Paranormal Short Story Collections Free For 3 Days

A few weeks ago I began an experiment that is still ongoing.

I made my two Kindle Select books, paranormal short story collections The Archive of Lost Dreams and Storm Front, free on Amazon for two days.

But I didn’t tell anyone about it, because I wanted to see how the algorithm works without publicity and if they could be discovered organically.

I’m not into marketing my books, you see. I believe that if I make them available and keep them available, someone might find what they’re looking for.

However, to continue the experiment (and because I have three days leftover) I am making them free again from 15th April to 17th April.

This time I’m telling everyone.

You can find them on Amazon.com by clicking on the covers.

The Edge of Darkness new cover

Can you believe it’s been three years this year since I published my first novel, the deep space cyborg adventure The Edge of Darkness?

I can’t. Time has flown.

Normally when books are traditionally published sometimes they’re first put out in a hardcover version, which is more expensive for publishers to sustain, so after about a year or so they put out a paperback version as well. They normally have different covers. Seeing as how The Edge of Darkness is turning three this year I’ve decided to spruce her up with a cover change.

Behold:

Of course this cover still has the nebula in it. Because the first book I published was sci-fi, I think that’s always going to be part of my author brand.

I love the new cover. It’s ridiculously hard to find the right image, but I think I made the right choice putting Max and Ethan there. I feel like simpler is better for this, which is why I made the decision to keep the text white and unadorned.

Lost Dreams Cover Change

One of the perks of being an indie author is the ability to change the cover art of your books whenever you feel like it.

I’ve never been 100% happy with the original cover for The Archive of Lost Dreams because the Smashwords version, which uploaded to Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Diesel and Sony among others, was always a little blurry no matter what I did.

So I’ve changed the cover ever so slightly. It’s still got the same feel to it and it’s very similar to the original cover. I like this one better, though.

New Cover:

Old Cover:

As a side note, I’ve temporarily unpublished The Archive of Lost Dreams and Storm Front from the Smashwords store and affiliates. They’ve been available for free there for quite some time (thanks for the downloads!), but while I was doing that, I was unable to make them free on Amazon. This gives me a chance to enroll them in Kindle Select and make them free for five days in a 3 month period. Keep a look out for the free promotions on Amazon!

Storm of Blood free on Smashwords until the year of the year

The Edge of Darkness is now $1.99 on Smashwords and Amazon.

My two short story collections The Archive of Lost Dreams and Storm Force prequel Storm Front are free on Smashwords and Amazon.

Storm of Blood is $2.99 on Amazon but free on Smashwords (where you can download a .mobi format anyway) if you use this coupon:

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The coupon expires at the end of the year.

All books currently free on Smashwords et al

All my books are currently free on Smashwords and its distributors. I’m not sure how long I’m going to keep it this way – thinking of unpublishing, so grab a bargain while you can!

Smashwords