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Seven Into the Bleak: Free today!

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My cascading six day fantasy sale continues with Seven Into the Bleak, FREE on Amazon.com today and tomorrow (June 25 – 26) only!

Synopsis

A band of companions–each with his or her own reasons–delves deep into the heart of the Bleak, the infamous and horrifying cavern world miles beneath their own. But their dreams of a quick journey fade into black when their way home is cut off.

Tavern songs dwell on heroes returning laden with loot, fame, and glory, but rarely do they talk of the fear, and loneliness, and misery of life in the World Under the World. The group of seven is hard-pressed to simply survive–both from struggles within and without–and there will be no songs to sing of the companions if they succumb to the horrors of The Bleak.

Seven into the Bleak is an original fantasy short story of 8,100 words or about 30 paperback pages.

Ready…Read…Review!
If you enjoy Seven Into the Bleak, please consider writing a review at any one of the following fine websites. Your support is what makes my writing possible. Thanks in advance!

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Into-the-Bleak-ebook/dp/B00818DIVG/
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13639606-seven-into-the-bleak
Librarything http://www.librarything.com/work/12595544/reviews/85867240
Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/books/28841899/Seven-Into-the-Bleak

Don’t Forget…
Tomorrow ends my six-day, cascading fantasy sale, but don’t forget all three stories are normally available for just 99¢!

Assassin Reaches #1 and #2!

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Thank you!

That’s what I have to say after seeing my fantasy short Assassin reach #1 in Historical Fantasy and #2 in Epic Fantasy on the Amazon “free” lists. With your help, I’ve reached some stratospheric levels after just under 2 days on my Amazon free sale.

Thanks again for everyone’s amazing support. Please avail yourself of this sale…it ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time. If you enjoy what you’ve read, please consider writing a review. This page will give you the direct links to some great websites to do so.

This has been a great ride and I can’t wait to see what the sale will bring tomorrow and the next on Seven Into the Bleak, the last and final story in the sale. Stay tuned!

Assassin: Free today!

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My cascading six day fantasy sale continues with Assassin, FREE on Amazon.com today and tomorrow (June 23 – 24) only!

Synopsis

For almost twenty years, war has raged between the mountainkingdomofThraceand the sea-faringlandofAndal, exhausting both nations. Prince Lowan, the educated and debonair second son of the King of Thrace, has arrived to make peace with his father’s enemies. But the price Andal requires for peace is high–too high–and Lowan knows there are many ways to influence a nation at war.

Assassin is an original fantasy short story of 4,200 words, or about 17 paperback pages. It includes a Story Notes section, outlining the background and thought process behind the writing as well as an excerpt from Matthew Iden’s fantasy short story Sword of Kings.

Ready…Read…Review!
If you enjoy Assassin, please consider writing a review at any one of the following fine websites. Your support is what makes my writing possible. Thanks in advance!

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Assassin-ebook/product-reviews/B007JJSMTQ/
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13556737-assassin
Librarything http://www.librarything.com/work/12595546/reviews/85867256
Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/books/27846208/Assassin

Don’t forget…
One more fantasy short story is on sale over the next few days: Seven Into the Bleak (June 25-25)!

Addendum
As of 8:30 EST, Assassin hasn’t gone free yet due to server latency at Amazon. I’ve asked them to look into it and push it to free manually, but of course that might be me whistling in the wind. I’ll update here when it goes free.

Assassin is free as of 12:30 p.m. EST. Have at it!

Sword of Kings goes to #3!

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Thanks to a lot of promotion and support, my two day sale of fantasy short story Sword of Kings went to #3 on the Amazon Best Seller list of  “Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Fantasy > Epic” (and #201 on the overall list).
The rating will fall quickly, since the sale ended at midnight, but I kept good company for a while (see screen shot…and please ignore the Pampers ad)!

Thank you to everyone who downloaded and reviewed (or will review) SoK…I am really overwhelmed right now and can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support!

The next two day sale–of my short story Assassin–has just started (12 midnight EST) and goes for two days as well. Details will be posted very soon!

Update
I checked the lists (of course) around 7:30 a.m. EST and was tickled that SoK has made it to #1 on the Epic Fantasy list. My hope for the”cascading sale,” as you might have guessed, is to keep the first story buoyed up by this amazing support from readers…while my second and then third story bounce up as well.

It’s not out of the question to have all three in the Top 5 of Epic Fantasy at the same time if things fire in the right order. I’ll be writing an analysis next week of the experiment. Fingers crossed!

Sword of Kings: Free today!

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My cascading six day fantasy sale starts today with Sword of Kings, FREE today and tomorrow (June 21 – 22) only!

Escape for a time to the kingdom of Mercia…

Synopsis

“My sword is dying.”

King Andreas was confident, bold, courageous…until his sword–the living symbol of his power–began to crumble in his hands.

With his brother Jon by his side, Andreas has little time to find out why the sword, passed down through a hundred generations, is failing now. The answer he finds may save his kingdom, but at a terrible price.

Sword of Kings is a 4,100 word short story of high fantasy. Included in this volume is a Story Notes essay detailing the thought process and background behind the writing of the work.

Ready…Read…Review
If you enjoy Sword of Kings, please consider writing a review at any one of the following fine websites. Your support is what makes my writing possible. Thanks in advance!

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sword-of-Kings-ebook/product-reviews/B00758JRAY/
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13556735-the-sword-of-kings
Librarything http://www.librarything.com/work/12351974/reviews/85867266
Shelfari http://www.shelfari.com/books/27043965/Sword-of-Kings


Don’t forget…
Two other fantasy shorts are on sale over the next few days: Assassin (June 23-24) and Seven Into the Bleak (June 25-25)!