Good morning!
The proof copy of "House on Top of the Hill" arrived on Wednesday, but I haven't made much progression in reading through it, just the prologue and two chapters.
So the goal this week is to read through ALL of it and upload the copyedited manuscript to KDP, which will hopefully result in an approved book and copies ordered.
I'm also planning to work on hard edits for the third book the BryonySeries Ruthless trilogy by Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara.
Oh, and I have a slew of BryonySeries, WriteOn Joliet, and assorted "life" tasks that need addressing. So this week of work is shaping up to be a working week of another kind.
Anyway, here is the synopsis and chapter titles of "House on Top of the Hill," the third book in the BryonySeries Limbo trilogy. Cover image is by Timothy Baran.
Note: Despite the wording of the synopsis none of the story is actually told from the perspective of Steve Barnes, although he appears in most of the chapters.
Instead the novel, which spans forty - fairly consecutively - years, is told through a slew of different protagonists in a seemingly short story format. But the chapters all possess an underlying theme, recurring characters, and an ending that won't make sense if you skip to it first.
This post has more details on how the BryonySeries fits together.
Happy Monday!
Change comes slowly to Munsonville, and for Steve Barnes, who spends his entire life in the village, that's just fine. From boyhood to manhood, he savors the slow pace and friendly smiles, even while working by his parents' side from sunup to sundown to run the family diner.
The only blight is this fishing village's preoccupation with an empty mansion in the woods, whose tales of former glory and catastrophe fueled a rampage of ghost stories. Steve doesn't believe them, but some do – and no no one can deny the power the crumbling old building holds over them.
Especially when it changes everyone, including Steve, forever.
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Traveling Salesman
Chapter 2: Roundtable
Chapter 3: Bottle of the Red Stuff
Chapter 4: Cracking Open the Nest Egg
Chapter 5: Picture Postcards
Chapter 6: Whispers of the Heart
Chapter 7: I Run at Night
Chapter 8: Laid to Rest
Chapter 9: Necking
Chapter 10: Spider and Fly
Chapter 11: Death Heard Round the World
Chapter 12: Mine
Chapter 13: Second Sight
Chapter 14: Chop, Sizzle, Broil, and Bake
Chapter 15: The Rage
Chapter 16: Hard Choice to Make
Chapter 17: Through the Camera’s Eye
Chapter 18: Words Enough For Me
Chapter 19: The All-Hallowed Albatross
Chapter 20: Dancing in the Past
Chapter 21: The New Professor
Chapter 22: Enigma in Residence
Chapter 23: Rain
Chapter 24: From Fry Pan to Factotum
Chapter 25: Nutty Tina Swanson
Chapter 26: Preternatural Guest
Chapter 27: A New Lease on a Very Old Dream
Chapter 28: Journey of a Thousand Heartaches
Chapter 29: The News That Changed Everything
Chapter 30: Severed Links
Epilogue
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