The Joy of Fishes

My first novella, The Joy of Fishes, was published as an e-book by Battered Suitcase Press in December 2013. In October 2015, it was released in paperback. It is available on a variety of platforms:JoyOfFishesFinalCover96dpiRGB

  1. Amazon
  2. Barnes and Noble
  3. Smashwords
  4. Vagabondage/Battered Suitcase Press

If you’d like a postcard with a printing of the cover picture on the front and my autograph on the back (and potentially a short message or a picture of a dog or something), I can arrange for that to happen! Just send me your snail mail address and any instructions to ehlupton+postcards(AT)gmail(DOT)com. That’s my name (ehlupton) followed by the plus sign and the word “postcards,” then your typical “@gmail.com” business. Easy, right? If you want your physical copy of the book autographed, email me at that same address and we can work something out.

Looks like we have time for a few mildly facetious questions and answers! Let’s do it.

Question: What is the book about?
Answer: Love and death, physics, ghosts, Daoism, and head injuries, not really in that order.

Question: Will I like it?
Answer: I hope so. A number of my friends have liked it, and using six degrees of separation, you probably know some of the same people I know, so hopefully you think they have good judgement! Also, some complete strangers have read it and posted positive reviews on places like Goodreads. Anyway, if you don’t like it, at least it’s cheap?

Question: I really liked it! Now what?
Answer: Promotion is a really big part of book selling, but simultaneously it’s really hard for a book published by a small press to get any notice. So if you really liked the book, consider leaving a review of it on Amazon, Goodreads, or another site. Tell your friends about the book. Blog about it, if you have a blog. Or just leave a note and let me know that you liked it. I spent a lot of time writing it, and it makes me really happy to know that other people have enjoyed reading it.