The new novella, coming February 26th
This Book Ends On a Cliffhanger (and There Will Be No Sequel)
The new novella from the author of Audible #1 bestsellers In The Darkness, The Physics of the Dead, The Stone Man(shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year 2015) and I’ll Quit When I’m Dead, recommended by NBC/TODAY • CrimeReads • The Orange County Register • Booklist and many more
Bruce is buying groceries when the world glitches.
One moment he is in a supermarket aisle, deciding between two jars of sauce and trying to pretend that counts as a plan. The next, the floor is gone and he is in falling through an endless chasm, one that glows with eldritch light. Arms pinwheeling, stomach lurching, the store wiped away as if someone hit delete, he tries to understand the strange wall markings and patterns that fly past. Above him there is only darkness. Below him, too… except for a purple light, a pinprick at first, hanging impossibly far away.
The distance stays wrong, the dark stays vast, and his options start to narrow. Nothing in his life has prepared him for this, except the habit of waiting things out. Bruce came here thinking the hardest decision would be dinner. Now there is only the wind, the distant light, and the first real choice he has had in a long time.
Luke Smitherd returns with his first short form fiction in six years, bringing his trademark blend of the bizarre and the unsettling. This Book… is a novella that does not just ask what you would do, but what you have been avoiding.
PRAISE FOR I’LL QUIT WHEN I’M DEAD:
“A shadowy mirror maze of terror and suspense. Just when you think you know where it’s going, you’re blindsided by another shocking twist. I devoured it in two breathless sittings.”
—Richard Chizmar, author of MEMORIALS
There you go. You can access the Kindle pre-order page at this link: PRE-ORDER HERE No Audible or paperback pre-order page I’m afraid but they will come out the same day: February 26th. Don’t worry, I’ll send a reminder the day before and on release day and then that will be it from me on the emails for a while.
Members of the Luke Smitherd Patreon page knew all about this book early; we had a bit of a discussion about the cover that actually changed the way I went with it. Membership is just $5 a month; I just opened submissions for my AMA and soon we going to be starting the Luke Smitherd’s Ego-Stroking Book Club where we’re going to be going through… The Physics of the Dead. Come and join in! Patreon.com/lukesmitherd
