Two Smartphones Walk into a Bar...
My latest short story is now available for the price of half of a candy bar.
Two smartphones walk into a bar … and crack their screens. No, not that kind of bar. The drinking kind. And the punchline is that I’m announcing first access to my latest short story—“Two Smartphones Walk into a Bar”—and for only $1…
Now, before you think that’s either underpriced, or grossly overpriced, let me explain, unless you just want to…
Some context. I’ve written here before about my 500-page-and-growing novel I’m writing about technology, smartphones, cancel culture, modern society, family and cults. As I get closer to finishing it (this spring), I’m starting to dig into the publishing world.
I’ll spare you the gory details, but part of that research has to do with exploring/testing some self-publishing models.
So I figured I’d start small—really small.
I recently wrote a 2,400-word humorous piece called “Two Smartphones Walk Into a Bar…” I figured instead of spending 6 months trying to get The New Yorker to publish it, collecting rejection letters, I’d release it NOW as a digital download for $1.
As a creator, in the trendy new creator economy, there’s always a balance between giving everything you’ve ever done away for free or charging $1 million per e-book.
I had fun writing this one and I just want to share it. I’m sick of writing essays, short stories, poems, songs, and shelving them.
So—for the price of half of a candy-bar (but you shouldn’t eat sugar)—you can read my latest short story, “Two Smartphones Walk Into a Bar.”
Early reviews describe it as “funny,” “amusing,” “humorous,” “metaphorical,” “quite solid,” “genius” (my wife said that one) and, finally, “lol.”
Hope you enjoy it!
Or just…
Or you can…