On June 30, my novella, Simple Songs for the End of the World, will be released from Silent Clamor Press, and I'm currently looking for ARC readers who would be interest in receiving a free PDF in exchange for an honest review on Goodreads. It's a story about music, art, and community and how these things can help us through tragedy. It's structure is unique, because the story is told through prose and song, and it's a quick, heartwarming read.
Here's the publisher's description:
When a satellite collision destroys global communications, Gus—a thirty-six-year-old singer-songwriter running a scrappy indie label in Yellow Springs, Ohio—is sitting in a doctor’s office, awaiting a diagnosis that will change his life. Now the satellites are falling, the old world is gone for good, and his own body is betraying him in the most humiliating way possible.
Simple Songs for the End of the World is a story about mortality, community, and the stubborn joy of making art when everything is falling apart. It’s about the people who carry us through—a foul-mouthed German mother who refuses to leave her son’s side, bandmates who show up when it matters, an ex-girlfriend who still knows all the words.
Tender, funny, and defiantly hopeful, this is a story for every musician who kept playing when no one was listening. For anyone who ever leaned on their people to get through the unthinkable. And for anyone who’s ever believed that the right song at the right moment can save your life.
If this sounds like something that interest you, please leave a comment, and I will happily email the PDF arc to you.
On June 30, my novella, Simple Songs for the End of the World, will be released from Silent Clamor Press, and I'm currently looking for ARC readers who would be interest in receiving a free PDF in exchange for an honest review on Goodreads. It's a story about music, art, and community and how these things can help us through tragedy. It's structure is unique, because the story is told through prose and song, and it's a quick, heartwarming read.
Here's the publisher's description:
When a satellite collision destroys global communications, Gus—a thirty-six-year-old singer-songwriter running a scrappy indie label in Yellow Springs, Ohio—is sitting in a doctor’s office, awaiting a diagnosis that will change his life. Now the satellites are falling, the old world is gone for good, and his own body is betraying him in the most humiliating way possible.
Simple Songs for the End of the World is a story about mortality, community, and the stubborn joy of making art when everything is falling apart. It’s about the people who carry us through—a foul-mouthed German mother who refuses to leave her son’s side, bandmates who show up when it matters, an ex-girlfriend who still knows all the words.
Tender, funny, and defiantly hopeful, this is a story for every musician who kept playing when no one was listening. For anyone who ever leaned on their people to get through the unthinkable. And for anyone who’s ever believed that the right song at the right moment can save your life.
If this sounds like something that interest you, please leave a comment, and I will happily email the PDF arc to you.
Best wishes,
M.C. Schmidt