Hello everyone! It has been an interesting week. As someone who lives in a top floor apartment with no air conditioning I had to take refuge in the crazy triple digit heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwest. I was staying away from home all week. I did take my computer with me, and did a little bit a work. But this week involved a bunch of interviews, errands, and then there was a holiday. So I did not get as much done as I wanted. But I did get a little something done.

Once Upon a Time in Boston is set up for a Kindle release. I am ready to release it next week. I am hoping to do a free promotion on the week on release, if KDP will let me do that. Also, the Siren on Berry Ave rough draft had its first round of edits. I need to make it all pretty now for Scribophile. And that is all I really have to report.

But I am continuing the free short story promotions. This week, it is a spooky tale about a haunted retail store called Late Shift at Pennies. So if it sounds like your thing please take a look or grab a free copy. The last couple of weeks no one took advantage of the free stories. But they were also lighter fantasies, so maybe everyone is waiting for the darker stuff to return. And if that was the issue, it’s the return of darker material this week. I’ll post the synopsis below.

It is no mystery that the Pennies retail story is haunted. Ghosts act as pests for all employees of the store. Their harmless activity tends to intensify toward midnight which is known to most as witching hour. People have grown used to the ghosts and accepted them as another common everyday thing. But an unlucky Pennies employee named Ian is about to discover the ghost's true motives.

This short story will be free from July 7th to July 11th. You can grab it at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C7X0IKY.

And that is what I have for this week. I apologize for not having more. I have been very busy lately but I promise new stuff is coming. I’ll be blogging the new news soon.