My previously unpublished short story The Hill You Die On is out now as a podcast! The gentlemen at Shade Chronicles podcast picked it for episode 9 of season 3 of their show, links below:

And for those who prefer Apple Podcasts, this is the link HERE.

Whenever Thomas Fletcher finds his skeleton on the patch of grass in his back yard, it warns him of how he might die that day. On the morning of his daughter’s wedding, he finds the skeleton without indication or clue as to what he should avoid. 

The production quality is excellent, despite the AI narrator occasionally stressing the wrong emphasis, but the sound effects and backing score add a layer I never thought possible. After the opening song, my story is up first – it only goes for 22 minutes, so great length to listen during a commute –  then a brief spot I recorded to give more info. 

After the second story, the hosts discuss my story, which was downright surreal to hear people I don’t know talk about something I wrote. Feels good. 

I also designed my own cover:

In other news, there’s not much other news. Revising the rewritten Kill The King manuscript has been extraordinarily time-consuming, considering it’s a 114,000-word joint and I’m giving it a deep line edit. That said, I managed to edit chapter 5 (titled Dancing Shoes) in one weekend, and it’s 20,000+ words. Hope to have it done (including weeding out all those pesky filler-killer words) by the end of the year, then can deliver to to alpha readers. 

More exciting story news to come. 

Stay blessed, everyone

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