WOO HOO!!!!
Thirteen stories in thirteen weeks. And I had a blast doing it.
Hell For The Holidays
December 21st, 2012 hadn’t been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded and the living suddenly found out they weren’t alone.
Andy had seen it all, done it all as a detective when he’d be alive. Now, as a ghost, he still works as a private investigator. This time, it isn’t just Heaven or Hell, it’s much worse: it’s families and the holidays.
As usual, this story has been posted to my web site and will be available for free for a week. After that I’ll take down the page. I will post more free fiction at some point. From the stats I’ve been keeping, on the days I post free fiction I generate 100% more traffic than I normally do. Considering I don’t post very often, I find that astonishing.
I love this story, as I have loved all the stories set in this world. It’s bitter and cynical about both the holidays and families, which I’m really not. It was fun to play at that extreme though.
This is the last story for this challenge. I feel incredibly satisfied. I suspected writing a short story a week wouldn’t be that difficult, particularly given how quickly I can draft. I knew it would be fun as well, jumping from one cool idea to the next, playing with different voices and settings. I didn’t know what I’d learn, but I knew I’d learn a lot, which I did. I learned a lot about the publishing process, not just the writing process.
Speaking of which, I will post this story to Smashwords, B&N, Amazon, etc. However, this morning, the sites are all slow. I figure it’s all those people with new ebook readers playing around, as well as all the authors offering free books for the holidays. Maybe I’ll do something like that next year. We’ll see.
In the meanwhile, I’m going to go celebrate the day with my family. I hope each and everyone of you is having a fabulous day.