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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Typewriter Repairman

Typewriter Repairman

Davis, Jerry J.

Paperback

FantasyGeneral Fiction

ISBN13: 9798749983326
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 3 2021
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

San Paschal, 1982: Ren Withers is a man living between the cracks. As a typewriter repairman in a world turning toward microcomputers, he's a relic in his own time, struggling to pay rent on a shop that shouldn't exist. When he meets Vonnie, a punk-rock photojournalist with a penchant for undeveloped film and danger, he thinks his luck might finally be changing. He has no idea that a vintage Royal Quiet De Luxe is about to turn his quiet life into a race against the mob and the laws of physics.

What begins as a simple sale to an eccentric writer spirals into a conspiracy involving corrupt cops, underworld pimps, and a landlord who might just be the physical embodiment of the Grim Reaper. Ren is forced to trade his tools for a side job as a courier for the city's elite, only to discover that the typewriter he sold has the power to manifest whatever is typed on its keys. As Antonio Marino types his way to fame, he leaves a trail of supernatural coincidences that threaten to tear the fabric of reality apart.

With a literal vortex of paradox chewing through the city behind them, Ren and Vonnie must choose between playing it safe and rewriting their own ending. Typewriter Repairman is a genre-bending blend of 80s nostalgia, noir-infused thriller, and urban fantasy. It explores whether we are truly victims of our circumstances or if, with the right set of keys, we can all become the authors of our own lives.

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