Bury My Body Somewhere Nice
New book available for Pre-Order!
New Book!
Here it is! I’ve been teasing a book of short stories for a long time, and it is finally here! I wanted something to be punchy and short, something that folks who haven’t read my work could pick up and be introduced to my style without having to commit to a series.
In Bury My Body Somewhere Nice I give you five varied stories but I think it’s better not to spoil any of them with telling you what they are about! But, I will give you the titles! So here they are!
Scissors: A Love Story
Soft, Chewy Center
In the Dark We Sin
Bury My Body Somewhere Nice
Atomic Despair
Where to get it!
Bury My Body Somewhere Nice is available for pre-order now and will release on April 4th 2025! You can preorder it in both physical and ebook at the following links!!
The cover style is retro, pulp horror! The book will have a “mass market paperback” vibe and I think it will be a satisfying physical book to own!
A little behind the scenes!
A little something about each story without giving too much away.
Scissors: A Love Story - I wrote this story back in 2009 or 2010 on my iPhone 3GS while I was sitting outside of my kids’ school waiting to pick them up. At the time it was my favorite thing I’d ever written. I don’t know if it still is, but it is certainly up there.
Soft, Chewy Center - The inspiration for this story came from a random thought I had one day. For some reason it was an exact picture of the final scene in the book, so I had to build the story backward from there, which was a real challenge, but also a lot of fun!
In the Dark We Sin - Years ago my partner said that her favorite type of story was the kind where people wake un and don’t know where they are or how they got there. So I kept that in my head for a while and mulled it over every time a seed of an idea popped up. Then, one day, it hit me and the story was there. I gave the premise some soil and waited for the seed!
Bury My Body Somewhere Nice - Years ago a friend of mine, the same friend who said bigfoot was scarier than a ghost (which inspired me to write In the Hills Above the Gristmill), gave me the idea for the title of this book. I walked into her work area and stated that if she didn’t get a vacation she would likely die. She didn’t look up from her work, she simply stated, “Just bury my body somewhere nice.” I told her that was a good name for a book and walked away. Two or three years ago I decided I was going to use that as the name of a short story collection, if I ever wrote one, so I did. But I didn’t have a story in mind for that title. Then, after hearing yet another person claim they know the perfect place to hide a body, the idea came to me.
Atomic Despair - If you watched my very short lived YouTube channel you may have seen a video where I was giving writing advice. There was a point where I talk about “Cinematic Superimposition,” where everything I see I think of in terms of how it can be used in a film or book. During this I make up an example on the spot. That example is this story.
When I’m writing I build soundtracks to the stories. Each story has it’s own playlist. Each of the Paisley books have their own, and each of these stories have one that is unique to them. I try to throw a few songs in that I think fit the vibe I want and then I start writing. When I get to a new character or scene, if I can’t find their voice or vibe, I’ll search out some songs that fit, just listening until I feel the emotion I want at that part of the story, then I add that song. I’ll let the whole playlist play on random while I’m writing, but there are times where I need a character’s voice and I will select a certain song at a certain time. Each of these stories has their own, but none of them fit as perfectly as the list for Atomic Despair. So below is a link to the Spotify playlist! You can look at it now, listen, or whatever you’d like. But I recommend, if you have the patience, waiting until you have the book and putting it on without looking at it while you read the story. It may just enhance your reading experience!
And that’s it for this one! It’s been a hard few months, but we persist. We’re all in this together. Thank you for being here.
K