Still looking for Free Shortstories

Available in the Bookshop

There are still quite a number of people who try to link directly to the short-stories that were on display on our Freestuff page, last year.

The stories have been collected into the album, "Mercury Silver".  The stories that remain on Freestuff, are stories that are displayed elsewhere for free and have been on Freestuff long before the project of Mercury Silver.

If you are an author, you are welcome to submit shortstories or other items specifically for inclusion on our Freestuff page; however the stories in Mercury Silver were submitted for publication, and only displayed for free for a limited time period to raise reader interest.

If someone directed you to a short-story that is no longer on Freestuff, consider supporting its author by buying a copy of the ebook "Mercury Silver".  It is really not expensive, and you'll get your full enjoyment value out of these stories.

We'll do it again:

We are planning to run another such project, perhaps for something else than short-stories, later this year or perhaps early in 2014. Watch this space. ;)

Updating the website

We're updating the website.  Especially pleased with the little slide show on the home page!   We also have a page on which you can post a review.  

This is a long slow process (updating) and we value your patience, but we're definitely making inroads.

In the meanwhile have fun on our links page reading all those author blogs!

Note about Submissions

Anyone who wants to submit should please email info@pkaboo.net rather than the submissions email, as we are experiencing slight difficulties.

If your submission was overlooked, please accept our apologies and resubmit.

Regards
TheTeam

December 20, Launch of Lupa, Forest Circle Quest and Freedom Fighter at Glenstantia Library

Lovely daylilies brought by the librarian for the authors :)

Glenstantia is a spacious, modern library.  The atmosphere is beautiful; calm, organized. Foreground:  P'kaboo's books- with the 3 launch titles taking centre stage.

Small but bespoke audience.  Foreground:  The Library User Group leadership of the library.  Background:  Lovely guests, supporters, fans...  standing up: The Head Librarian Therese; yours truly; and avid young reader Robin.

The launch titles from another angle

Forest Circle Quest.  Note the sherry glass...

Speaking about each of the titles.  Note the laptops on the table.  Both distant authors were in the room via technology; Leslie Hyla Winton Noble by Skype video - though the storm in Pretoria as well as the storm in Durban messed with the reception and he often looked like something by Van Gogh.  Marie Marshall was present on Skype Chat.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORRECTION: Launch 20 December

Apologies about the details in the previous post.

The launch on 20 December 2012, at 18h00, takes place in the Glenstantia Library (in Constantia Park), c/o Chopin and Duvernoy Rds (you turn UP into Isie Smuts from Garsfontein, and round the circle at the end of Isie Smuts).

Hoping to see you there!

Launching 3 titles

When:  20 December 2012 (Thursday)
Where: Glenstantia Library, Isie Smuts/Duvernoy drive, Constantia Park.
Coordinates:  25°48'7"S   28°17'13"E

Time: 18h

Books:

 

All welcome. 

Author presence: 

• "Freedom Fighter" (Solar Wind 3): Lyz Russo will be present in person to meet people and sign books.
• "Lupa" : Marie Marshall can be contacted via the publishers.  As she lives in Scotland, she will not be present in person but P'kaboo will attempt to have Skype Chat available for readers to meet her online.
• "Forest Circle Quest":  Leslie Hyla Winton Noble can be contacted via the publishers. As he is in Durban, he will not be physically present but P'kaboo will attempt to contact him via Skype too, to attend the launch online.

MERCURY SILVER is LIVE!

This collection of short-stories was submitted by seven different authors:  Widely differing styles, ideas, and effects. 

The book can be bought in the Bookshop at P'kaboo.  You can also request a print-on-demand paperback copy; however please allow some time for production. Within the next few days, the book should become available on Amazon too.

Congratulations to all contributing authors, and thank you.

MERCURY SILVER

... is the title of the collection of great quality short stories we have received from various authors all over.

The stories are still available on our Freestuff Page until the end of tomorrow (the 7th).  After that they will disappear off Freestuff (leaving a few stragglers behind) and reappear shortly as ebook in our shop, and both ebook and paperback on Amazon.

We will keep you posted!

4 new ShortStories and a brand-new Poetry section!

P'kaboo has 4 more Shortstories up (and one still under revision).  Also, please visit our bookshop to inspect the brand-new POETRY division, with pearls of beauty, nature and life's-like-that by Marie Marshall.

Enjoy!

A Tale of Heroes - by Douglas Pearce

Settling Up - by Nick Legg

Get What You Can - by Nick Legg

Outside - by Dr Emma Briant

Naked in the Sea - by Marie Marshall

 

 

Naked in the Sea

...by Marie Marshall is the first book in our Poetry Section. 

Pearl 2:
you secret
enfolded
in salt-flesh
hidden
in a sea
of love-songs 

 ~

Enjoy this book!