THE DIRTY BROKEN FOOT

I don’t know if any of you follow me on Facebook, but if you do, you probably know that I fell off a ladder and broke my foot a few weeks back. Get this: I was only on the second rung. But that’s the price you pay for trying to do too much, I guess. A broken fifth metatarsal. I’ve been more or less laid up since it happened, so I’ve had a bit of extra time to work on a couple of projects. You can find more on those in the section below. But before we get there, I have some housecleaning to do. 

For the past year or so, I've been pushing out these newsletters on a consistent two-week schedule. My goal was multifaceted. I wanted to increase my newsletter size, build my reader base, and bring some sweet deals to you folks. I’ve done a little of all three, but to be honest, it’s burned me out. I almost dread writing these things at this point. That’s why I played hooky from the last one I had scheduled—or maybe it was because I had broken my foot? I don’t remember.

Either way, instead of dreading my every other Wednesday night’s session of copy and pasting promo links for hours on end and trying to be extra witty after my kids go to bed, I’ve scaled the newsletter back a bit. From now until I change my mind (or if I have something extra special to share) you can expect to receive these wonderful issues of The Dirt once a month.

To make up for not bringing you sweet free crap as often, I’ve gone and made both books in my Slab Steele series free today and tomorrow only. So click the link below and get both Slab Steele and the Venusian Exchange and Slab Steele and the Outer Rim Job for the low, low price of zero dollars. Or pounds. Or credits or whatever.

GET BOTH SLAB STEELE BOOKS FREE HERE

Don’t forget to pick up the updated version of The Mercurian Endeavor while you’re at it. And please, please, leave a review or rating if you find the time to read them. It’s the only way we small-time book smiths know if we should keep working on a property when we give our work away for free.

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THE NEW SERIALS

I now have TWO works in progress that you can read over on Royal Road for absolutely free. I told you about the first one in my last issue oh so long ago, and there are quite a few more chapters available if you liked that headed. 

For the new folks, Pro Dungeon Impact is a pro wrestling/GameLit mashup about an unlikely duo that gets stuck in a virtual reality world called Dungeon. It’s got gnomes and ogres and elves and all that jazz. I’ll drop a blurb above the link.

Lars Ochre had it all. Success. Fame. Fortune. A forest of back hair. A never ending hunger for snack cakes. Most of all, Lars had a passion for wrestling—he lived for that perfectly choreographed spectacle of showmanship night after night in front of thousands of adoring fans.

But when a strange young man wheels into Lars' lonely life, he suddenly does something he thought he would never do—playing that hot new video game all the kids are raving about. There's only one problem: it just might be the thing to kill him.

Unless... he can figure a way out.

READ PRO DUNGEON IMPACT HERE

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The other story is a little more... interesting.

I only started writing this to troll a guy on Reddit, but it’s turned into something I really enjoy. I’m not sure what that says about me, because it’s incredibly bizarre. Like, deep down I wonder if I might be a bit of a furry bizarre. So, without further ado, I’ll let the title speak for itself...

I’m not even going to dignify this one with an attempt at a blurb. Just click the clucking link and get out of my feathers.

READ FLAP MERGANSER: SPACE DUCK HERE

Again, the stories over on Royal Road are free. You can even follow along as I write them and give me feedback. The other ways to support my writing over there are to follow, favorite, and rate my stories. The more you do that, the more other people will see them. As always, I appreciate any support you have to give.

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THE DIRTY PROMO SECTION

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And as always, feel free to leave a review or rating of my work at one of the links below. 

-Ron-

The Mercurian Endeavor

Slab Steele and the Venusian Exchange

Slab Steele and the Outer Rim Job

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“I should have never switched from Scotch to martinis.”

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Haven’t got your copy of Slab Steele and the Venusian Exchange yet? What are you waiting for? Available now on Amazon and Audible.

Itching for more Slab Steele? You can buy the sequel, Slab Steele and the Outer Rim Job, today.

Okay, so you’re looking for a freebie. Go ahead and grab The Mercurian Endeavor then. And don’t forget to check out my serials over on Royal Road.