Recorded September 17, 2019, at Playground Productions in Indianapolis author Paul Michael Peters, reads the first three chapters of the modern thriller Combustible Punch.

Rick Philips isn’t a fighter – but he is a survivor

Haunted by memories of a high school shooting, not even the bottle can wash away the gnawing guilt and creeping feelings of inadequacy that batter Rick’s conscience daily. 

His life has been a mess of broken marriages, writer’s block, terrible choices, and the morbid pity of others.

When he meets Harriet at a writer’s conference, the record doesn’t scratch as he falls back – only this time, he may not get up.

Harriet Bristol Wheeler is a dark temptress – and self-confessed serial killer

Combustible Punch read by Paul Michael Peters

If you had the chance to live forever, would you take it?

2053: An old man, Viktor Erikson, lies on his deathbed. Alone and with no known relatives, he is tended to by Olivia, a nurse. He has only one request: that she reads to him.

The request is not unusual, but the battered, leather-bound tome she must read is no ordinary book. Written in 1839, it chronicles the discovery of the fountain of youth by Morgana de la Motte – and Viktor Erikson.

What starts off as a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas in search of riches and eternal life soon transforms into something quite different: a clash between two personalities bound by love and deceit, locked together by a terrible burden of necessity.

What lengths would you go to – and what price would you pay?


As Oliva reads through the ancient book, she discovers a quest for truth and meaning as Viktor and Morgana relive the greatest sufferings and sorrows of humanity, over and over again.

In such a timeless loop, can Viktor or Morgan save their own true selves? Or will their unstable alliance, forged on the fine line between love and hate, turn into a tangled web of deception?

Insensible Loss by Paul Michael Peters

Tales that are perfect for coffee breaks – but beware; like chocolate, they lure the reader into just one more.

Paul Michael Peters has created a magical collection of stories that help the reader look at the day from a different perspective. This is a collection that once you start you can't put down. Stories are perfect for anyone trying to fit reading into a busy day.

Stories:
1. Hickory Switch
2. Fukushima Gold
3. Mr. Memory and The Garden Turtles at Midnight
4. Mr. Memory and The Triumph of Ann Boult
5. Mr. Memory and The Raspberry Danish
6. Mr. Memory and The Third Question
7. Secondhand Robots
8. Gaslighting
9. Gene and The Magic Jacket
10. The Line Surrogate
11. Bubble People
12. Thin Walls
13. The Dinner Party
﻿14. Killing the Devil
15. Living the Devil (The Devil is a Friend of Mine)
16. Keeping the Devil
17. A Wing and A Prayer
18. The Illusionist's Daughter

Combustible Punch read by Paul Michael Peters

Paul Michael Peters

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