New Stories

Well, then.

This weekend did not go to plan in any way. My dad went into hospital on Friday, courtesy of a fall where he bumped his head in the kitchen. He’s okay, but it made for an anxious few days given his other health issues, and I ended up focused on learning new skills and long-ignored admin instead of writing.

Initially, that meant doing updates of old Clockwork Golem products, preparing to get the backlist on sale. Lots of transferring of files and getting up to speed with the new version of Photoshop and InDesign.

Useful busy-work for keeping me occupied, but I also wanted to put something new into the world. And I had a few weird, off-kilter stories kicking around that I’d drafted with the half-hearted idea of doing a Patreon (set aside when I realised I’m unlikely to maintain a regular pace long-term).

And I had a few weird, off-kilter stories kicking around that I’d drafted with the half-hearted idea of doing a Patreon (set aside when I realised I’m unlikely to maintain a regular pace long-term).

Which is why this came out this morning:

And why this will become a thing next Tuesday:

Both will be available from Amazon exclusively for the next few months, as they’ve been enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and are free to read for subscribers.

I’m not normally inclined to put Brain Jar books in a narrow release like this, but since I’d already earmarked these for a Patreon-based project, I wasn’t so worried about the limitations of the system. I will be setting up a window where folks without KU subscriptions can download Winged, With Sharp Teeth for free–details will go out via social media, the newsletter, and here once that’s in place. 

That said, if you’re feeling really extravagant, you can pick up a print chapbook of the first story.