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SpeakEasy Chapter 1 by Aimee L. Gross

Posted by on April 9, 2013

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SpeakEasy is our collaboratively written Community Novel Project. Read online, download to your ereader or listen to the audiobook version. Each week, we’ll publish a new chapter by a new Topeka author. In Chapter 1, author Aimee L. Gross introduces grad student Ronni Long, who is desperate to get to Topeka…

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Community Novel Project: Capital City Capers

Posted by on September 2, 2012

Come to the Book Launch Party for our Community Novel Sept. 30

It’s not a mystery the library loves books, but a book being serialized and published at the library sure is. Capital City Capers: An Ad Astra Per Aspera Adventure comes out in late September. The community novel features 20 different authors who each advance the story by writing a chapter. Keep reading on www.tscpl.org where [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 13 by Jean Kary and Rae Staab

Posted by on July 24, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin’s common sense was screaming at him. He and Kate had no business out in the night running into such mischief. He should make a bee line for the sheriff’s office. What would they find at the bird? They would likely find a small box. What [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 12 by Romualdo Chavez

Posted by on July 17, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! “Kate!” Kevin screamed out the window of the Honda Accord. Beams of light from their assailant’s flashlights found him. “Damn!” Before he could look away, the lights extinguished, making it much harder for his eyes to get readjusted. They’re coming for me! He thought. “Kate!” His [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 11 by C R Kennedy

Posted by on July 10, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin sat on the metal bench, staring up at the relic that was over 200 years old. It actually seemed taller than it had when he was teenager. Maybe it was because he had more of an appreciation for history now. Maybe it was because he [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 10 by George Feliu

Posted by on July 3, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! The phone rang. She picked up the receiver knowing it would not be good. Evelyn Blackmon had become too much of a problem. She knew too much and stirred the waters too loudly. Now Kevin Emile and her lackey Kate Sanchez were putting their noses where [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 9 by Carrie Cummings

Posted by on June 26, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin: Hello? Where are you, Kate? Do you think I want to hang out at McD’s alone? Kevin: This is not the time to be late! We have too much work to talk about. Kate: I can’t make it. Kevin: What? What’s up? Please elaborate. Kate: [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 8 by Paul Swearingen

Posted by on June 19, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Picking up trash wasn’t very difficult, he thought, at least not compared to the juggling act at the office he’d face after he finally served his sent- er, volunteer community service time. What that Sanchez woman was doing for her penance he didn’t know. Maybe she’d [...]

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Read the Community Novel: Chapter 7 by Sarah Burkett

Posted by on June 12, 2012

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Just discovered us? Start reading with chapter 1 please! Kevin leaned back and stretched his back. He had been staring at the computer for too long. Everything was starting to blur together. He couldn’t stop what he was working on. Even though he had to be at the site of the volunteer clean-up early in [...]

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