Harmland is now available on Kindle and Nook. It’s been
largely finished for a while. I had trouble with the cover and trouble deciding
on the “about the book” blurb, which is very important. I still don’t
particularly like what I’ve got but I can always change it later and I wanted
to go ahead and get this up before it got any older. Or I did.
Since adding more ‘eyes’ to the Harmland cover didn’t seem
to help, I simplified it and used the subtitle of “dark tales.” However, Amazon has changed their
requirements and I had to make the cover much bigger than in the past, which
seems to have hurt the resolution. I’ve uploaded
a new one but it seems to take several days for that to go through, so in the
meantime it’s still wearing the original cover. Hopefully it will still attract some human
eyes.
I decided on $2.99 for the price. There are nine stories and over 21,000
words. Here’s the table of contents:
PART ONE. Whiskey, Guns, and Sin: Noir Stories
1. The Finest Cut…
2. The Grey Inside…
3. Whiskey, Guns, and Sin…
4. The Gift…
PART TWO. Mouth Wet with Rain and Leaves: Hauntings
5. The Finding…
6. Mouth Wet with Rain and Leaves...
7. The Toad…
8. The Vivarium…
9. A Hiss of Angels
Some of you have read the original version of “Whiskey, Guns
and Sin.” This is an expanded version
with a different ending. The rest of
these are brand new, including “The Vivarium,” which is my first foray into the
Chtulhu Mythos world of H. P. Lovecraft.
If you want to have a look, here it is on Kindle
Here it is for Nook
Congratulations! Is it in the iBookstore yet?
ReplyDeleteAlex, I have no idea about that. I didn't do anything with that, so I imagine not. Do you have any idea where I'd go to upload it to that? Or does stuff from Amazon upload there naturally at some point? I'm pretty ignorant.
ReplyDeleteJust grabbed my copy.
ReplyDeleteWell done. Should sell like hotcakes.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Charles! And was the Vivarium your first foray into the Mythos? I didn't know that.
ReplyDeleteBeen waiting for this one.
ReplyDeleteLovecraft! very cool and strange.
ReplyDeleteI GOTTA learn how to digitize my stuff. . . . some day.
congrats, Charles.
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grats, charles!
ReplyDeleteperhaps if you had the eyes squinting a bit, folk may not perceive em as headlights?
i saw them as eyes immediately, just knowing a bit about your style
one of these days, i must get an e-reader of some kind...
Chris, thankee, man!
ReplyDeleteRon, that would be nice.
Rick, first blatant foray at least. I've certainly used elements of Lovecraft in other stories.
Randy, I like how the writing turned out. Most of this was written in the early part of the year, before Lana's diagnosis, and was among the better stuff I'd been doing.
Cloudia, it's pretty easy these days. About all you need is an MS word file with a few minor tweaks. The Amazon publishing guidelines are pretty good.
Laughingwolf, I tried to do a more squinty eye actually but I couldn't get it right.
Congrats1 a Lovecraftian tale... Any contribution of your own or you use elements established ?
ReplyDeleteFunny, I should see the Mythos mention today. I just saw a call for stories like that and wondered what they were. Congrats on your amazing productivity.
ReplyDeleteI wish you lots of new readers, Charles!
ReplyDelete(I am sending your link to a friend.)
You seem to be very productive these days. Congratulations.
ReplyDeletetry the old \ / also?
ReplyDeleteask lana?
Deka, my story is based directly upon a tale Lovecraft himself wrote. A kind of Sequel, if you will. Of course, the university setting is from my actual university, and I think it's a been more action oriented than the typical mythos tale.
ReplyDeletePatti, thanks. I wouldn't call it amazing considering how slow I've been lately.
Merisi, I appreciate that. Thanks!
Sage, I was productive when these were written at least.
Laughingwolf, I will have to, man! :)
Nice. Always interesting to see this kind of look at the mythos.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good review you garnered already. The cover looks fine.
ReplyDeleteSounds good Charles, looking forward to your take on Cthulhu and the rest. I'll grab a copy soon.
ReplyDeleteDeka, it's a pretty broad mythos anyway from what I've read.
ReplyDeleteBernard, the name really fades out it seems to me.
David J., hope you enjoy, man.
Congratulations on your book!
ReplyDeletedo it! ;)
ReplyDeleteGolden eagle, thankee!
ReplyDeleteLaughingwolf, :)
Congratulations, Charles! I'm sure HARMLAND will do very well. The contents look appetising.
ReplyDeleteGreat bunch of titles! Will check it out pronto!
ReplyDeletePrashant, thanks. I hope it does indeed.
ReplyDeleteRichard, the only title I don't really like in there is "the Grey inside." I tried to come up with a different one for that but just couldn't find one that fit.
I'm looking forward to reading, Charles.
ReplyDeletedavid, I just picked up your collection as well. Hope to have time to get to it soon.
ReplyDeleteCharles-You are a wizard with titles-they are so great!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support in the Star Wars blogathon today!
ReplyDeletePutting it on my wish list for my next fiction phase.
ReplyDeleteI'm hungry for history these days. I'm reading my way through the Pacific Theatre of WWII.
Jodi, thankee. I enjoy doing titles. If only all writing was that easy. :)
ReplyDeleteAndrew, happy to do it.
Travis Cody, I've had those phases too, when history was all I craved. Not in a while. You might look into the books by Taylor Anderson, which starts out in WWII and then goes alternate world.
Congrats, Charles! The price is right.
ReplyDeleteI just downloaded the Kindle for PC app. I'm hoping that will do the trick.
ReplyDeleteI do like noir. Looking forward to reading this.
Oscar, I hope so.
ReplyDeleteX-Dell, hope you enjoy. It's an eclectic collection but definitely noirish in the primary
sounds like a great collection! congrats!
ReplyDeleteGreg, thankee.
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