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May 4, 2024
Food-fest at Castle Terror
Who doesn't like ham?
Well... [gulp]
It is my great privilege and honor that the most excellent mods at Castle Terror chose my story Food for the May, 2024 group read.
All month the group will be reading it and discussing it. They might even delve into other volumes of the series.
I'll be on hand to discuss, have fun, joke around, all kinds of stuff for anyone inclined to give this one a go.
Happy Reading Everyone!
Well... [gulp]
It is my great privilege and honor that the most excellent mods at Castle Terror chose my story Food for the May, 2024 group read.
All month the group will be reading it and discussing it. They might even delve into other volumes of the series.
I'll be on hand to discuss, have fun, joke around, all kinds of stuff for anyone inclined to give this one a go.
Happy Reading Everyone!
January 23, 2024
"Food" Paperbacks!
I put in some extra work and listened to some really helpful advice and made the plunge into a broader paperback market.
I recently created an omnibus volume that has the first three Food stories, consisting of Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _, Food, and The MVP Room. These three stories are now available in paperback format for those who like physical books, as well as a collective ebook. Should make those stories an easier, cohesive read in a single volume.
I also created a paperback for the short novelMise en Place, the most recent in the series.
For anyone willing to delve into a dark dystopia, I've got your "meal ticket"!
Food: The Three Course Omnibus
Mise en Place
Thank you and happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
I recently created an omnibus volume that has the first three Food stories, consisting of Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _, Food, and The MVP Room. These three stories are now available in paperback format for those who like physical books, as well as a collective ebook. Should make those stories an easier, cohesive read in a single volume.
I also created a paperback for the short novelMise en Place, the most recent in the series.
For anyone willing to delve into a dark dystopia, I've got your "meal ticket"!
Food: The Three Course Omnibus
Mise en PlaceThank you and happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
December 20, 2023
Food series paperbacks
I have some good news for those of my fellow readers prefer paperbacks.
I have learned that listening to readers and what they like and want is a good thing. So thanks to some good friends, I have released the stories to date in paperback.
The first three I compiled into a "Three Course Omnibus," which combines Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _, Food, and The MVP Room into one short novella.
Food: The Three Course Omnibus
I've also released the most recent novella, Mise en Place in paperback format too.
Mise en Place
I'm hard at work on All Hate the King. But in the meantime, for anyone who prefers paperbacks, these might just be up your horrific alley. Both are available on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Course-Om...
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Mise-Plac...
They are both available on KU and as ebooks.
Happy reading everyone.
Jeffrey Caston
I have learned that listening to readers and what they like and want is a good thing. So thanks to some good friends, I have released the stories to date in paperback.
The first three I compiled into a "Three Course Omnibus," which combines Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _, Food, and The MVP Room into one short novella.
Food: The Three Course Omnibus
I've also released the most recent novella, Mise en Place in paperback format too.
Mise en Place
I'm hard at work on All Hate the King. But in the meantime, for anyone who prefers paperbacks, these might just be up your horrific alley. Both are available on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Course-Om...
https://www.amazon.com/Food-Mise-Plac...
They are both available on KU and as ebooks.
Happy reading everyone.
Jeffrey Caston
May 29, 2023
Nightmares & Dreamscapes June group read
I am incredibly honored and touched that the Nightmares & Dreamscapes group will be doing a group read of my debut,
Immunity
.
The moderators, Marie, Sally, and Kasia are among the nicest, kindest-hearted people you will encounter on this site.
Anybody in the group is welcome to join and I look forward to interacting with the readers.
They created a thread that that has all the details.
Have a great day everyone and happy reading!
Jeffrey Caston
The moderators, Marie, Sally, and Kasia are among the nicest, kindest-hearted people you will encounter on this site.
Anybody in the group is welcome to join and I look forward to interacting with the readers.
They created a thread that that has all the details.
Have a great day everyone and happy reading!
Jeffrey Caston
January 1, 2023
Food 3: Mise en Place released
Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
I have finally released the fourth novella/short story in my Food series, which I titled Food: Mise en Place. It's a dark, dark, DARK dystopian series set in a grim future gripping the Pacific Northwest. This new novella takes place on the same day that Jesse has a really rough day and Garren starts to question his role in the Kingdom of Pacifica. This story will take you to new places in the palace, introduce you to some new characters (including new potential heroes and some deplorable baddies), and also incorporate some new elements that connect the Food series to elements of the Horrific Northwest.
Food: Mise en Place
For those of you who have read and enjoyed this series, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
For anyone who hasn't delved into this series of novellas and short stories, I am starting a promotion wherein I have the prequel story, Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _ free for three days, effective midnight, January 2, 2023, running to January 4, 2023. If you take a look at these I would love to hear what you think. But PLEASE heed the warning in the book's description.
Happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
I have finally released the fourth novella/short story in my Food series, which I titled Food: Mise en Place. It's a dark, dark, DARK dystopian series set in a grim future gripping the Pacific Northwest. This new novella takes place on the same day that Jesse has a really rough day and Garren starts to question his role in the Kingdom of Pacifica. This story will take you to new places in the palace, introduce you to some new characters (including new potential heroes and some deplorable baddies), and also incorporate some new elements that connect the Food series to elements of the Horrific Northwest.
Food: Mise en Place
For those of you who have read and enjoyed this series, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
For anyone who hasn't delved into this series of novellas and short stories, I am starting a promotion wherein I have the prequel story, Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _ free for three days, effective midnight, January 2, 2023, running to January 4, 2023. If you take a look at these I would love to hear what you think. But PLEASE heed the warning in the book's description.
Happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
October 16, 2022
Food 3 is off to the editor
Hello everyone!
I have a short writing update. Food 3: Mise En Place is off to the editor!
This story is quite a bit longer than all the others since it weaves several story lines together. For that reason, along with a few others, it has consequently, taken me a bit longer (okay actually a lot longer if I'm being honest) getting it to the point where I felt comfortable handing it off to an editor.
But now it is and its release will be within the near future.
Food 3: Mise En Place will include new characters, including more deliciously evil villains propping up the King and Queen, royal intrigue and conflict, along with a few people just trying to get by in the Kingdom of Pacifica. There will also be some sources of hope to end the horrendous monarchy that holds the old Pacific Northwest in a ravenous grip.
And since I've already started Food 4: All Hate the King, I'll have a sneak peek where the reader finally meets the King. Spoiler alert: he's a bad, bad, BAD guy!
To everyone who's read and enjoyed these stories thank you for your support and your patience. I hope to reward it soon!
Jeffrey Caston
I have a short writing update. Food 3: Mise En Place is off to the editor!
This story is quite a bit longer than all the others since it weaves several story lines together. For that reason, along with a few others, it has consequently, taken me a bit longer (okay actually a lot longer if I'm being honest) getting it to the point where I felt comfortable handing it off to an editor.
But now it is and its release will be within the near future.
Food 3: Mise En Place will include new characters, including more deliciously evil villains propping up the King and Queen, royal intrigue and conflict, along with a few people just trying to get by in the Kingdom of Pacifica. There will also be some sources of hope to end the horrendous monarchy that holds the old Pacific Northwest in a ravenous grip.
And since I've already started Food 4: All Hate the King, I'll have a sneak peek where the reader finally meets the King. Spoiler alert: he's a bad, bad, BAD guy!
To everyone who's read and enjoyed these stories thank you for your support and your patience. I hope to reward it soon!
Jeffrey Caston
September 23, 2022
Thank you all for a 60th Rating!
I've reached my 60th rating and 30th review for Food, a short story I put out a while back! I'm so honored to be part of the Goodreads community and thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read any of my stories. From the bottom of my heart, I truly appreciate all of you and all your feedback.
Happy reading everyone!
Happy reading everyone!
May 1, 2022
All Titles back on KU and Food 3: Mise en Place Update
I’m getting my beta reader comments back and I’m hard at work “cooking” up a revised draft for Food 3: Mise en Place. [It’s okay to groan at my bad joke…] I’ll put another blogpost up when it is off to the editor.
One thing that has made this one interesting is that I decided to create a tie-in with the rest of the Horrific Northwest stories I previously put out. So I spent some time making sure everything was consistent and adding a few little details to Immunity and the two Raven stories, How the Raven Met the Angel and The Raven and the Eye. I’m writing these all up so that a reader can read the Food series independently of the other works, and one should be able to read Immunity and the Raven stories independently and in any order one might desire.
So all those other works had a hiatus from KU while I did all that, but everything is back on KU for anyone who uses that system.
More later!
Jeffrey Caston
One thing that has made this one interesting is that I decided to create a tie-in with the rest of the Horrific Northwest stories I previously put out. So I spent some time making sure everything was consistent and adding a few little details to Immunity and the two Raven stories, How the Raven Met the Angel and The Raven and the Eye. I’m writing these all up so that a reader can read the Food series independently of the other works, and one should be able to read Immunity and the Raven stories independently and in any order one might desire.
So all those other works had a hiatus from KU while I did all that, but everything is back on KU for anyone who uses that system.
More later!
Jeffrey Caston
October 17, 2021
Food prelude free promotion and Food series update...
First a bit of an update...
I've finished a first draft of my current novella in the Food series. These stories are getting longer, and more complex as I keep building the desperate dystopian world of Pacifica and the unfortunate souls that populate it. This current project, titled Food: Chef de Cuisine, will take you into the palace's Royal Kitchen and give you a glimpse of the people who feed Pacifica's despotically evil monarch's.
Oh, and at the end, I'm going to give you a sneak peak at the next planned volume, which will give you a little "taste" of what the King is like. I want to give some of my good friends here a glimpse of the King. (Spoilers -- he's a bad, BAD man! )
It'll be a bit before I release this because I want to give people the best possible story I can. But I'm working very hard on it and hope to have it out ASAP.
Which brings me to a FREE promotion...
I recently released a prelude novella, Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _. While the rest of the Food stories follow a tightly connected sequence of events, I set F: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _ many years before the main series. The prelude will give you a sense of how the world went awry and how Pacifica came about. Since I've finished a draft, as a way to celebrate that milestone, I decided to offer a free promotion for the prelude, running from this Monday (10/18/21) to Friday (10/22/21).
If you try it out, I'd love to hear what you think. But just so you know, it's a pretty brutal horror story. I strongly encourage anyone thinking of delving into this series to heed the warnings.
Happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
I've finished a first draft of my current novella in the Food series. These stories are getting longer, and more complex as I keep building the desperate dystopian world of Pacifica and the unfortunate souls that populate it. This current project, titled Food: Chef de Cuisine, will take you into the palace's Royal Kitchen and give you a glimpse of the people who feed Pacifica's despotically evil monarch's.
Oh, and at the end, I'm going to give you a sneak peak at the next planned volume, which will give you a little "taste" of what the King is like. I want to give some of my good friends here a glimpse of the King. (Spoilers -- he's a bad, BAD man! )
It'll be a bit before I release this because I want to give people the best possible story I can. But I'm working very hard on it and hope to have it out ASAP.
Which brings me to a FREE promotion...
I recently released a prelude novella, Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _. While the rest of the Food stories follow a tightly connected sequence of events, I set F: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _ many years before the main series. The prelude will give you a sense of how the world went awry and how Pacifica came about. Since I've finished a draft, as a way to celebrate that milestone, I decided to offer a free promotion for the prelude, running from this Monday (10/18/21) to Friday (10/22/21).
If you try it out, I'd love to hear what you think. But just so you know, it's a pretty brutal horror story. I strongly encourage anyone thinking of delving into this series to heed the warnings.
Happy reading everyone!
Jeffrey Caston
July 11, 2021
Food Prelude Story is Out!
After quite a while, some rewriting, advice and nput from beta readers (thanks Bridgett!) and really good editing and advice from my buddy, Mort, I have release my Food prelude story, Food: Winner, Winner, Chicken _ _ _ _. I wanted to get the ending right and help build the Pacifica and Horrific Northwest settings.
This one tells the story of some people desperately trying to feed their families during mounting food shortages that are ravaging the planet in the not too distant future.
Sharren Menter is one of those people. She's presented with the opportunity to win -- in a TV game show no less -- a prize of immeasurable value: A year's supply of food for her and her three kids. All too soon she sees the cutthroat competition takes a very heavy toll.
This dark dystopian story takes place shortly before the Downfall and the events that lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Pacifica.
I hope you enjoy.
Jeffrey Caston
This one tells the story of some people desperately trying to feed their families during mounting food shortages that are ravaging the planet in the not too distant future.
Sharren Menter is one of those people. She's presented with the opportunity to win -- in a TV game show no less -- a prize of immeasurable value: A year's supply of food for her and her three kids. All too soon she sees the cutthroat competition takes a very heavy toll.
This dark dystopian story takes place shortly before the Downfall and the events that lead to the creation of the Kingdom of Pacifica.
I hope you enjoy.
Jeffrey Caston
