Published Works by Patrick Ross


As a journalist, policy advocate, and creative writer, Patrick has authored thousands of published works. Below are a few of his published works of fiction and creative nonfiction.

Discovery

It was bad enough Jack Walters came home to his San Francisco basement apartment to find a murder victim on his couch. Even worse is that the corpse staring back at him is his ex-fiancée.


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Removal

I’m a master of fine-art theft, with a long track record of satisfying my clients’ desires. What could go wrong today?


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The Case of the Missing Princess

Private eye Don Diamond vows to his new client that he’ll find her missing Princess. He’ll forgive himself for at first believing it was the client’s daughter who was missing rather than a Pekinese show dog.


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The Nudge

When gifted with the ability to mentally connect with another individual and influence their actions, it makes perfect sense to use it for crime. Why worry about how the talent impacts you?


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An Indefatigable Agenda

The Atlas Maior was the largest and most expensive published work of the 17th Century, a collection of atlases that attempted to capture the world. This essay explores the dramatic story of its creator, Joan Blaeu, and its impact on the author in the 21st Century.

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September 12th

Our narrator spends the morning of September 11, 2001, fleeing the U.S. Capitol after terrorists crash a plane into the Pentagon. More emotionally powerful is what transpires the next day.


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