Implosions of America Short Story About to Self-Destruct

Front and back cover

Sometime this evening, I will be pulling the plug on my post of the title story to my new collection, Implosions of America. Read it now, save it, or print it out. And remember that November 16 is the release date for the book.

Go here: https://davidbiddle.net/2012/10/22/implosions-of-america-an-election-story/

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Cover Reveal: Implosions of America

Photo: Warren Harold - http://www.thatwasmyfoot.com/
Photo: Warren Harold – http://www.thatwasmyfoot.com/

There are fabulous, creative artists everywhere in this country. I am so grateful to photographer extraordinaire Warren Harold for use of two of his images of a building implosion for both the cover of my new collection of stories and promotional highlighting of articles for my book. Yes, that’s his photo of the West Pavilion Professional Building at the Houston Medical Center in my latest post, “Everyone Gets a Scarlet Letter.”

Check out Warren’s work at his website, http://thatwasmyfoot.my-expressions.com. He has a discerning eye for the bizarre and interesting. And seems equally at home with people, portraits, and inanimate objects. What I see in Warren’s work is passion for the magic that images elicit in us in the day-to-day. That magic is so odd. Were we to Continue reading

Implosions Making Slow But Steady Progress: Reader’s Draft Available

CRT Implosion – Source: Niels Noordhoek, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CRT_implosion.JPG

I have Implosions of America out now in Reader’s Draft form. I am looking for readers who are interested in giving me review, copy-editing, and consistency advice. The book is available in any form your ereader wants. Just email me and I can forward a copy. You will likely pay up to $7.99 for the book in final form this fall.

This week I’ve been working carefully with my Reader’s Draft making changes and catching shit that shouldn’t have ever slipped through but did. I’m surprised, Continue reading