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Read Chapter 1 of Darwin, Singer for Free
Here’s a special treat for readers of my blog: the first chapter of my debut novel Darwin, Singer is available for free below.
Free Kindle Ebook — The Heaviest Corner on Earth
My collection of short stories, The Heaviest Corner on Earth is free for one day only on Amazon. Download it now! Go, Go!
Here’s a description:
This collection of short stories follows a handful of characters as their lives cross paths in Birmingham, Alabama, a city known for its history of civil rights struggles, its iron ore mining and for being home to an intersection fondly known as “The Heaviest Corner on Earth.”
Stories include “Perfect Enough,” which follows Ebony, an African-American teen desperate to win a beauty pageant in which she’s the only black contestant, “Hold On,” the story of warehouse worker Terry, who yearns to keep his family together in the face of infidelity and economic depression, and “The Last Parade,” a piece that follows an elderly woman’s slow decline into dementia.
But wait, there’s more: If you download the ebook of this collection of short stories, you’ll get the first chapter of my young adult novel Darwin, Singer for free.
Darwin, Singer — Dystopian YA for Kindle
Finally! My debut novel Darwin, Singer is up for sale! Check out this spiffy new Amazon page. And I’m on Goodreads, too!
Here’s a synopsis of the book:
Darwin is a singer, and music is illegal. Real music, anyway.
The Wagner Initiative bans the practice of all non-educational forms of art. Darwin has worked for these jerks her whole life, singing about crosswalk safety and body odor, living with the WI’s strict code of morality (no art for art’s sake, no flashy clothes, and no massive rainbow-colored sock collections like the one hidden in Darwin’s closet).
When she finds out the WI may have had a hand in her father’s death, Darwin starts asking questions. She explores the Private Library’s dusty basement archives. She discovers rock and roll. She meets Brax, a handsome (if you like the rebellious type) double agent whose recurring disappearances give no clue whether his loyalty lies with the state or the resistance.
