For some time it has irked me a little that there was no physical copy of Outlaw Fever in print. The ebook was a bit of a spontaneous production, originally compiled to be a newsletter-subscriber freebie, but since Bridge to Trouble took over that role and Outlaw Fever went on sale as a regular ebook, it’s gotten some lovely reviews and I’m really quite fond of it myself. But until recently I doubted whether it was worth producing a paperback simply because it was so short. (Honestly, I’m still wondering how I ever managed to write such compact short stories as the first four in this collection.) This summer, though, I began thinking of it more seriously, got a few nudges of encouragement in the right direction, and…well, here it is! Outlaw Fever is now available as a little but lively paperback.
The discovery that you can now actually do custom trim sizes through KDP was a major factor in deciding to go for it—unlike my other books, this one is a compact 4×7, basically mass-market paperback size. It’s still an infant of a book as thickness goes, but at least in this size it’s more than a pamphlet! The one drawback is that it isn’t eligible for Expanded Distribution, so it’s currently only available through Amazon. (I’m hoping to one day get set up to sell my paperback copies directly online. But that’s another story.)
What is a bit hilarious is that as I drew up this post, I discovered that the original publication of Outlaw Fever was so spontaneous that I apparently never announced it here on this blog. So if you follow me primarily here and not through other social media, here’s the description of this book you may be hearing of for the first time!
Three men poised on the brink between honesty and crime. A spunky young woman determined to foil claim-jumpers. Christmas Eve among the wolves and the winds. Rebellion by a brother, and betrayal from a friend.
Five short stories of the West and its people.
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What readers have said:
“No writer has ever whisked me so entirely off my feet in so few pages. Every single one of these stories was superbly crafted, emotionally raw, and descriptively compelling. I think I experienced every human emotion in the space of an hour.”
“Some are funny, some are touching, all are deeply human and redolent of the air of the Old West.”
This is sooo exciting! 😊