In Solemn Shades Of Endless Night

"Halloween night. A battle between good and evil, darkness and light. The blurring of reality. A touch of trust and betrayal. The burden of the past on present and future generations. Robert Swartwood's In Solemn Shades of Endless Night has it all. A classic Halloween tale that will keep you turning the pages."

--- David B. Silva, author of The Shadows of Kingston Mills

In Solemn Shades of Endless Night is a 14,000-word story about a man trapped in perpetual Halloween night who must make the ultimate choice: to save himself or the world. Now available as an ebook for $1.99 at the usual places:

• Amazon (US)
• Amazon (UK)
• Smashwords

Please feel free to add it to your shelves at Goodreads.

Fun fact: the novelette's title is taken from a Shakespeare play. Any guesses which one?

Do E-Book Coupons Work?

One of the things Smashwords lets you do that Amazon does not is generate your own coupon codes. It's a great promotional tool that I never really considered using until now. Because for a very limited time, you can purchase the special edition of Through the Guts of a Beggar (which contains an alternate ending and two bonus short stories) for only 99 cents. That's 50% off the regular price. Use coupon code FF28K. Offer expires this Saturday, October 2nd. Have at it!

Coming This Halloween

"Halloween night. A battle between good and evil, darkness and light. The blurring of reality. A touch of trust and betrayal. The burden of the past on present and future generations. Robert Swartwood's In Solemn Shades of Endless Night has it all. A classic Halloween tale that will keep you turning the pages."

--- David B. Silva, author of The Shadows of Kingston Mills

The Monkeybicycle Lightning Round! Reading Series

This new quarterly reading series fuses quick, high energy readings with a broad range of voices--both established and emerging--into a seamless hour of literary brilliance. Each event will feature 20 readers, each of whom will read no longer than three minutes before introducing the next reader. No interruption from the host means a continuous listening experience. No guidelines other than length means maximum variety of form and content. Monkeybicycle's Lightning Round! Reading Series: a cure for the common reading.

Round One.

OCTOBER 22ND, 7pm, KGB Bar, New York City

Featuring: Paula Bomer, Sarah Bridjins, Jason Brooks, Laura Carney, William Clifford, Nicole Elizabeth, Jim Freed, Greg Gerke, Eirik Gumeny, Chris Heavener, Krystal Languell, Michael Leong, John Madera, Peter Richter, Joe Sullivan, Robert Swartwood, Mike Topp, Timmy Waldron, Mike Wood, and John Woods.

Not sure yet what I'll read. Maybe some hint fiction pieces? I do only have three minutes. If you're in the area that night, make sure to stop by!

Hinting At Gotham Writers' Workshop

On the heels of yesterday's exciting Hint Fiction news -- you know, the special Wigleaf issue which if you haven't checked it out yet I strongly encourage you to do so -- there is even more exciting news: Hint Fiction has been picked by the Gotham Writers' Workshop as their writing contest this fall. Prizes include:

• 10-week writing workshop
• $100
• One-year subscription to The Writer
• Publication of your winning entry in Gotham's Winter 2011 course catalog
• Bragging rights

Details here.