Mark Hayes Peacock – blogs

Finally, my computer is back and doing well! I fell for a con and knew better than to do that, but the warning came up and I couldn’t get it off my browser. So, as directed, I called Apple, which–of course–was not Apple at all. And I got so far into the mess that I ended up giving them not just my credit information, but three iTune cards. They were able to cash one of them; the other two were invalid, which is but a small consolation. I still don’t know quite how people can cash in those iTune cards and not leave a trace. Anyhow, Apple’s legal people have all the information I had and the Easy IT Guys in St.Croix Falls did a fine job with restoring my computer.  That means that in the next few days I can proceed with transforming the three online Kindle short story books to a single print book.

 

I’ve begun the next short story called “Eye Of The Beholder”. All I’ll disclose at this point is that Osceola’s Police Chief Ron Pedrys has been very helpful. And in the next weeks I think I’ll need to take some painting instruction from some of the good artists I know.

As of today, March 29, 2017, my newest short story collection, “Yet More Break Time Stories”, now is available on Amazon Kindle.

I am in the process of compiling all three e-book short story collections into a print version. I’m anticipating publication for that in mid-to late April. Avery’s poet laureate, editor/publisher of “Soundings” and Jade Ring Fiction Award winner LaMoine MacLaughlin has agreed to write :something nice” for the back cover of the print book. Thanks, LaMoine!

I should mention that the cover art for “Yet More Break Time Stories” is a painting done by my son, Mark Aaron Peacock. It’s a surreal table setting with a large fork, a knife and spoon and I’ve used it because the first story in this third story collection is “I’ll Cook For You!”. I’ll probably use this artwork for the cover of the print book, which may or may not be titled “The First Gathering of Break Time Stories”.

Although there are several possible public readings coming in the near future, one in June seems fairly certain and that will be a short story reading for the Osceola Seniors Association in early June, 2017. I’ve not decided which story to read. By that time, the third short story collection, “Yet More Break Time Stories” will have been published on Amazon Kindle and I may have all three story collections compiled in a single print paperback that will be available.

Perhaps we’ll see you in Osceola the first Wednesday in June?