It’s almost impossible to find a free Stephen King short story these days, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the entire text of a new work, “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive,” has been published by The Atlantic on their website as part of their May issue. In addition, King gives an interview about [...]
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Today's bargain book: "Heidegger's Glasses" by Thaisa Frank
“Heidegger’s Glasses” by Thaisa Frank Price: $0.00 Summary: At the end of World War II, in an underground Nazi compound built to resemble a village, a group of prisoners called the Scribes are housed and forced to answer letters to the dead as part of a desperate occult “insurance” plan. When they’re commanded to answer [...]
I wrote a Halloween story!
To celebrate Halloween and the sort of horror fiction that I like to read, I wrote a short story. It’s about growing up, trick-or-treating, and death. It’s also got death in it. And more death. Did I mention it’s a horror story? Good.
Today's bargain book: "Celia and the Fairies" by Karen McQuestion
Price: $0.99 Summary: When Celia Lovejoy’s parents announce that her grandmother is coming to live with them, Celia is delighted. Now while her parents work at their toy company, she can spend time with Grammy instead of going to bossy Paul’s house. When her grandmother tells stories about the fairies living in the woods behind [...]
Lemony Snicket collection dirt cheap on Kindle
I can’t vouch for the Lemony Snicket series, having never read them. (I won’t hold the movie against the books.) But if you’ve ever wanted to get into them, Harper Collins is offering a pretty great deal for Kindle customers. Ten of the thirteen volumes are free right now. The ones that aren’t: vols 1, [...]
Win a free ebook from Samhain publishing
Samhain is an independent publisher of romance and erotica in pretty much ever sort of genre you can imagine–sci-fi, fantasy, inspirational, mystery, urban, gay, lesbian, and action. (There are more categories than that listed on their site, in fact.) They’re giving away a free ebook this coming Tuesday, February 2nd, and all you have to [...]
Screenwriter self-publishes short-story on Amazon Kindle Store
The New York Times has an interesting article today about a screenwriter who self-published a short story on the Amazon Kindle store. “The Variant” is a spy-thriller that John August first tested out with a small group assembled from his Twitter followers, then slightly revised, formatted for the Kindle, and is now selling for 99 [...]