New Short Story Available Now!
For years, readers of my debut novel Knife have been asking, "What did Paul tell his parents, anyway?" Now at last, the truth is revealed in my new short story "The Unwelcome Guest", now available in MOBI, ePUB and PDF format:
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞?
If that sounds intriguing, you can read “The Unwelcome Guest” today by signing up for my Very Occasional Newsletter right here!
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞?
If that sounds intriguing, you can read “The Unwelcome Guest” today by signing up for my Very Occasional Newsletter right here!
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Ahh, I was so excited when I found this in my email! After all these years, I finally know what happened!
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Elaine (Leng) wrote: "Ahh, I was so excited when I found this in my email! After all these years, I finally know what happened!"It's great to see the response to this story! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it!
