Boy, 3.5 readers, my little Amazon catalog sure is growing.
My third short, “The End Is Nigh” is now available. Wacky conspiracy theorist and alleged nutball Harry Blanding shows up at a subway stop every day, ringing his bell while he blurts out his absurd claims.
Most believe him to be a performance artist with an absurd sense of humor, but when cell phone footage of Harry’s antics goes viral, one particular government agency that may or may not exist is not laughing.
Get your copy today:
What’s that 3.5 readers? You are Elon Musk? You are super rich and able to drive a Tesla on the moon and you don’t want to get my book for FREE?
Well, that’s ok. If you are rich then you can buy it tomorrow.
But for those of you who are not super rich space tycoons, my book is FREE today and it would be a big help if you grab a FREE copy by the end of the day. I have given away 88 copies so far so it would be awesome to make it an even 100.
Ahh, the joys of writing where giving away free copies can be considered a success.
You’ll enjoy it, 3.5 readers. It’s a quick read. It is poignant and sad and it even has a twist of dark humor here and there. And if you don’t want to read it, you don’t have to because there isn’t going to be a pop quiz or anything.
It’s free. You’ll be supporting your old pal BQB by picking up a free copy. Thank you.
FREE through August 10
Hey 3.5 readers.
BQB here.
My FREE promotion for The One That Got Away is ongoing until August 10.
Check out these stats:
It’s currently #94 in Single Authors Short Stories and #51 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Note these stats are for books that are free in these genres. I’m not number 1 in paid dystopian sci fi. That’s George Orwell. Look out, George. Big Brother and I are comin’ at ya.
Anyway, if you could grab your free copy so it keeps climbing the charts, I’d appreciate. A review would help even more.
Check it out, 3.5:
What’s it about?
It’s basically a case of be careful what you wish for. Evan Brooks spends twenty years on a bar stool, drinking and complaining about Lisa, the fiance who broke up with him. A mysterious stranger gives him a trial run of a version of the world where Lisa stayed.
Unfortunately, Lisa and Evan married…and their son grew up to become the most ruthless dictator the world has ever seen.
Ever feel bad when something didn’t go your way? Maybe…don’t…because the world has a funny way of making the right things happen and when people try to push back against the unseen hand of fate, the results are rarely good.
Hey 3.5 readers.
Well, I just spent twenty minutes writing a nice description for you all only to hit a random button and lose it, so let me give you the short version.
Man has fiance. Fiance leaves. Man becomes drunk. Man loses lawyer job. Man sits at bar stool for 20 years, crying about how his ex, Lisa, kicked him to the curb.
Man meets mysterious stranger. Man states he wishes Lisa had never left.
Stranger grants request. Man wakes up to find himself in dystopian world. Turns out in the version of the world where he and Lisa got married, they had a son who turned out to be a ruthless dictator who conquers America, racking up a hefty kill count as he controls all.
Evan is given a choice. Stay in this version of the world as his son’s captive. He and Lisa are forced to stay in the Eye House (formerly the White House) under close surveillance. He’d get to be with the love of his life but, you know, the whole dictator son thing.
Or he can return to his old life as a drunken bum. It’s no picnic, but hey, at least Democracy is still a thing.
Will Evan put his country over his own selfish needs? Will he even get to make a choice? Get this fine book on Amazon and find out.
3.5 readers, do you like free books? What’s that? 2.5 of you are distant cousins of John D. Rockefeller and ergo, you prefer to pay for your books?
Fine, but the remaining 1 of you who isn’t related to John D. Rockefeller should go on over to Amazon and get this free book.
Also, there is a shark on the cover.
Hey, 3.5 readers.
Long time, no see. Are there still 3.5 of you?
So, I’m getting into the short story game.
Why, you didn’t ask?
I’m working on an anthology series. Short stories with twisted endings, like an homage to the Twilight Zone, but with BQB’s sense of humor.
In the first one, a superhero quits. That’s right. One day, he just decides he doesn’t want to save the city anymore. It’s a thankless job and there are more productive things he can be doing, so he decides to move to California to work on becoming a pop star.
Here is the Righteous Champion, singing on his Karaoke Machine in the living room of his condo instead of saving Horrendous City from the Precursor, a vile, alien altered being who has constructed a ray gun that can erase anything.
Once they learn that the city’s savior is flying to greener pastures, Mayor Lazarus Latherton and Police Chief Isaac Hammer are faced with a terrible fate. They will have to do…their jobs!
Dun dun dun…
Ultimately, I’ve been trying to make a go of self-publishing for awhile now and time, money, etc. are all tough factors. My thought here is this:
Say you want to get into the lemonade business.
Would you a) make one pitcher of lemonade and start a stand in your yard and if that becomes profitable, you might, say, start a couple more stands, eventually working your way up to starting a lemonade store, followed by a lemonade chain or…
b) Start a lemonade chain first?
I was trying to do b all along and now I’m realizing a will, I think be better.
Honestly, it could be better to just say screw it all and eat cookies and watch TV.
But alas, that old writing bug is still biting me, so let’s see how this goes.
Any thoughts on the cover? Let me know.
Hey 3.5 readers.
BQB here.
My book, the first part of The Last Driver, is FREE on Amazon all this week. If you could grab a free copy, I’d appreciate it. Leave a review? Even better.
Thank you.
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