Update From Local Author MERRY JONES

NEWS AND NOTES

Finally in paperback! After a few years in out-of-print limbo, the Harper Jennings thrillers are being released in paperback (for the first time!) and ebook formats. The first one will be released in early November! Join Harper, a college teaching assistant and Iraq war veteran, as she juggles her postwar PTSD, her husband's brain injury from a fall off their roof, the suicide/murders of her students, and threats to her life in SUMMER SESSION. You can PRE-ORDER your ebook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J2MPNMQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538752686&sr=1-3&keywords=Summer+Session+merry+jones In early November, paperbacks can be ordered here: https://store.bookbaby.com or at Amazon, iBooks,Barnes and Noble and the usual online suppliers in early November.  Book Fest panel If you're anywhere near Bucks County PA on October 13 and 14, come out for a bookfilled festival where you can mix with authors, buy books, take part in the recording of an #Oddcast Podcast, attend scintillating panels like the one I'll be on Sunday afternoon with Liars Club authors Jon McGoran, Greg Frost, Kelly Simmons, Keith Strunk and Marie Lamba.      Dear Readers,Yikes. Where did summer go?  Well, as the days get shorter and the weather colder, why not hunker down with a hot cocoa and a chilling read, like an Elle Harrison or Zoe Hayes book? BTW, The Harper Jennings thrillers are being republished over the next several months, so if you haven't yet read them, stay tuned!    The Odd Cast of the Oddcast  Each Thursday, Liars Club hosts Keith Strunk, Greg Frost, Kelly Simmons, Jon McGoran and I host the Oddcast, a half hour podcast featuring all manner of "creative" types: novelists, story writers, playwrights, poets, cartoonists and more. Grab a libation and tune in for informal, fascinating, often chuckle-worthy chats.  Noir at the Bar Near Philly? Like suspense and mystery? Come out to the Misconduct Tavern on Sunday, October 28, at 7 pm,  for a special Noir at the Bar, part of an international series of events to raise funds to help with medical expenses for Evie Swierczynski, daughter of Philadelphian crime writer Duane Swierczynski. Have a drink, hang out, and listen to dark chilling readings by Erik Arneson, Robb Caddigan, Greg Frost, Don Lafferty, Jon McGoran, Bill Myers, Ed Pettit, Bernard Shaffer, Dennis Tafoya, Bill Lashner and me. Similar events will be held in NY, LA, DC, Baltimore, Asbury Park. St Louis and London as the noir-writing community comes together to benefit one of our own. Wherever you are... this fall, here's hoping books bring you adventure or insight, solace or suspense, catharsis or comfort--whatever you want, and more! Until next time--    Happy Reading,  Merry Jones