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I feel like I’ve waited a long time to return to today’s Deadly Destionation, but only because I had such an amazing time during my first visit, and a near perfect time during my second visit.  So where are we going? To Midcity led by Carolyn Crane's Carter from her Disillusionists Trilogy about a group of superhero types who’ve learned to weaponize their crippling psychological disorders.  Carolyn has teamed up with two of my favorite paranormal authors, Meljean Brook and Jill Myles for a new ebook anthology called WILD AND STEAMY available on August 3rd.  Carolyn has graciously offered a copy to one of you who comments on this post!  See details below

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Carter’s guide to Midcity!
by
Carolyn Crane

Carter is a disillusionist who lives in Midcity, and his specialty is rage! You can read about Midcity and the disillusionists in Mind Games, Double Cross, and the novella in Wild & Steamy.

Midcity: An exciting place to visit! By Carter the disillusionist

Getting around MIDCITY:

I would recommend walking or driving on the normal streets, but by all means, avoid driving on the Tangle! The Tangle is a multi-clover turnpike that is the most insane, twisted-up, dangerous, maddening thing ever constructed! But it is also the fastest way to get around the city. I drive on it every day and get really upset. Apparently some secrets of the Tangle are revealed in the anthology, WILD & STEAMY but hell if I’m going to read that thing!

Eating out IN MIDCITY:

Mongolian Delites $$

You can find kebabs of many kinds at the Mongolian Delites. This restaurant has full bar, which is handy if the traffic on the Tangle has DRIVEN YOU CRAZY!  Also, there is a mirror behind the bar and it’s satisfying to throw things at it and break it. If you’re like me, you could also try going into the kitchen and breaking plates, a relaxing activity when Midcity gets on your NERVES!  Depending on when you go, you may or may not find a certain tortured mastermind trapped there who happens to be a very very good friend of mine.

Ciappos $$$$$

A fancy underground restaurant where the elite go to eat, and some of them are jerks. Overpriced. I should go trash that place.

SHOPPING IN MIDCITY:

Downtown

The downtown shopping scene is pretty sad. Even a guy who rarely shops can see that. Let me paint you the scene as you walk down the sidewalk: 1970’s mannequins wearing faded and dusty outfits that involve shoulder pads and giant buttons. Ripped pantyhose. Sometimes the mannequins don’t even have their wigs on straight.

North Midcity Bazaar

Slightly better than downtown, the bazaar is in an old warehouse that’s so big, it’s like an open bazaar feeling, with lots of stands, and mostly imported stuff, since they don’t make anything in Midcity anymore worth buying.

Le Toile Dress Shop

My friend and fellow disillusionist Justine used to work there. It’s in South Midcity, and is very fancy. Who can afford that stuff?

SAFETY:

Midcity is a safe place to vacation if you take precautions!

Before you go: Invest in a nice helmet and a pair of shoes you feel comfortable wearing while breaking into a sprint You’ll want to wear that helmet at all times in case you fall under telekinetic attack. Depending on the season, you might not want to go outside at night, due to the sleepwalking cannibals under Stuart the Dream Invader’s control.

Hint: Wearing a suit of armor will help foil most cannibalistic sleepwalkers - when they try to bite into your stomach and encounter metal, they will move on to easier prey. You might also try walking in a group of ten or more, armed with large caliber weapons.

Another hint: No matter what the cabbies tell you, don’t venture into the area underneath the Tangle interchange. This is a two-square-mile expanse of wasteland that makes the Mad Max wasteland look like Disneyworld.

One last hint: To guard against telekinetic pickpockets, pin all loose cash inside your pockets, or chain your wallet to your belt.

Wait, another hint: When you walk outside, get an annoying song running incessantly in your head. That will foil most telepaths trying to profit off secret information, like bank passwords.

Another hint: If you come in contact with the Midcity River water, wash the affected area immediately with a mixture of bleach and hydrochloric acid. And please do not throw lit matches into the river.

EXCITING MIDCITY!

Midcity is a great place to vacation if you know where to go and come prepared. There is always something happening in exciting Midcity!

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About Carolyn Crane

Carolyn Crane lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two daring cats. She spent years as a waitress and shop clerk before moving to ad agencies and the freelance writing life. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, and when she’s not writing novels or working her straight job, she can be found reading in bed, running, helping animals, or eating Mexican food. Visit Carolyn Crane online: Website|Blog |Twitter |Facebook

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Giveaway provided by Carolyn Crane

One ebook copy of WILD AND STEAMY by Meljean Brook, Jill Myles, and Carolyn Crane

Description:

The Blushing Bounder by Meljean Brook - An Iron Seas novella of 15,000 words: The search for a killer puts Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth's life in danger and her assistant, Constable Newberry, in the line of fire. But Newberry faces a danger of another kind: to his heart, by the woman forced to marry him. What will it take for this prudish bounder to convince his wife to stay?

Vixen by Jill Myles - A shifter novella of 15,000 words: Miko's denied her were-fox nature for far too long and turned her back on her vixen heritage. But when she meets two very sexy cat-shifters, she has to decide if she truly wants to give up on her frisky side, or embrace it. Because the were-fox in her doesn't want to choose between both men...it wants them both.

Kitten-tiger & the Monk by Carolyn Crane - A Disillusionists novella of 20,000 words: Sophia Sidway, Midcity's most dangerous memory revisionist, seeks out the mysterious Monk in the wasteland beneath the Tangle turnpike, hoping for redemption...but it turns out that the Monk is not all that pious, and the turnpike is no turnpike at all.

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