In just 7 days time, on Monday 20th June, Comely Bank Publishing will launch Gordon Lawrie's 100 Not Out a collection of his best short stories written over the last few years for the Friday Flash Fiction website. Priced at just 99p, it's fantastic-value reading designed to while an hour or two away on a bus or train journey on a Kindle or iPad. It's available from all the usual ebook outlets.
But you don't have to wait that long, because if you've made it this far then you can download a copy now from our bookshop, priced just 98p so that we (hopefully) absorb any taxes you might be asked to pay. Why not go and have a look?
In the meantime, here's another sample:
But you don't have to wait that long, because if you've made it this far then you can download a copy now from our bookshop, priced just 98p so that we (hopefully) absorb any taxes you might be asked to pay. Why not go and have a look?
In the meantime, here's another sample:
AN IMAGINARY AUDITION
"Mr Bell? I'm Frederic Chopin. I've come for the... audition."
"Come in, sit down please."
"So what's the gig, Mr Bell?"
"Look, Freddie, this telephone I've invented – thing is, now we need jingles, tunes that play when you're hanging on the line for ages. Must be really short."
"Why?"
"So they play repeatedly and get annoying. You do short stuff?"
"The Minute Waltz."
"Too long. Do you have a Half-A-Minute Waltz?"
"A Demi-Minute Waltz? Sorry, no."
"Can't you play your Minute Waltz twice as fast?"
"Suppose so."
"Perfect – you've got the gig. It'll sell like hot-cakes in the call centres."
"Mr Bell? I'm Frederic Chopin. I've come for the... audition."
"Come in, sit down please."
"So what's the gig, Mr Bell?"
"Look, Freddie, this telephone I've invented – thing is, now we need jingles, tunes that play when you're hanging on the line for ages. Must be really short."
"Why?"
"So they play repeatedly and get annoying. You do short stuff?"
"The Minute Waltz."
"Too long. Do you have a Half-A-Minute Waltz?"
"A Demi-Minute Waltz? Sorry, no."
"Can't you play your Minute Waltz twice as fast?"
"Suppose so."
"Perfect – you've got the gig. It'll sell like hot-cakes in the call centres."
