Jeff Strand's Blog, page 47
April 5, 2017
Humor Has The Power!
I wrote a guest blog for Teen Librarian Toolbox called “The Power of Humor in YA.”
You can read it HERE.
April 4, 2017
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED Out Now!
Hey, kids! My latest young adult comedy novel, Stranger Things Have Happened, is out now!
Yes, you can stroll into your favorite bookstore and grab a copy of your very own right off the shelf. (Admittedly, I have only tested one bookstore, but it was there, and I’ve received photographic evidence showing it on other shelves.) It’s got an easy-to-spot yellow cover that looks a lot like this:
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If you’re frightened of bookstores because of the high cat content, you can get it from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or the online retailer of your choice.
April Newsletter!
The April edition of my newsletter, containing the brand-new story “Guillotine,” is now available.
Check it out right HERE.
April 3, 2017
Welcome to Gleefully Macabre!
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Welcome to my website! Whether you were brought here by interest in my work or a Google search gone terribly wrong, I encourage you to hang around and start clicking away!
My new young adult novel, Stranger Things Have Happened, is now available at a bookstore near you! (Or at the online retailer of your choice.)
My new short story collection, Everything Has Teeth, is now out in a Kindle edition!
My new novel, Cyclops Road, is out now in Kindle and paperback editions!
The Kindle and paperback editions of Blister are now available!
(P.S.: People who leave reviews on Amazon deserve great big hugs!)
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March 21, 2017
March Newsletter!
The March issue of my newsletter just went out! It’s got stuff about Everything Has Teeth and The Haunted Forest Tour, as well as how to force me to do a guest blog for you. And, as always, there’s an exclusive short story!
Check it out right HERE.
March 20, 2017
EVERYTHING HAS TEETH Available Now!
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My new short story collection, Everything Has Teeth, is now available in a Kindle edition! Here’s the official write-up:
A city where people are turning gleefully insane. Inescapable blood-sucking bugs. A serial killer who may have discovered proof of alien life. A kinky proposal to “even out” an instance of infidelity. A man whose fingernails are growing at an out of control rate. Twisted new spins on the legends of John Henry and Humpty Dumpty. The all-time worst bathtub in which to bathe a child. The inconvenience of finding a dead Bigfoot in your yard.
These are only a few of the stories in Jeff Strand’s deranged new collection, which includes the brand-new novelette “The Tipping Point,” along with several other macabre tales written just for these bloody pages…
Table of contents:
“The Tipping Point”
“Nails”
“Stumps”
“John Henry, The Steel Drivin’ Man”
“Fair Trade”
“Chiggers”
“Cry”
“The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown”
“It’s Bath Time!”
“Alien Face”
“Apocalypse of the Yard Gnome”
“Dead Bigfoot on the Lawn”
“Gross-Out: The Return”
“Deformed Son”
“The Origin of Slashy”
“Secret Message (Decoded)”
“The Sentient Cherry Cola That Tried to Destroy the World”
“The Eggman Falleth”
“The Story of My First Kiss”
“Dad (A True Story)”
“Bad Bratwurst”
Get your Kindle edition right HERE!
March 19, 2017
Welcome to Gleefully Macabre!
[image error]Welcome to my website! Whether you were brought here by interest in my work or a Google search gone terribly wrong, I encourage you to hang around and start clicking away!
My new short story collection, Everything Has Teeth, is now out in a Kindle edition!
My new novel, Cyclops Road, is out now in Kindle and paperback editions!
The Kindle and paperback editions of Blister are now available!
(P.S.: People who leave reviews on Amazon deserve great big hugs!)
Friend me on Facebook !
Follow me on Twitter !
Like my Facebook Fan Page!
Friend me on Goodreads!
Subscribe to my newsletter at MailChimp!
March 15, 2017
Fort Myers B&N Tomorrow!
Hey, Fort Myers, Florida! I’ll be lurking at your Barnes & Noble tomorrow (with 14 other young adult authors!) from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.
Click HERE for the details.
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March 7, 2017
Aural Kumquat
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Oooooh, it’s the six-CD audio version of Kumquat, read by Adam Verner! (There’s also a digital edition, of course.)
Get it here from Tantor Media!
March 6, 2017
Short Story Collection News
The publication date of my next short story collection has now become more specific: it has gone from “soon” to “next week.”
The only reason it won’t be THIS week is because I’ll be away from the internet for large chunks of time over the next several days, and I’d have a nervous breakdown if I put out a new book and couldn’t check Facebook or Twitter.
In addition to a bunch of stories I know you’ve never read, it has over 30,000 words of brand-new demented material, including a way-violent novelette called “The Tipping Point.” Plus a couple of fun little surprises.
I won’t be announcing the title or sharing the cover until Publication Day, but I assure you, the cover is very, very cool…
