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Coscom Entertainment

Coscom Entertainment

About

Founded in 2004, Coscom Entertainment began its journey as a small press publisher and quickly developed a thick catalogue of Speculative Fiction books, novellas, comics and a couple of magazines.

In 2008, the company changed its focus and began the process of narrowing its backlist, focusing more on superhero books, comics and monster-themed fiction.

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

Be careful what you wish for . . . Lonely, overweight Billy Barton's birthday has come except he has no friends to share it with. So he wishes upon a shooting star for a friend and is almost immediately granted his wish. His friend: a zombie named RIP. Chaos and blood-soaked mayhem ensues as Billy, with RIP's help, seeks to level the playing field between him and the school bullies who make fun of his weight. But all is not what it seems, and when a new girl arrives at the school who piques Billy’s interest, it soon becomes apparent that RIP has an agenda of his own.

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<p><font size="2">&quot;<em>R.I.P.</em>'s mad cocktail of <em>Night of the Living Dead</em>, After School Specials, and coming-of-age drama is sure to plaster lunatic grins on the faces of horror fans of all ages.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">- Lorne Dixon, author of <em>The Lifeless</em> and <em>Snarl</em></font></p><p><font size="2">&quot;Harrison Howe has crafted a hilarious, action-packed, and occasionally moving 'be careful what you wish for' tale.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">- Tom Piccirilli, author of <em>A Choir of Ill Children</em></font></p><p><font size="2">&quot;Harrison Howe takes readers on a fast, funny, and gruesome ride. <em>R.I.P.</em> is a treat for twisted kids of all ages.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">- Lee Thomas, Lambda Literary Award- and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <em>In the Closet, Under the Bed</em> and <em>The Dust of Wonderland</em></font></p><p><font size="2">&quot;Harrison Howe writes as if he's channeling nightmares, which, for ordinary writers wouldn't be possible, but because Harrison is no ordinary writer, it works achingly well.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="2">- T.M. Wright, author of <em>Blue Canoe</em></font></p>