The moment I''ve waited a lifetime for has come . . .

To my eternal delight I had a package waiting for me at the UPS store the other day. It was a book--the one you see to your right. I tore into the package and turned to page 183--what did I see there, you ask? I saw this:

Yes, that is my story. My byline. Me. I can remember writing the words that appear on those pages. I wrote them on this very computer.

Yes, it's a small press. It ain't like it's Playboy or Cosmopolitan, but hell, I'll take it. I really can't describe it. I mean, I've read that story until really I'm sick of it, and I've seen the proofs that look exactly like the book but in electronic form, but it's not the same thing as actually getting my hands on the damned thing.

I do have more ideas for stories and I may actually write them, since, now that I can say I'm published, a lot more doors are open to me that were closed before. We'll see. Maybe this will lead to something. Maybe not. Either way, I"m happy.

Now, if I could just get somebody to listen to my music . . . that's next on the list. You could do that--just click the links above or underneath the image of the book. After clicking the image of the book and ordering it, that is.

Warped Words - hardcopy

The softcover version of the book will be available in the next week or so--it's on Amazon now though. Just look to your left, and click. It'll haunt your dreams . . . especially the story "Cabin Fever." The author of that one is really good looking, too. and an extremely talented musician and recording artist. So I heard.

Warped Words - the e-book edition

You can go ahead and order the anthology where my story "Cabin Fever" appears if you have a Kindle or whatever. Just click the icon to your left. Only six bucks! Convenient, cheap, and a pretty good read, too!

You can also visit the anthology's Facebook page. Be sure to click "Like." I'll admit there is some self-interest in this request--if we get a thousand likes by this Friday (October 29) each contributor gets an extra hard-cover copy.

Friday is also the publication date for the hardcopy version, unless something comes up. Last word I had everything was still on schedule but there's always something that comes up at the last second.

So, help me out. You'll be helping yourself out, too! If you like horror and suspense you'll dig it!

Warped Words--the Facebook page

A bit of shameless self=promotion here--this is a link to the Facebook page established for the book that'll contain my story, "Cabin Fever":

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/pages/JournalStones-Warped-Words/155622811138558

Be sure to click "Like" while you're there. If you dig horror you'll like it.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled program.

Warped Words

If anybody's interested, you can preorder the book with my story at Good Reads. I've got an author's profile set up over there, too, if you should want to pay me a visit and leave a comment or whatever. Just search for "J. Franklin Evans" and you should be able to pull me up.

I've read the whole thing--lots of interesting stuff there. A good variety, something for every taste. As long as you have a taste for horror.

Anyways, take a look at it. Click "Order". If you dare . . .