THE BRIDGE CHRONICLES

Hiss Whistle Dead

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HISS WHISTLE DEAD

A New Novel in the Bridge Chronicles series starring Shel, an Excavator last seen in Tales from the Bridge Chronicles, Vol. 1. eBook and Paperback releases Dec. 7th, 2024

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PAYCHECK EUPHORIA

The latest novel in the Bridge Chronicles cyberpunk series, Paycheck Euphoria, has been released! Available now in eBook and Paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords, the sixth(6th) novel in the series is a mixture of thrilling heist and scathing criticism of the corporate city-states of the 2030's!

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Cyberpunk Novels and Short Stories by Independent Author Gary Ballard

The Bridge Chronicles, starring the witty amoral fixer Artemis Bridge, is a series of cyberpunk books self-published by independent Mississippi science fiction author Gary A. Ballard. Beginning as a blog in 2008, Under the Amoral Bridge was published in 2009 as a full novel. Followed up by the sequel, The Know Circuit, if [tribe] =, The Long and the Short Swords, and Reclamation, each book in the series has been well-reviewed by readers and critics alike. The sixth novel, Paycheck Euphoria, was released in September of 2021.

On New Year's Eve, 2011, Ballard released a collection of short stories set in the universe called Tales from the Bridge Chronicles, Volume 1. On September 25, 2024, a side novel starring the protagonist of the short story The Excavator, Shel, will be released. Called Hiss Whistle Dead, this 15-part novel is set to be released on the Kindle Vella format before being compiled into one eBook and paperback.

BOOKS IN THE BRIDGE CHRONICLES UNIVERSE

Under the Amoral Bridge

Artemis Bridge is the know-who, go-to guy, the amoral fixer in 2028 Los Angeles with the connection ...More

Publish: 2009

The Know Circuit

Artemis Bridge can get you what you need no matter how immoral or illegal, no questions asked. With ...More

Publish: May 5, 2010

if [tribe] =

Leader of the Los Angeles street gang Los Magos is assassinated by the rival El Diablos. As members ...More

Publish: June 11, 2011

The Long and the Short Swords

Bridge didn’t used to get involved with his clients, especially clients who put him at risk. From ...More

Publish: January 18, 2013

Reclamation

The peace of the virtual world Bottle City is broken by an incursion, a cry for help from the mythic...More

Publish: May 21, 2016

Paycheck Euphoria

Peter Burroughs, teenage hacker turned 40-something wage slave, was a top chip fabrication expert at...More

Publish: September 6, 2021

Tales from the Bridge Chronicles, Volume 1

The near-future world of Artemis Bridge has been critically-acclaimed in such novels as Under the Am...More

Publish: December 31, 2011

Hiss Whistle Dead

Shel was an Excavator, a digital archaeologist sifting through the remnants of the recently deceased...More

Publish: September 25, 2024

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Ever wondered how an author comes up with his ideas? Ever wanted to know where I get my characters, or the stories behind the stories that I write? Watch my new video series, The Author Has Thoughts, a running commentary on each of the novels I've written.