idea of the bigger picture—and they wouldn’t get it. My terrorist cover story was completely true, but neither the terrorists nor Scotland Yard knew they were merely a means to an end. It was the truth: total subjugation of the United Kingdom was a reasonable goal for one like me, a child of the world’s greatest criminal.

I knew more about Papa Smith, my ostensible grandfather, than any of my siblings. I think I actually touched his feelings as a loving granddaughter, and I think he shared more with me than with any of his other crime-lord grandchildren. Of course, he might be manipulating me, just as I tried to manipulate him. That was the most reasonable assumption, especially if we were actually related.

Not One of Paranormal Privateers Heroes – Synthia Smith, Part 2

Paranormal Privateers All About

Regardless, I felt fond of him. When I overthrew him and took over his crime empire, I thought I’d keep him alive. I enjoyed our talks via our secured video line. When he’d shared Sid Boffin’s failure with me, I clapped in delight as he praised me for staying in touch with him. I think that was genuine emotion and not an act. It was hard to tell sometimes.

A motion on the floor caught my eye as I sat on the bed. A cockroach crawled up the drain and onto the floor. Surprising. Usually, Britain kept their prisons pest free. Then another. Then a dozen more. And then, hundreds.

This was not normal cockroach behavior. They did not come into the light in hordes. I sat cross-legged on the bed and watched the swarm with fascination. They climbed the door, walked its steel perimeter, and went back down the drain as others came up.

Curious, I nabbed one using my lightning reflexes. Examining it, I saw a metal dot under its thorax and a narrow tube attached to its abdomen. A pungent, acidic smell came from the tube. I looked back to the door. The acid ate a narrow trench in the door’s perimeter, right where the cockroaches still marched. Near the ceiling light, I saw mist curl away from the door.

Not One of Paranormal Privateers Heroes – Synthia Smith, Part 3

Meet My Villains from Paranormal Privateers
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Modified and controlled cockroaches—like Sid Boffin’s cyborg-controlled animals. I’d read his Ph.D. paper as well as the Midley Beacon‘s declassified reports on his battles with the zombies. Since Sid was dead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, this could only be one of my siblings or Papa Smith trying to rescue me.

Using my perfect memory of the twists and turns when they’d led me here hooded, counting my steps, and remembering the doors, I was confident I could retrace the route.

The last of the cockroaches marched around the door, leaving its trail of acid. They etched the door perhaps a centimeter deep. Couldn’t be much left.

I knocked on the door. Yes, it felt like a centimeter thick, and it echoed like it was almost cut through. Then someone knocked back, much harder.

“I’m here!” I called. I assumed this was my rescuer.

“Step back,” grated a curious, tinny voice, like it was coming through a small radio.

I stepped away.

CLUMP! CLUMP! Two metallic thunks hit the other side of the door. Then, SKREERK! The door tore off like the lid of a tin of meat.

I didn’t expect what I saw. A male silverback gorilla filled the doorway and the whole hallway beyond. Thick armor covered his body. Casually, he placed the door scrap against the hall.

“Follow me,” he said.


Readers Speak About Paranormal Privateers

Binge-worthy series

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5.0 out of 5 stars 

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024

Shannon Skinner

This series was too easy to binge, I could not stop listening to the audible audiobooks once I started! This author is brilliant, the narrator(s) in all of the Life After Life chronicles books are wonderful, and the storyline was hilarious. At times I shook my head in disbelief and just cracked up at the ridiculousness surrounding this zombie story. My son is 12 and he listened with me at times and enjoyed the humor and different zombie stories as well!

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