In a style reminiscent of the old "Twilight Zone" television show, these three tales will take the book loving reader to a place that is somewhat familiar yet frighteningly surreal and disturbing.
Active Reader
Loyalty programs that track a reader's every preference are handy, save time and offer great discounts -- at least until your customer data gets into the hands of the wrong person.
Browsers
A passionate book lover is drawn into a mysterious and eerie little bookstore the way a moth might be drawn to a flame.
Distractions
How far might a desperate writer go when blindly following the advice of a popular self-help book to eliminate the distractions preventing him from completing his next novel?
Includes a bonus chapter with the story behind the stories from the author.
Genre: FICTION / HorrorActive Reader has sold a little over 3,000 copies in eBook format. It has only been in print for a few months and has sold less than 50 copies so far. The audiobook has been available for a few years, was narrated by Eric Bryan Moore and has rec'd some decent reviews.
It has been described in customer reviews as "creepy fun" and "psychologically scarring" and stories that will leave you thinking after you finish them.
BROWSERS
“The stimulation of seeing so many books so suddenly seemed almost more than was good for the frail little boy.”
-George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
STEPPING INTO A used book shop is sometimes like stepping into another dimension. Where else but a used book store can one find such an eclectic selection of minds and experiences stored in dusty tomes, just waiting to be browsed through by anyone who happens along?
Occasionally a used book shop can be a painful experience, offering up nothing more than the latest trashy paperbacks and adult porn magazines.
But sometimes . . .
Sometimes a used book store can provide, to the avid browser, a mystical experience. Sometimes, walking through that door, you are overwhelmed with a sense of awe, a sense that something powerful is being housed within the very walls.
I discovered such a wondrous shop years ago on the corner of two streets whose names I cannot remember in one of those pseudo-cities on the south western edge of the Golden Horseshoe.
Standing on the street, the sounds of traffic all around me, I beheld the quaint corner shop with curious eyes. The dark and dusty windows did not allow me a clear view of the interior of the shop, and apart from the word BROWSERS painted on the window there was no exterior sign indicating the name of the establishment.
Trying to remember if I’d been to this particular shop before, I opened the door. The tiny bell overhead tinkled as I stepped inside. I had to pause as the familiar feeling of awe overtook me. Perhaps you feel it, too, when you walk into a used book shop – the feeling that all eternity is poised, trapped in the moment, just waiting to spill forth into the future.
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Lissethe Herrera
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