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GOOD GOOGLIE MOOGLIE!!!! IS IT TIME FOR A NEW BOOK????
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No, dear readers, I am sorry to say that you'll have to wait until
the Summer of 2012 for CRIMINAL, the next in the Atlanta series.
Today, I am here to tell you about….
A new short story!
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SAY HUHN???
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THORN IN MY SIDE is a short story I wrote to help raise money
for Save the Libraries, my crazy cause to keep library doors
open and help ensure folks have free public access to reading.
ALL MY PROCEEDS from the sale of this short story go to
Save the Libraries in the US and The Reading Agency in the UK.
Seriously, folks, it's for the children.
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I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!! WHAT'S IN IT
FOR ME????
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What's in it for you is a fabulous new short story by yours
truly for the bargain basement price of $1.99! That's right,
for less than the cost of an overpriced cup of coffee, you can
get your very own THORN IN MY SIDE.
Here's what the story is about:
Kirk and Wayne Edgerton are twin brothers, but they don't
have much in common. Wayne likes to garden. Kirk loathes
being outside. Wayne goes to church every Sunday. Kirk
wouldn't be caught dead with a Bible in his hand. They each
think that they are polar opposites, but one awful night outside
a seedy Atlanta bar shows them that they are two sides of the
same coin. Unfortunately, as with most siblings, in order for one
of them to be heads, the other invariably has to come up tails.
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I DO NOT SEE THE NAME WILL TRENT IN THERE!!!
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No, THORN IN MY SIDE does not have Will Trent or Sara Linton
or Lena Adams. BUT, it's still a Slaughter Story, which means
it has all the sex, violence and madcap humor you've come to
expect from me. Okay, maybe you don't expect madcap humor,
but y'all have been saying for years that I should write something
funny, so… here it is and if you don't like it, it's ALL YOUR FAULT!
In the US, you can download the story here:
http://tinyurl.com/iwantmoreKS
In the UK, you can download the story here:
http://tinyurl.com/IheartKS
In Germany, you can download the story here:
http://tinyurl.com/IchliebeKarin
This is a WORLD ENGLISH exclusive, so everyone everywhere
who has an account with an Amazon site can download the
story and read it in English. Please check this page for
more information if it's not clear which Amazon you should order
from:
http://karinslaughter.com/thorn.html
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BUT I DON'T HAVE A KINDLE!!!
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You can download software from Amazon onto your computer,
phone, smart phone, iPhone, UPhone and anything else that
has a microchip** More information here:
http://karinslaughter.com/thorn.html
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BUT I HATE READING ON MY COMPUTER OR PHONE AND
I DON'T CARE ABOUT SHORT STORIES AND I ONLY WANT
BOOKS WITH WILL TRENT AND BESIDES, I DO NOT THINK
YOU ARE VERY FUNNY!!!
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Why are you so hurtful? Seriously. I wrote this story for you,
dear reader. Because I love you. But, if you do not love me
(at least not in short fiction form) have I got good news for you!
I've been hard at work on CRIMINAL, which will be out next year,
more than likely the Summer of 2012.
Many of you have asked if this is a Will Trent book, and the
answer to that question is DUH. Why would I leave off when
things are just getting good??? Sara and Faith are also in
CRIMINAL, which takes place partly in the present day and
partly in 1975, when Amanda Wagner first became a cop.
It's been really cool because I get to use phrases like, “Foxy
mama” and “can you diggit, baby?” I am telling ya, it is
DY-NO-MITE!
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2012 IS FOREVER AWAY!!! WHAT ABOUT NOW????
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You could always come see me at the Decatur Book Festival,
which is being held over Labor Day. I'll be speaking Sunday at
5:00pm. Bring your books for me to sign or buy them when you
get there to support the festival. (And you might want to bring
a lightning rod too, because I'm speaking at the Decatur Presbyterian
Sanctuary stage!)
You can also come see me at Bouchercon, the World Mystery
Convention, which will be held in St. Louis Sept 15-18.
My panel is Saturday at 11:30am, and will feature fellow authors
Mark Billingham and Sara Blaedel, among others, speaking on the
globalization of crime fiction (or whatever else we decide to talk
about). Y'all come out and see us!
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THAT'S IT FOR NOW!!!
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Thanks for reading the last HEY-HEY-HEY of the year. And
what a year it's been! Fallen got to number 9 on the NY
Times bestseller list and #1 in the UK and Holland. I have so
much to be thankful for -- but most of all I am thankful to you
guys for reading my books and keeping in touch through
email and on Facebook.
I know I promised never to bother y'all with a HEY-HEY-HEY
that wasn't vitally important or at least involved some kind
of compromising photo of an adorable kitten, but y'all know
I am all about helping the libraries and while THORN IN MY SIDE
doesn't have Will Trent or Sara Linton or any of the usual folks,
I think it's a nice little treat to tide you over and it's only 40
pages, and it's funny (at least I think so) and it helps save the
libraries so…
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WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS?!
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Don't you have a short story to download and a library to
help or at the very least a calendar to mark so that starting
in Summer of 2012, every day reads: CRIMINAL????
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*Does not include pacemakers, hearing aids, or your
fancy toaster oven. YES I AM TALKING TO YOU, GRANDMA.
IT IS A TOASTER OVEN. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
ABLE TO READ YOUR EMAIL ON IT. STOP ASKING ME TO
WRITE A LETTER TO THE MANUFACTURER.
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If you no longer wish to be on my newsletter mailing
list, then I will be really heartbroken and assume that you
(a) hate libraries (b) hate children and (c) are just a hateful
person in general so why in the name of all that is holy did
you sign up for this newsletter in the first place? Ain't I loved
you all these years? Ain't I been a good little author? Why,
oh WHY would you leave me?! WHAT DID I DO?!?! WAHHH!!!
LOOK AT THESE CAPITAL LETTERS!!! THEY MEAN THAT MY HEART
IS BREAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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