"A smart, sophisticated, and inventive thriller, THE ZODIAC DECEPTION is an utterly convincing and compelling debut. The effort Kriss put into the story shows — and the relationship between Max, double agent and Nazi filmmaker, and Peter, the con man who must assassinate Hitler, is one for the ages. Don’t miss it."
-J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of WHEN SHADOWS FALL

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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 34 prickles of august pirouetting into flesh teach my words to dance #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetry #writer #art | 4 years 8 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Desku 1 an eight fingered hand red from waving motionless giving pause for thought #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #writer #zen | 4 years 8 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Desku: descriptions in haiku form exploring radical minimalism in writing. #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetry #writer #zen | 4 years 8 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 33 heat heavy branches kneel earthward in submission while words make me bow #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetry #dog | 4 years 8 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 32 summer's humid haze seeping in and gluing down will my words adhere #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetry #poem #zen | 4 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 31 summer storms of grey gather force at late of day with power poets crave #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetry #poem | 4 years 9 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 30 flower dappled days colors burst on canvas green so would I my words #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poetrytuesday | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 29 lofty words like kites tightly tied to strings of rules longing to fly free #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #zen | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Criku 2 on this a new day though bathed by love's rainbow rays still i see the storm #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #zen | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Criku 2 on this a new day though bathed by love's rainbow rays i still see the storm #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #zen | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Criku rounds of tears explode when will they penetrate hearts like bullets do flesh #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #zen | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 28 fat with green the leaves confidently cling to trees taunting timid words #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #zen | 4 years 10 months ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 27 winds like jazz horns blow making my neatly stacked notes a cacophony #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem #jazz #zen | 5 years 3 weeks ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 26 like wild weeds of spring beside all the pretty prose my words stake their place #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers #poem | 5 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 25 pine spears pierce the sky air armored in wordsmith's grey words like blood spurt out #haiku #3lines #micropoetry #PoetsAndRhymers | 5 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wriku 24 with warmth words begin budding on spindly branches of long planted plots #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #3lines #PoetsAndRhymers #zen | 5 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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Gary Kriss | @garykrisswrites | Follow | Wrikuan 1 one hand is clapping the other hand is writing which hand makes more noise #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #3lines #zen #koan | 5 years 1 month ago | Reply Retweet Favorite |
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“The Zodiac Deception offers a fresh and wondrously original take on the old World War II tale. Gary Kriss's sterling debut mixes magic and mysticism with espionage and derring-do to create a perfect blend of what you'd have if Eye of the Needle met Stephen King on a lighter day. The story may not be true, but you'll wish it was and believe it too. Bold, refreshing, and downright terrific.”
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“A taut historical thriller. Kriss delivers an action-packed debut as a con man, a film maker and a priest utilize the Nazi's fascination with Occult in a plot to assassinate Hitler.”
—Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Touch and Go