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Well, here are the current rankings of my books in the Free in Kindle Store category; I think they’re doing OK.

Night of the Killer Roos – #3,140 overall, #114 in Horror, #8 in Suspense > Horror

The Unfabulous Horrors of Chameleon Island – #5,617 overall, #11 in Horror > Comedy, #1 in Gay > Horror

Nudibranchs! – #8,183 overall, #357 in Science Fiction, #319 in Horror

Jesse’s Conveyance – #10,096 overall, #959 in Contemporary Fiction, #5 in Literary Fiction > Psychological

The Emboof Influence – #14,363 overall, #3,975 in Nonfiction, #49 in Poetry

Thanks to everyone who has downloaded them so far. Let’s see how they fare the next few days, and hopefully they’ll garner some (positive) reviews.

On a more personal note, I really do hope this promotion leads to some exposure. I’ve felt for some time that I’m meant to be a writer, a full-time writer. Currently…

Jennifer Nichole Wells does a One Word Challenge.  She is doing Color Your World – 120 Days of Crayola.  Today the color is Melon. I went on a photo hunt in my collection of photos and came up with the following pictures. 

Couple of days ago we brought you a story about this guy who traveled the subway in New York while reading books with creative fake covers!
His name is Scott Rogowsky, he is a comedian and he recently posted an album on his Facebook page (better to say, a page for his late-night talk show) with all the book covers he used for this occasion.

Which one do you like the best?

😀 😀 😀

The lifespan of most small birds is short—just a few years and then they’re gone to predation, disease, or hazards. These birds were given a second life, of sorts, after being “collected” in the 1800s and placed on display at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.  During a recent visit I got to see about 500 birds on display—a minute fraction of the 640,000 specimens housed and maintained by the museum, which has the third largest bird collection in the world. How I would love to look behind the scenes! But I was happy enough to sketch these old favorites.