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Books by Mike Redline

Funny, short stories about the people who love their cars, trucks and bikes a little too much โ€” and one science-fiction saga about what happens when a soul ends up in an engine.

Grandma Bought a Corvette โ€” free story
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Grandma bought a Corvette,
and she is not sorry.

She's seventy-eight, four-foot-eleven in her good sandals, and she just paid cash for a car the color of a fire truck's angrier cousin. A fifteen-minute read.

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The Family Garage
Series ยท 4 Books

Somebody in every family eventually buys exactly the wrong car at exactly the right time. Four standalone comedies about the grandmother, the dad, the mom, and the little sister who did it anyway. Read them in any order โ€” each is about fifteen minutes and ninety-nine cents.

Reading Order
01
FREE
Grandma Bought a Corvette
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Grandma Bought a Corvette

She did the math on how much time she has left. The answer was a Corvette.

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02
Oh Crap, Dad Bought a Supra
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Oh Crap, Dad Bought a Supra

He drove the same Camry for eleven years. Then the algorithm found him.

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03
Did Mom Just Buy a Porsche 911?
Coming Soon

Did Mom Just Buy a Porsche 911?

Twenty-six years of car pools ended in August. The spreadsheet was named AFTER.

Publishing shortly
04
My Sister Bought a Mustang
Coming Soon

My Sister Bought a Mustang

She's twenty-three, it's loud, and Gary next door has started leaving notes.

Publishing shortly
Standalones
3 Books

One-offs. Different people, different machines, no connecting thread except that somebody loved something with an engine in it.

Read in any order
Frank and the Beetle
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Frank and the Beetle

A postcard, a barn coming down, and a name chalked on a firewall sixteen years ago. Narrated by the car herself.

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Sally and the Subaru: The Snakebite Run
Available Now

Sally and the Subaru

The Snakebite Run.

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Kelly and the Land Cruiser
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Kelly and the Land Cruiser

A teacher, a folder marked CAPE BRETON since 1997, and a neighbor's garage door standing open for the first time in twenty-six years.

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Same voice. Their car, truck, or bike. One copy in the world.

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Motor Gods
Series ยท Book One Coming

A boy from a farm in upstate New York goes sledding toward a frozen pond and wakes up somewhere else โ€” a world of pyramids, squabbling gods, and a fountain where human souls are cleaned and sent back out. Some come back as people. Some come back as engines.

Motor Gods: The Rise of Teslar
Announcing October 6, 2026

Book One: The Rise of Teslar

The first full novel in the Motor Gods universe. Written entirely by hand, over more years than I'd like to admit.

A free Motor Gods short story lands the same day. Get on the list and it comes straight to you.

  • Book One ยท The Rise of TeslarOct 6, 2026
  • Motor Gods short storyOct 6 ยท Free
  • Book TwoIn development
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Same voice, written for one person and one car. That's the custom book โ€” and it's the reason all of this exists.

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