Saturday, March 8, 2025

Short Story Collections Going Wide

 Hey friends, I wanted to let you know that my short story collections are no longer exclusive with Amazon. They are now available at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a few other online stores. The Brothers of the Mountain single stories, the Randall King series, and The Moonshiners series are still exclusive with Amazon.

It's been a while since I've moved any books out of Amazon's select program. We'll see how it goes.

Be sure to click a book cover on the side bar to find the purchasing links.

Here are the titles and descriptions:

Brothers of the Mountain: Heart of the FrontierBrothers of the Mountain: Heart of the Frontier follows the lives of brothers Henry and Lucas McCarty. Come along on their journey as they travel from eastern Kentucky to America’s untamed western frontier where they seek a life of freedom and exploration as mountain men and fur trappers. The stories within not only portray extreme action and adventure but also represent the special breed of men who were willing to risk their lives in the adverse and hostile conditions of America's western frontier in the 1820s and 1830s. These stories have been arranged in chronological order. (novel-in-stories)

Where the Gravel Lane EndsAn assortment of twelve stories that begin in the gritty depths of rural noir and slide down the literary spectrum into the tragedy and triumph that is contemporary realism; then shuffle through small-town America where carnivals and psychedelic awakenings are experienced, and finally, the last three stories take a detour into the strange and surreal.

Chicken Liver BluesChicken Liver Blues is an inimitable collection of twelve stories that at times barrels and swerves down rural backroads kicking up gravel and dust in its wake, and other moments it’s a calm late-night country cruise that soaks up the stars, the moon, and the heavens while contemplating the meaning of life.

Hard Luck Hard Luck is an evocative collection of seventeen stories that glimpse into the lives of the often broken and downtrodden people in small-town southern Indiana. Some residents escape while others are consumed by their drug-fueled, crime-ridden environments.

Under the Willow TreeThroughout this collection are tales honed with a psychological edge and sprinkled with a dash of dark humor, while other stories cross over into the realms of tragedy, coming of age, and the paranormal.

Forsaken Land: Selected Stories - This collection brings in fifteen selected stories by Jeremy Perry from his books Hard Luck, Chicken Liver Blues, and other online publications. In this collection, you’ll dive headfirst into the underbelly of a fringe society in rural America that often forces many to live by their own rules. These are people who live in an environment saturated with drugs, crime, and other evils. This culture believes you need to get what you can, while you can, before the forsaken land comes calling. These are stories of crime, rural noir, and hillbilly gothic.










 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Cranked: A Short Story (updated)

 


"Cranked: A Short Story" is no longer free on Amazon. For some reason Amazon continues to kick this story out of its permanently free status. So, now I've placed Cranked in the Kindle Unlimited program. 
This little story takes place in the fictional town of Uproar, Indiana located in the southern part of the state where crime and drugs run rampant. This story is also a part of the collection Hard Luck: Stories, which consists mostly of stories just like this one. 

From the back cover:

Joe Spray is a small-time drug dealer who's caught in the middle of a fiery love triangle. When he is forced to choose between his two love interests, he quickly finds himself reluctantly conspiring to commit murder on the other woman. (Crime)

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Hard Luck: Stories is Free for a Limited Time



I'm happy to announce that starting today my short story collection HARD LUCK (eBook) is available for free the next five days on Amazon. Click over and download your free copy. The Amazon link is HERE, or simply click on the book cover.

You can check out what author Scott McCrea had to say about Hard Luck: Stories HERE. And while you're over there, be sure to check out his amazing catalogue of books. You won't be disappointed! 

From the back cover of HARD LUCK:

Hard Luck is an evocative collection of seventeen stories that glimpses into the lives of the often broken and downtrodden people in small-town southern Indiana. Some residents escape while others are consumed by their drug-fueled, crime-ridden environments.

A man’s love triangle goes awry in CRANKED. Sex, drugs, and gambling seduce the characters in LOOKING FOR ACTION. In the title story, HARD LUCK, a hard-drinking sheriff enforces his own kind of law. A once imprisoned biker returns to his hometown to witness a backwoods, bare-knuckle brawl in THE FIGHT. In the dark, hillbilly gothic tale YOUR BIRD MY CAT, a young boy is fascinated by the chance to see the female anatomy up-close and personal for the first time. A man rides the rails looking to escape the perils of his hometown only to discover a town stranger and more unlivable than his own in BOXCAR TO PARADISE.
The stories in this collection spring in and out of the gritty country noir genre and often land in steamy piles of contemporary and dirty realism. Some stories contain mature content.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Fit Body, Sharp Mind

 

Hey friends,

I hope everyone is doing well. It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I thought I would write a few words.

My writing has slowed a bit these past couple of months. I’m about a thousand words into a new story, but I’ve set it aside for now. Lately, my focus has been on my mind and body. I’ve always been a huge proponent of diet and exercise, so that’s where much of my energy has been. I feel that if your body is fit and your mind is sharp, nothing can stop you. I’ve been lifting three to four days a week, and I feel pretty good for a 47-year-old man.

As always, the writing will continue. I have many projects to complete. If you’re new around here, feel free to check out some of my free stories on this website or on Amazon.

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Blood on the Creek Bank Live on Amazon

 


Hey friends, I wanted to let you know that Blood on the Creek Bank is now live on Amazon. It is available to read with a Kindle Unlimited subscription or just $.99 to buy. For those who don't know, this is story #4 in the Sheriff Randall King series. I hope you check it out. Here's the link. https://amzn.to/3WuPsNj

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Cowboy Jamboree Spring Issue is Live

 I'm happy to report that Cowboy Jamboree's 2024 spring issue, the All Covers Album, is live. Here's the direct link to my story "Blood on the Creek Bank".  And here's the link to the entire line-up of awesome writers and their work. Enjoy!

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Story Acceptance

I'm happy to report that "Blood on the Creek Bank", the latest story in the Sheriff Randall King series, has been accepted for publication in Cowboy Jamboree Magazine's 2024 spring issue. It's such an honor to be in the magazine alongside such talented writers and storytellers; I couldn't be more thrilled.

If you're not familiar with Cowboy Jamboree Magazine & Press, you can check them out here >>> COWBOY JAMBOREE MAGAZINE & PRESS - CJ MAGAZINE. It's a top-notch magazine and press ran by the great Adam Van Winkle who publishes only the best books and stories in the grit lit and rural fiction genres. I highly recommend checking it out.