Never one to come up short in the mini-story department, Jeff Strand delivers in spades in his latest collection of short stories, Snuggling the Grotesque. Anyone who subscribes to his newsletter will be familiar with his ability to write a short story based on anything, but I’d call those shortER stories, or maybe micro-stories. This […]
I’m not the fastest reader, but I chug along reading every night before bed. The latest finished novel comes from Matt Rayner, Echoes of Home. Reading took me from May 5 – May 23 at my usual intended 15-20 minutes per night but being the page-turner it was, on a couple occasions, had me pushing […]
I dive into the greasy underworld of books/ebooks publishing and get answers straight from the proverbial horses’ mouths – M.L. Rayner, Jeff Strand, and Dan Moren. What’s the difference in the authors’ pocketbook when it comes to outright purchasing, renting, or getting that phat discount?