The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind (2019)

22-year-old Teagan Frost was created by her geneticist parents to have psychokinesis, the ability to move things with her mind. Yes, they were really fucking smart. So smart they created three kids with abilities.

Things went really, really wrong when one of them, Teagan’s brother, Adam, lost his mind and killed their parents and Teagan’s sister Chloe. Yikes.

Anyway, Teagan got away, and that was…a while ago. She spends her time being sarcastic, chaotic, messy and not always very smart, Teagan now works for the government in Los Angeles as part of the black bag China Shop crew. She is, as far as she knows, the only person with extranormal abilities left in the entire world. She doesn’t want to be a government agent. She’d rather own her own restaurant. Called Teagan’s Tacos. Or Grillmatic, she can’t decide which.

Her crew features ex-gangster Annie Cruz, anal-retentive logistics guy Paul Marino, quadriplegic hacker Reggie McCormick, and wheelman Carlos Morales (who is also Teagan’s best friend). Together, they and Teagan complete jobs for the US government, using her psychokinesis to open doors, crack safes, and plant bugs. She’s handy.

One night, after a job goes south, Teagan finds herself framed for murder. The victim was killed in a way that only a psychokinetic could have managed. As the bodies pile up, Teagan discovers Jake—another psychokinetic, one who is also a result of her parents’ experiments. Jake is killing on behalf of a mysterious figure, Chuy. Chuy turns out to be Carlos—Teagan’s closest friend. In a terrifying battle against the backdrop of a wildfire in the north of the city, both Jake and Carlos are killed.

Sad trombone.

BUT! Teagan survives. Finds out a little more about herself. And finally, finally gets to have some breakfast.

WANT MORE? Amanda and Claire at the fabulous Fictional Hangover podcast have a terrific, detailed summary here.

Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air (2020)

China Shop are back in business, with Teagan trying to scheme her way to being allowed to attend chef’s school, and hoping to impress her crush, lawyer Nic Delacourt, who is super hot—he’s like a bald Chadwick Boseman.

After Carlos’ death, there’s a new member of the crew: Idriss ‘Africa’ Kouame, an enormous Senegalese wheelman. Africa has a bajillion stories (some of which may even be true) and wants nothing more than to kick ass at his new job. Which is a problem, because that enthusiasm can get annoying.

Teagan’s life is once again disrupted by Matthew Schenke—an unusually intelligent four-year-old sociopath with the ability to cause earthquakes. Imagine the nastiest, shittiest little kid you can think of, then give him superpowers. He is, to date, the most-hated villain I have ever written.

He sets off multiple quakes in and around Los Angeles, and in the battle to find him, China Shop’s Paul Marino is killed. Ouch.

Teagan and the crew work out that Matthew plans to set off the Cascadia faultline, which runs up and down the West Coast. With the help of a special ops team of snipers, they manage to stop him causing the quake, although he evades capture. What, you think I’m killing a bad guy that good?

WANT MORE? Amanda and Claire at the fabulous Fictional Hangover podcast have a terrific, detailed summary here.

Eye of the Sh*t Storm (2021)

TIME FOR SOME HARD DRUGS!

Teagan accidentally discovers that crystal meth supercharges her power after a plan to disrupt drug-trafficking bikers goes horribly wrong. She didn’t intend to get high, but she gets a blast of the stuff in the face.

Also, her escapades leave a bridge over the LA River storm drains. completely destroyed, with a gigantic pile of debris. But Teagan does end up getting fried chicken, so no harm, no foul.

She has no time to deal with it, however, because a building in Glendale has become mysteriously electrified. Yep, the whole building. Wood, walls, ceilings, doors, the toilets, the urinals, the desks, all of it.

Inside, Teagan discovers Leo, a scared kid with the ability to channel electricity through any object. Leo isn’t hostile, but Teagan does not want to hand him over to the government. She goes on the run, with Leo in tow. That puts her at odds with Annie, Reggie and Africa, who are tasked with tracking her down.

As the chase reaches its climax, Teagan makes the decision to save a massive homeless camp in the storm drain from an approaching flash flood—one caused by the destroyed bridge. She only just manages to pull it off. While she’s doing that, Annie discovers that Leo had been trying to escape from Teagan’s brother and sister, who are very much alive and continuing their parents’ research. Leo loses control of his powers, and Annie is left in a coma.

As Teagan visits Annie in the hospital, she too discovers her siblings are still alive when they both walk into Annie’s room…

I love cliffhanger endings.

WANT MORE? Amanda and Claire at the fabulous Fictional Hangover podcast have a terrific, detailed summary here.

A Sh*tload of Crazy Powers (OUT MAY 2022)

And that’s it—you’re all caught up!

Here’s the official blurb for the new book, out this year.

Teagan Frost has enough sh*t to deal with, between her job as a telekinetic government operative and a certain pair of siblings who have returned from the dead to wreak havoc with their powers. But little does she know, things are about to get even more crazy . . .

Teagan might have survived the flash flood of the century, but now she's trapped in a hotel by a bunch of gun-toting maniacs. And to make matters worse, her powers have mysteriously disappeared. Faced with certain death at every turn, Teagan will need to use every resource she has to stop a plot that could destroy Los Angeles - maybe even the entire world.