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When I was preparing to publish The Curio Cabinet: A Collection of Miniature Stories, I looked and looked for a good stock photo of a cabinet of miniatures to use for the cover. I contacted my mom, who’d had such a cabinet hanging on the wall of our hallway when I was growing up. I asked her to take a picture of it, and she told me she didn’t have it anymore.

I settled on a picture that wasn’t quite what I wanted and made it work by blurring it so the contents (which included boxes of pasta, not miniatures!) were unclear.

Recently, when I was visiting my grandparents in Kansas, my mom pointed to my grandma’s bedroom wall and said, “That’s the type of thing you wanted a picture of for your book!”

And that’s how I ended up with a new cover for The Curio Cabinet...featuring my grandma’s cabinet of miniatures. Here it is. (If you’re interested in purchasing a copy, click on the book cover. (I can’t guarantee that paperbacks will immediately have the new cover, as Amazon may have pre-printed some copies.)

Affordable Read: New Release!

Dark Elements: Rise is a dystopian techno-thriller that was just released. It’s just $0.99 or free for Kindle Unlimited readers. Grab your copy here!

Dragonlight is an urban fantasy novel that just released yesterday! It’s just $0.99 or free for Kindle Unlimited members. Download your copy here!

This Week’s Affordable Read

Choosing is a dystopian novel about a strong young woman who’s trying to win more than the heart of some bachelor. Grab your copy for an affordable price (or read free on Kindle Unlimited) by clicking here.

This Week’s Free Reads

Demons of Time is a time-travel fantasy novel, and it’s temporarily free! Download your copy before it goes back to full price.

Check out over 50 sci-fi and fantasy freebies in the Starlight promo, and download as many as you like! Just click here.

This is an awesome sci-fi, fantasy, and horror collection, all stories that are pro-queer, disability positive, multicultural, and/or neurodiverse. Check out all 20 stories and download your favorites here.

This Week’s 20-Second Story

Every week, I share a super-short story with you. Hope you enjoy this week’s! I write these on Twitter daily; you can follow me @CBethAnderson. This week, you get a poem instead of a story.

Enjoy stories like this? I have an entire book of them! Check out The Curio Cabinet on Amazon and other retailers!

Happy New Year!

-Beth 

You can always check out all my books at this link—including The Seer’s Sister, free to newsletter subscribers!