Two stories on KDP Select promotion! Please go grab them!

I am running a promotion of two of my short story packages on Amazon for Kindle.  The promo runs from today till Monday, February 2, 2015.  Over those five days, both titles (which contain SIX short stories!!) will be completely free!  Please download them!  Even if you don't want to read them, download them!  Thanks.  Links are below.

 

THE GATEWAY (and AMERICA'S PASTIME and HOT SPOT)

                                JACK'O'LANTERN (and THE MOMENT and SARAH'S PUPPY)

Thanks for looking/downloading them!  Hopefully you will enjoy them and maybe even leave a review! 

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Free non-Disney ebooks (for Kindle and Kindle App users)

Just in case anyone is looking in here...

Two of my ebooks are currently free today until Sunday (12/10/14 to 12/14/14) under the Kindle Select promotion:

First is SOLE OCCUPANT, a 2400 word short story that also contains the bonus 700 word short THE ONLY SOLUTION.  Next is my 7800 word vampire/detective short story, DEAD OR ALIVE, which is the first story in a three-short-story series. 

QUANTUM ZOO, the anthology that features my story PLAYING MAN, is also free until Friday, 12/12/14.

Here's the links: 

SOLE OCCUPANT

DEAD OR ALIVE

And for QUANTUM ZOO

Feel free to download them and give them a read, and hopefully give them a review as well!  Thanks!

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DOING DISNEY ebook!

Think I'll just put this one up here. 

This is the book I wrote about our family's travels to Walt Disney World in Florida.

It's not supposed to be a comprehensive, tell-all travel guide.  I describe it as a template for a week (give or take a couple days) long visit to that Florida resort.  It discusses the resorts we like the most, the restaurants we like the most, the way we structure our days in the parks, how and why we rent a car, why we recommend Disney's Magical Express for getting to one's on-property hotel, a little bit (actually a very little bit) about the surrounding area, and how and why we decide which options to put on our theme park tickets.  I talk about our experience with Disney Vacation Club, the Disney Dining Plans, and a little about the California resort.  I talk about FastPasses (which are almost obsolete now, I guess) and about the extras at the resort that we've never experienced.  Finally, I provide a bit of a bibliography for books about Disney that I've found either useful, entertaining, or both.

Christmas is coming, so consider purchasing a copy.  It's only $2.99 for 101 pages of reading enjoyment.  I try to write it in an entertaining style, like I do my fiction.  So maybe even if you don't find it useful, you might find my anecdotes entertaining.  Or not.  Sample at will, if you'd like, to get an idea about my style of writing.

Here's the link: DOING DISNEY:  HOW TO SPEND A WEEK AT DISNEY'S FLORIDA RESORT  One caveat: It's only for Kindle and the Kindle app! Hope that will work for you! Thanks for looking at it.

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New short fiction from Scott Dyson!

Since I have nothing to say with respect to the actual topic that this blog is supposed to be dedicated to (ie, Disney), instead I will use this space to announce that I have released a 36,400 word collection of short fiction titled DIE 6 on the Amazon Kindle Store for $2.99.  Here are the titles:

• An Artificial Yearning
• Blood Ties
• The Fun House
• The Tooth Fairy
• Time Heals All Wounds
• The Ghost Train

Two science fiction tales, three horror/ghost stories, and one that I suppose is mostly fantasy (The Tooth Fairy).

You can buy it here at the Kindle Store!  Please!  Feel free to check it out, download a sample, see if it's the kind of thing you might enjoy reading!

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Thank you very much!

QUANTUM ZOO release date and website!

The anthology QUANTUM ZOO, which will contain my short story "Playing Man" among eleven other excellent offerings, will be released on June 17th, 2014!

The website can be found here:  QUANTUM ZOO

The website has information on the authors and short excerpts of each story!  Please check it out!

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In the meantime, feel free to check out my title , Doing Disney: How To Spend A Week At Disney's Florida Resort   It's available on Amazon for $2.99.

Thanks!

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Cover Art for QUANTUM ZOO!

Here is the cover of the short story anthology QUANTUM ZOO, which will be released in early June.  It will contain my story "Playing Man" along with eleven other tales.

Watch for release information!

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In the meantime, feel free to check out my title , Doing Disney: How To Spend A Week At Disney's Florida Resort   It's available on Amazon for $2.99.

Thanks!

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QUANTUM ZOO!

I just wanted to post a quick note (off-topic as usual) that my short story, "Playing Man", was accepted for publication in an anthology titled QUANTUM ZOO. 

Other authors in the collection include J.M. Ney-Grimm, D.J. Gelnar, Bridget McKenna, A.C. Smyth, R.S. McCoy and John Hindmarsh, to name just some of them. 

The stories were to start with the writing prompt, "Zoo".  I had a story that I had started probably 18-20 years ago, but had written probably just a bit over a page.  Then I lost direction on it.  I'd looked at it a time or two over the years, and when I read about this call for submissions, I immediately thought of that story. 

So I went and finished it, and ran it by first reader Steven M. Moore, an accomplished SF/thriller writer himself.  Then I submitted it, and it made the cut! 

There IS a cover, and there IS a tentative release date.  I'll post the cover soon here, and when the release date is firmed up, I will post it as well.  Tentatively it's scheduled for early June as an e-book and soon after for trade paperback.  I'm thrilled to be part of the book!

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In the meantime, feel free to check out my title , Doing Disney: How To Spend A Week At Disney's Florida Resort   It's available on Amazon for $2.99.

Thanks!

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Book Review: HABST AND THE DISNEY SABOTEURS

Leonard Kinsey hit one out the (theme) park with HABST AND THE DISNEY SABOTEURS.  His fictional follow-up to OUR KINGDOM OF DUST pulled me in almost immediately and he kept his foot on the gas pedal for the entire book, creating a funny and exciting novel about every Disney fan's dreams.

I don't want to spoil the book here, so I'll just mention that the story involves Reginald "Habst" Habstermeister and his backstage explorations of Disney's Florida theme parks.  Habst uses his fake cast member credentials and more than a little cunning to gain access to the behind-the-scenes areas of several rather unpopular attractions and posts the videos to his YouTube channel in order to earn Google Ad revenue.  When "Sat-Com" contacts him he begins uploading them to another location on the Darknet, and after he posts his videos, it seems something bad happens to said attraction.  It doesn't take long for Habst and Disney Security Chief Charlie Walker (you might remember him from HOLLOW WORLD?) to link the two.  What follows is an exciting adventure to find the culprits and find out what their intentions are.

I would recommend this book to most anyone, but especially to mature fans of the Disney parks.  (By mature, I mean, this isn't for kids.  Or for the easily offended.  Or those who like their Disney sanitized and idealized.)  Anyone can enjoy it, but my five-star rating (forthcoming on Amazon) is because I am that sort of Disney fan.

I hope Kinsey's work gets a wide audience because it's that good!

Here's the link to buy it for $3.99 in the Amazon Kindle Store:  HABST AND THE DISNEY SABOTEURS

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Meanwhile, feel free to check out my book, Doing Disney: How To Spend A Week At Disney's Florida Resort   It's available on Amazon for $2.99.

Thanks!

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All off-topic, all the time...New short story released!

My latest short story, the sequel to DEAD OR ALIVE (the last, NIGHT FAMILY, was the prequel) is now available to purchase for Kindle on Amazon for the low low price of $0.99.  It's a 9200 word story that follows P.I. Rick Striker as he quits running and turns back to face his problems.

Cover image

Here's the link to purchase it (or download a sample):  RICK'S RULES

Thanks!

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Yet another off-topic post - New Short Story Published - NIGHT FAMILY

I published another new short story, this one called NIGHT FAMILY.  It is a prequel to my last short story, DEAD OR ALIVE.  It is available for Amazon Kindle through Amazon for $0.99.

NIGHT FAMILY is an 8400 word short story that chronicles the events surrounding spoiled rich girl Lisa Warwick, the missing person from DEAD OR ALIVE. When I expanded DEAD OR ALIVE from its original 2500 word length to its current length of 7800 words, I realized that there was even more story to tell, and so I wrote this story and another story that describes Rick Striker's actions after DEAD OR ALIVE. That story should be out in less than a month. It currently clocks in at about 9000 words.

You can buy this story here: NIGHT FAMILY. Or download a sample and try it out before buying. Thanks!

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Another of those "off topic" posts-New Short Story Published!

I have released another of my short stories for Amazon Kindle (and Kindle app, if you have a tablet) e-reader through the Kindle store.

The title of the work is DEAD OR ALIVE and I call it a "vampire/detective" story.  It started life as a 2500 word tale back in the 1990's, and I rewrote it completely and expanded it to its current 7800 words. 

It's available through Amazon for $0.99.  Please take a look at it, download the free sample, see if it is something you might enjoy reading.  Thanks! 

Here's the link:  DEAD OR ALIVE.

Also, if you have a Facebook account, I'd appreciate it if you would "like" my author page there!  Here's THAT link:  Scott Dyson on Facebook. 

Thank you! 

I also wrote the eBook DOING DISNEY, also available for Kindle through Amazon.  It costs $2.99 and is about 100 pages and describes my family's experiences at the Florida resort, along with some other information. 

Here's that link:  DOING DISNEY.

Please do the same with that one, download the free sample and see if it is something you might find worth reading. 

Thank you again!

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DOING DISNEY is live at Amazon!

I'm very happy to announce that my e-book, DOING DISNEY!  HOW TO SPEND A WEEK AT DISNEY'S FLORIDA RESORT, is live on Amazon in the Kindle Store.

It is approximately 101 pages and is priced at $2.99.

Here's my description of it:

DOING DISNEY is a guidebook written for people who visit Florida's theme parks in the same manner as the author - a week or so at a time every couple of years. It's a book of ideas and comments about what the author has found to be worth experiencing (both attractions and dining). It is NOT a comprehensive guidebook full of every fact and figure about the resort. Part travelogue, part diary, part instructional, it tries to be informative and entertaining while providing a look into what works for a family traveling to visit Walt Disney World.

BUY IT HERE!

Or download the sample first, to read the introduction and perhaps get a feel for how it's written.

Thanks in advance!!!

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Cover Art for DOING DISNEY!

Here's the cover of my ebook DOING DISNEY!  HOW TO SPEND A WEEK AT DISNEY"S FLORIDA RESORT.

I love it!  Book will be available for purchase very soon.  Going over last copyedits.

Stay tuned for release info!  Thank you for reading, and thanks for checking out the book!

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14 Dark Windows published on Amazon!

I am very pleased to announce the publication of my short story collection, 14 DARK WINDOWS, on Amazon for Kindle.  It contains fourteen short stories, not all horror, but most have some horrific or supernatural elements. 

It's priced at $2.99.  Buy it here!  Thank you!

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4 Short Story collections now up on Amazon!

Here's the links to my two most recent publications:

JACK'O'LANTERN (and THE MOMENT and SARAH'S PUPPY)  $0.99 on Amazon Kindle Store

THE GATEWAY (and AMERICA'S PASTIME and HOT SPOT)  $0.99 on Amazon Kindle Store

The first is really not horror - well, JACK'O'LANTERN is sort of mild horror, but the other two are not - and the second is all horror.

Please check them out if you're interested in some short stories.

Thank you!!!

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I've published two short stories on Amazon!

Hi, anyone! Just a quick note to let it be known that I finally got around to publishing my first two short story pairs. They are currently only available on Amazon. Each is a main story, with a second story paired with it (to add value, hopefully).   They are under the author name "Scott Dyson".  Both sets are in the horror genre. The first is SOLE OCCUPANT and it is $0.99 on Amazon. It contains the 2400 word main story SOLE OCCUPANT and the short flash fiction piece THE ONLY SOLUTION (~700 words). The second is ODD MAN OUT and it is also $0.99 on Amazon. It contains the 1600 word main story ODD MAN OUT and a second horror tale, HOUSE AT THE BEND IN THE ROAD (~1800 words). That's 3100 words (about 14 pages with author note) for the first pair and 3400 words (about 15 pages with short author note) for the second pair. Take a look at them if you're so inclined. Thank you!!!    *****