December 15, 2010
I’m bringing you all a new Lump for Christmas! My new e-book, Lump, is now on sale for the Kindle, Nook, and other e-reader formats. It’s a holiday story with a twisted sense of humor, and it’s appropriate for readers of all ages. The story goes like this:
Meet a kid so bad, he gets a lump of coal every Christmas…and likes it! Neighborhood bully Buzz Scanlan takes pride in his annual lump, which he sees as a black badge of badness. But this Christmas, when the coal doesn’t come, the ten-year-old holy terror becomes a bad boy on a mission. He roams from one victim of his wicked mischief to the next, digging for dirt on the one nice thing he must have done to deserve no coal for Christmas. When everyone agrees he’s been nothing but naughty, he nearly gives up the hunt…until he stumbles onto the shocking truth behind his lumps of coal, an incredible secret that just might change his life forever. Will Buzz get his lump after all, sealing his fate as the ultimate bully? Or will solving the mystery lead to a fate worse than death for the naughtiest boy, an unexpected good deed that breaks his not-nice record? After this Christmas, nothing will be the same for the kid who loves lumps of coal.
Lump has been an experiment for me in several ways. For one thing, it’s the first story I’ve written specifically to sell as an e-book; this is not a reprint or a story that’s been shopped around to other venues. Secondly, it’s the first story I’ve written after having an artist develop the cover art; I wasn’t sure it would work, but it did. And finally, it’s the first all-ages holiday story I’ve written, designed to be fun for grown-ups and kids alike.
I hope you’ll have as much fun reading it as I did writing it. Check it out for Kindle here, Nook here, and other formats (via Smashwords) right here. I think it’ll make the perfect gift for the e-book reader in your life. Actual lump of coal not included…but it would go perfectly with this e-book gift on Christmas morning!
Now check out this incredible cover art by the one-and-only Ben Baldwin:
