Take a peek inside:
Madison Cavendish and Sue SunMountain are not your typical detective duo. Like Mulder and Scully they investigate very unusual crimes, but they are not like Mulder and Scully. The blood that runs in Mulder and Scully’s veins is their own, while the same cannot be said of Cavendish and SunMountain.
If you like strange tales, weird happenings, and monsters of all sorts, you’ll love TERROR BY NIGHT.
Sunday afternoon! We’d love to see you there!
Whoa! Morgan Golladay, writer and artist from Milford, Delaware, took second place in the National Federation of Press Women with her story, “Under the Rhododendrons,” featured in HALLOWEEN PARTY ’23. Kudos to Morgan, and question for you, horror fan: Have you read this book yet?
My gosh, look at the illustrations by US Veteran and artist Juan Cantu! If editor Jeffrey Keeten chose Morgan’s story from all those submitted, what other “goodies” has he packed into this book for you?
We’re so happy for you, and we feel so lucky to have this wonderful story in this creepy horror read!
We are excited to extend an invitation to you for the inaugural Current Words One-And-Done Session—an exclusive opportunity designed for fiction and memoir writers to refine their skills within a supportive setting, and the best part is, it’s entirely free!
Hosted online by DPP founders Dianne Pearce and David Yurkovich, this session is scheduled for 9-11 AM Pacific time on select Saturdays. To ensure an intimate learning environment, each meeting is limited to five participants. This is your chance to engage with seasoned professional editors at no cost.
Registration: To secure your spot, submit a portion of your writing (between 450-550 words) for live discussion. Please email your selection to workshops@currentwords.com by January 20, 2024, to be considered for the February 3rd workshop. Include your full name, city, state, and the type of work you are developing (short stories, long-form fiction, memoir) in your application. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis due to limited space. Upon confirmation of your enrollment, you will receive an email containing further instructions and the meeting URL. Participants must be willing to join a Zoom call and have their work constructively discussed in a small-group setting. Please commit to attending if you sign up, as there are very limited spaces available.
In case you do not secure a spot in the first meeting, we will provide information about our March date. We plan to select five new participants each month as long as there is interest. We eagerly anticipate sharing this enriching experience with you, learning more about you and your writing, and connecting with our fellow authors.
There is NO charge to participate. We so look forward to reading your writing!
Apparently it’s not a what, but a WHO: David Fulcher!
Have you read any of David’s work?
In addition to running and publishing Samsara magazine, David also publishes short stories and poems!
You can check out these for free, by clicking on the photo:
And how about some David video?
Or listen to a tale of terror, if you dare!
Hockey fans, I believe David is a goalie. Impressive! And give up any thoughts of scoring…. 😉
Kindle Vella (or KV, or Vella) is a new service from Amazon that allows anyone to go online and start reading a book IMMEDIATELY! The books are all serialized. They may release one chapter per week, or even a chapter daily. The first three chapters/episodes of any book are free.
For now, Vella is only available to reader in the USA, while Amazon tries out this pilot program. DPP is in on it, and we are even beta-testers for the comments and polls functions. So, some of our stories have comments, and some have polls, and some have both.
All series (books) being serialized have the first three episodes as free.
For episodes after that, you have to buy them.
You buy them by buying tokens. Most chapters/episodes average out at about six cents/episode.
You cannot currently give tokens as gifts, or buy tokens with gift cards, and you cannot buy someone a Vella story to read, like, “I’ll get this for my friend!” Nope, not now you won’t. But maybe in the future!
And hopefully in the future more countries will be able to get it too.
DPP’s jury is still out on this one. We’re trying it, and we like how we can put in notes for our readers, and get comments back. As authors it is nice to have connection with readers, because otherwise we never do, and we want to know what readers think. But, it so restricted at the moment with the USA-only tie that we’re not sure how we feel about it. Certainly since we have worked to edit people to are writing their entire novels on their phones, it is appealing to those of us who love our small hand-held devices.
ONE BENEFIT: the reviews a book gets there go with it when it goes into paperback.
We’d love to have some folks try out our Vellas and then take a survey on the experience so we can find out what readers think.
Contact us if you want to join in the fun and give us your honest feedback: editor@devilspartypress.com
What do we have on Vella currently?
GRAVELIGHT PRESS PRESENTS:
Written by master story tell R. David Fulcher
When Patsy finds her friend and client has passed away in her living room, Patsy’s only thought is how to take care of her friend’s dog and estate, but someone in her friend’s life has other ideas. Can Patsy, still grieving the loss of her friend, help save her friend’s estate?
Written by Amy Willard, a real-life housecleaner!
Those fantastic Vella titles will soon be joined by:
Noir collection: HARDBOILED And LOADED WITH SIN
Check this blog for links and announcements.
Thanks for all you do to help DPP keep-on keeping-on. We’re getting more late-bloomers published this year than ever before because you read our books!
Well, a mother never has favorites, but readers do. So far, in the number one spot for readers is NEW SANTA. I guess folks just love Christmas! (Or hate it!)
When you read a DPP book, it means everything!
As we move further into 2023, we realized it was time to redo the Hawkshaw Press site (home of our crime fiction novels and collections). The site has gotten a fresh makeover, and we’ll be updating Gravelight and Out of This World soon as well.
Meanwhile, please drop by Hawkshaw Press and meander a while, Flatfoot.
ADDENDUM: While the ad below states that the offer expires December 31, 2022, we’ve extended to January 31, 2023.
The moment I saw Juan Cantu’s art I knew I had to own some. Luckily his work is still affordable (but for how long people!), and I was able to grab this beauty you see above.
Because I was also lucky enough to meet him in person, this kind, gentle, and amazingly talented man, I was also able to get to know him a bit, and keep in touch, and I was so thrilled when he said he’d design the new Halloween Party anthology for us. If you visit Juan’s Instagram (_1kan2_) you will see how macabre, funny, dark, and philosophical his work is. If you like to collect art, I suggest you buy yourself an original while you still can. And, it may interest you to know, Juan is also a veteran. He served his country, and that informs his art, and he works to bring art opportunities to veterans like himself.
We did an interview with Juan, and we’ll be posting that in our newsletter in the coming months. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out!
Apologies if you tried to submit to Duosuma and received a message indicating that the submissions quota was full.
Glitch is now fixed (has been tested) and is open ONLY until 11/30@ midnight, when it will close for good for this season.
Submit your work now, before it’s too late.
Good luck~
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