Summer Sales Special

Summer Sales
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Smashwords was an early entry into the ebook business and early on I used their platform to get into publishing my fiction before using Amazon's service. Smashword's month-long Summer Sales Special starts July 1 and runs to the end of the month. I've put eight of my works at 50 percent off, which means one of them, Downswing, is free! Details of the fiction available for this discount below. Remember, promo code PP725.

Rabbletown: Life in These United Christian States of Holy America

Reviewer
I expected a few things when I started reading this book. I expected to maybe be amused by a satirical take on the Fundamentalists that are doing their utmost to take over this country - sadly, the concept is difficult to make amusing, because the idea of Fundamentalists taking over this country and turning it into an Evangelical theocracy is absolutely terrifying to anyone who wants to live in love and Light. I expected to be outraged by the excesses of Fundamentalist leaders who grow fat and rich off the tithing of their flock, while the common people live in poverty and squalor. I expected to be terrified by the idea of an Evangelical theocracy in general. What I did not expect was to be profoundly moved. I did not expect the overwhelming desire to make this book required reading for everyone. I did not expect goose bumps or a profound feeling of "rightness" to come over me while I read this book.

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SPILL

Here are some fun lines:

“Bartending has given me a wonderful perspective on the needs of the common man.” (The poor saps, she thought to herself.)

The fact that he had passed security checks to become a bonded delivery agent—given the many on-record facts of his own unreliability matched only by the disreputability of his truck—still amazed Fred. No wonder terrorists could fly planes into buildings.

Zoe was neither ugly nor fat, but at 38 she was feeling old and a little bloated.

Something always took whatever savings she was able to amass, which really was a euphemism for quarters in an empty two-gallon goldfish bowl.

But he wasn’t bad looking for a morose, failed-English-teacher, older guy.

“Why, yes, my dear. It is.” Reginald knew she hated to be called “my dear.” “Honey” was an eye-gouging offense.

Blue Kansas Sky

Synopsis: A tale of snooker on the Kansas Prairie, set in Larned, KS. Circa 1965. Larned State Hospital is but a few miles outside Larned,Kansas. Jim, who lives on the grounds where he father, the dentist of the mental hospital, has housing. He rides the bus with the few patients who are granted permission to visit Larned on Saturday mornings. Jim goes to meet a friend to play snooker and learns some valuable lessons about race and also about himself.


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The Saltness of Time

Reviewer: When four young college students get snowed in with a stranger in a small Kansas town, they hear from him a story about an event in his youth that has forever altered his life and his perceptions of the world. Like all of Attwood's stories, The Saltness of Time provides just enough information to give the idea behind the story structure, and to allow the reader to fill in the rest. Beautifully evocative, this is a story that you'll want to savor and re-read. Check it out!

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By Pain Possessed

Can the weakest human save us all?

Reviewer: Like all of Randy's stuff, this is a great piece. Fans of his work won't want to miss it. Those who enjoy thought-provoking ideas and don't mind working a bit to find all the layers should enjoy this also. Definitely check it out - like all of his stuff, I recommend it.

Downswing

Reviewer
Voluptuous, gorgeous - who thought a golf game could be so beautiful?

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The 41st Sermon

This was a strange story - Randy asked if I could assign a genre to it, but honestly, I can't think of any genre it fits into neatly. There is a bit of mild erotica, there are definitely lots of different themes - finding yourself, redemption, finding faith, learning what life is all about - but none that relates itself to a specific genre other than general fiction. I really liked the book, though - it had a lot of good things to say, and I thought the story was one in which many people could find enjoyment, once they get past feeling shocked about some of the issues that come up. I warn that you need to be open-minded about the story, but if you are willing to do so, you should find something in here to love. Check it out!