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Showing posts with label rats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rats. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

GSP's Book of the Day December 7

Who Moved My TV? by Jonathan Lowe


#gypsyshadow #shortstory #fantasy

Question: when do sewer rats in suburbia acquire intelligence and cunning? Answer: when they begin calling each other names. For Duff and Tuff, newly arrived on Conner's lawn after being ejected from a drain culvert during a flood, their I.Q. soon begins to rise while Conner's falls. Conner, you see, is obsessed with TV. Now the plan is to keep this bachelor from going through with his vow to change his life (and their situation) by pretending to be his supposedly deceased ex wife. Inspired by "Who Moved My Cheese?," this short fable has but one lesson: imagination is linked to reading, not watching television.


Word Count: 9600

Pages to Print: 43

Price: $3.99 


http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-TV-ebook/dp/B0043XXDC2
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-moved-my-tv-jonathan-lowe/1113568806
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/22423
http://www.gypsyshadow.com/JonathanLowe.html#Who

Connor is obsessed with watching television, but his life takes a surprising detour when two sewer rats move into his home. Who Moved My TV?, a short story by Jonathan Lowe. Available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, other fine eBook vendors and Gypsy Shadow Publishing at:
http://www.gypsyshadow.com/JonathanLowe.html#Who

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

GSP's Book of the Day June 26

Irish Mouse Tales, short stories by Violetta Antcliff


Michael O’Leary, a mouse with a larger than average size tail, is a story teller who can hold audiences spellbound with his tales of daring and adventure. Michael, along with his two friends Patrick and Guido, lives on a farm in a remote corner of the Emerald Isles and it is here he holds his story telling evenings. Some of his yarns arere so graphic, small rodents have been known to suffer attacks of panic, faint clear away and have to be dragged outside.

Guido, however, is a different case; his stories, although they always contain a grain of truth, need to be taken with a large pinch of salt, but they are entertaining. As for Patrick, well at times he finds it just too much trouble to compete, so he doesn’t bother.

Word Count: 4303
Pages to Print: 17 
Price: $2.99

 

http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Mouse-Tales-ebook/dp/B008R2CS4O
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/irish-mouse-tales-violetta-antcliff/1112313359
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/209903
http://www.gypsyshadow.com/Violetta.html#IrishM

A story of adventure and daring for children and the young at heart. Irish Mouse Tales, a short story by Violetta Antcliff. Available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, other fine eBook vendors and Gypsy Shadow Publishing at:
http://www.gypsyshadow.com/Violetta.html#IrishM


Saturday, February 23, 2013

Book of the Day February 23

Who Moved My TV? by Jonathan Lowe


Question: when do sewer rats in suburbia acquire intelligence and cunning? Answer: when they begin calling each other names. For Duff and Tuff, newly arrived on Conner's lawn after being ejected from a drain culvert during a flood, their I.Q. soon begins to rise while Conner's falls. Conner, you see, is obsessed with TV. Now the plan is to keep this bachelor from going through with his vow to change his life (and their situation) by pretending to be his supposedly deceased ex wife. Inspired by "Who Moved My Cheese?," this short fable has but one lesson: imagination is linked to reading, not watching television.

Word Count: 9600
Pages to Print: 43
Price: $3.99 


Here's what we need you to do (Thanks in Advance!):

1. Login to Amazon
2. Click the link (under the picture)
3. By the title on Amazon there is a "like" button, click it. if you wish you can stop there, but if you want to help even more . . .
4. When you click and hover over the like button it says "share this link: via Email, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest." Click one (two or all) of them and hit share, it should only take a couple of minutes.
5. Page down to the visible tags (Tags Customers Associate with This Product) and either click on the tags you agree with, agree with all the tags or, if you've read the book, add some tags of your own. The fastest way, of course is to click on the link that says "Agree with these tags?"
6. If you have read the book, please leave a brief review!

Amazon, for some unknown reason, keeps dropping the like button and has seemingly permanently deleted product tags, so unless you care to leave a review, there is no longer any way to help us get the word out about this book on Amazon. We encourage you to search for and buy it at Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, or on our Gypsy Shadow website and help our authors succeed, despite Amazon's bizarre treatment of authors and Indie publishers!

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Book of the Day October 27

Irish Mouse Tales by Violetta Antcliff


Michael O’Leary, a mouse with a larger than average size tail, is a story teller who can hold audiences spellbound with his tales of daring and adventure. Michael, along with his two friends Patrick and Guido, lives on a farm in a remote corner of the Emerald Isles and it is here he holds his story telling evenings. Some of his yarns arere so graphic, small rodents have been known to suffer attacks of panic, faint clear away and have to be dragged outside.

Guido, however, is a different case; his stories, although they always contain a grain of truth, need to be taken with a large pinch of salt, but they are entertaining. As for Patrick, well at times he finds it just too much trouble to compete, so he doesn’t bother.

 

Here's what we need you to do (Thanks in Advance!):

1. Login to Amazon
2. Click the link (under the picture)
3. By the title on Amazon there is a "like" button, click it. if you wish you can stop there, but if you want to help even more . . .
4. When you click and hover over the like button it says "share this link: via Email, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest." Click one (two or all) of them and hit share, it should only take a couple of minutes.
5. Page down to the visible tags (Tags Customers Associate with This Product) and either click on the tags you agree with, agree with all the tags or, if you've read the book, add some tags of your own. The fastest way, of course is to click on the link that says "Agree with these tags?"
6. If you have read the book, please leave a brief review!