C.D. Reimer's Blog
March 3, 2013
Read An eBook Week 2013
Smashwords has a special promotion every year during the Read An eBook Week (March 3-9, 2013) for authors to offer their ebooks for FREE or at a discounted price. My entire ebook catalog is available for FREE (no coupon code), FREE (coupon code RW100) or 50% off (coupon code REW50).If you download and read one of my ebooks, please leave a review at the Smashwords website. Or send an email to chris at cdreimer dot com.
FREE eBooks
A Pumpkin's Life (poetry)
A Silicon Valley Writer Volume 1 (2008-2009) (blog postings)
An Ironic Flash of Life (flash stories)
Once Upon An Albatross... Volume 1 (1999-2005) (blog postings)
The Cabbage Patch Doll Fight: A Christmas Shopping Tale (essay)
The Devil Came A-Collecting (short story)
The Giggling Mongoose: Kitchen Elementals (flash stories)
The Unfaithful Camera (short story)
The Uninvited Spook (short story)
The World's Best Coffee (short story)
Walking Into The Night (short story)
FREE eBooks (Coupon Code RW100)
A Leap of Faith (short story)
A Misplaced Stick (short story)
A Silicon Valley Writer Volume 2 (2010-2011) (blog postings)
A Silicon Valley Writer Volume 3 (2012) (blog postings) NEW!
As The Tequila Flies (flash stories) NEW!
Dead Enders (short story)
Death At A Hell's Angels' Funeral: Driving Past The Memories (essay)
Experiencing The Death of Elvis: Another Childhood Tragedy (essay)
Feast Of The Cockroaches (short story)
Godspeed With Minister Ruth (short story) NEW!
How Not To Stake A Vampire (flash stories)
KGO Radio Jumps The Shark: More News, Less Talk (essay)
Let Me Be Your Spook (short story)
Outlaws In The American Wasteland (reviews)
Paying Taxes, American Style (short story)
Saved By The Bell (short story)
Seven Minutes Late (flash stories)
Silent Observers (short story)
Some Bad Decisions (short story)
Tagging This Side Of Hell (flash stories)
The Bomb Hole Incident (short story)
The Devil's Advocates (short story)
The Hungry Red Devil (short story)
The Kitterun Five Tourist Trap (short story) NEW!
The Lunch Box (short story)
The Nowhere October Surprise (short story)
The Pot Washer's New Magic Trick (short story)
The Semper Fi Engagement (short story)
Discounted eBooks (Coupon Code REW50)
A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 1
A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 2
A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 3
Essays From Silicon Valley Omnibus Volume 1
Marigolds For A Vampire (novella)
October 20, 2012
FICTIONAUT:
My non-speculative short story, "Godspeed With Minister Ruth," is now up at Fictionaut for your reading pleasure.
An unemployed husband finds himself stuck in the slow lane with his lesbian minister who insists on getting to a church meeting on time in the City. Afraid of getting a speeding ticket, he resists moving into the fast lane for as long as possible.
http://fictionaut.com/stories/cd-reimer/godspeed-with-minister-ruth
If you're a member of Fictionaut, please leave a comment on how I can make this story better.
An unemployed husband finds himself stuck in the slow lane with his lesbian minister who insists on getting to a church meeting on time in the City. Afraid of getting a speeding ticket, he resists moving into the fast lane for as long as possible.
http://fictionaut.com/stories/cd-reimer/godspeed-with-minister-ruth
If you're a member of Fictionaut, please leave a comment on how I can make this story better.
December 23, 2011
Holiday Specials & Price Changes
My bestselling essay ebook, "The Cabbage Patch Fight: A Christmas Shopping Tale," is FREE at Smashwords (use coupon code VZ44V) until the New Year.
My short story omnibus ebooks, "A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 1" and "A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 2," are now available for $1.99 USD each. Save $13 by buying both omnibus ebooks instead of 17 individual ebooks for 32 literary and speculative flash and short stories.
My short story omnibus ebooks, "A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 1" and "A Few Short Stories Omnibus Volume 2," are now available for $1.99 USD each. Save $13 by buying both omnibus ebooks instead of 17 individual ebooks for 32 literary and speculative flash and short stories.
October 5, 2011
My First Goodreads Book Giveaway
Since I'm a short story writer, the only books I have to giveaway are anthologies. This fall I'm giving away three copies of "The Big Book of New Short Horror" anthology (Pill Hill Press / September 2011), featuring my short story "The Lunch Box." More details can be found here.
October 2, 2011
"The Hungry Red Devil" Short Story Ebook
My newest short story ebook, "The Hungry Red Devil," is now available.
As Derek and April discuss their dire financial situation after being rejected for food stamps and told to have children by the county welfare office, their ten-inch long red devil cichlid fish paces the 50-gallon with an expression that every owner knows too well: Feed me! Feed me! Feed me!
When Derek gets the brilliant idea of serving up the red devil as fish filet, the red devil has other ideas about what's available for dinner.
This 1,380-word short story first appeared in Fiction365 (4 July 2011).
Available from Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
Please read and review!
As Derek and April discuss their dire financial situation after being rejected for food stamps and told to have children by the county welfare office, their ten-inch long red devil cichlid fish paces the 50-gallon with an expression that every owner knows too well: Feed me! Feed me! Feed me!When Derek gets the brilliant idea of serving up the red devil as fish filet, the red devil has other ideas about what's available for dinner.
This 1,380-word short story first appeared in Fiction365 (4 July 2011).
Available from Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
Please read and review!
September 24, 2011
"Saved By The Bell" Short Story Ebook
My newest short story ebook, "Saved By The Bell," is now available.
As a guardian angel working for God and collecting contributions for the poor, you get to know the regular customers coming out of the store: the little old lady looking for unusual coins in her change purse, the man who writes out his check like it was made out of pure gold, and the woman too busy to stop talking on her cell phone. With a smile and blessing, the bell is rung each time. But the guardian angel isn't there to collect money from the poor. When a little girl runs pell mell from her harried mother towards the parking lot and into the path of a speeding SUV, the bell is rung with special care to prevent tragedy from happening.
This 1,000-word short story first appeared in Ink Beans ezine (28 May 2011).
Available from Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
Please read and review!
As a guardian angel working for God and collecting contributions for the poor, you get to know the regular customers coming out of the store: the little old lady looking for unusual coins in her change purse, the man who writes out his check like it was made out of pure gold, and the woman too busy to stop talking on her cell phone. With a smile and blessing, the bell is rung each time. But the guardian angel isn't there to collect money from the poor. When a little girl runs pell mell from her harried mother towards the parking lot and into the path of a speeding SUV, the bell is rung with special care to prevent tragedy from happening.This 1,000-word short story first appeared in Ink Beans ezine (28 May 2011).
Available from Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
Please read and review!
September 16, 2011
Amazon eBook/Paperback Pricing Nonsense
Amazon prices don't make any sense when it comes to pricing an ebook and a paperback at the same price. Why should I pay $7.99 USD for a single ebook when I get four paperbacks for the price of three?
I can understand why traditional publishers want to protect paperback sales when releasing the ebook version at the same time. The ebook price needs to drop after the paperback has been out for a while. Otherwise, I'm going to keep reading the dead tree editions for fiction as long as Amazon offers me an economic incentive.
This pricing nonsense also extends to non-fiction books, where the hardback and paperback editions are sometimes cheaper than the ebook edition. The ebook prices need to be much lower.
Although I would love to convert future reading to ebook format to save physical living space, I can't do that when the dead tree edition has better pricing over the ebook edition.
Next week I'll being adding four dead trees to my fiction reading list.
I can understand why traditional publishers want to protect paperback sales when releasing the ebook version at the same time. The ebook price needs to drop after the paperback has been out for a while. Otherwise, I'm going to keep reading the dead tree editions for fiction as long as Amazon offers me an economic incentive.
This pricing nonsense also extends to non-fiction books, where the hardback and paperback editions are sometimes cheaper than the ebook edition. The ebook prices need to be much lower.
Although I would love to convert future reading to ebook format to save physical living space, I can't do that when the dead tree edition has better pricing over the ebook edition.
Next week I'll being adding four dead trees to my fiction reading list.
September 13, 2011
Welcome to my Goodreads profile!
After seeing different writers mention Goodreads in their Twitter posts for several years, I finally found my way over here.
I write short stories, some literary but mostly speculative fiction. You can find them listed on my website under the anthologies, credits or ebooks pages.
My short story ebooks, both original and reprints, are available for purchase at Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
I look forward to reading your responses to my writing.
I write short stories, some literary but mostly speculative fiction. You can find them listed on my website under the anthologies, credits or ebooks pages.
My short story ebooks, both original and reprints, are available for purchase at Amazon, Scribd and Smashwords.
I look forward to reading your responses to my writing.
