My Latest Novel, Free, on the Internet!

Okay, so it's not exactly a novel. It might even be a stretch to call it a novella. Or a short story. Or a photo caption. To be competely honest, it's only fourteen words. But that was challenge presented by Bob Sassone, the deeply disturbed man who curates Professor Barnhardt's Journal: write a complete story using 20 words or less. My contribution, for better or worse, is called "Untitled Hardboiled Pulp No. 7."

My story is joined by much lengthier contributions from Tod Goldberg, Marty Beckerman, Paul Davidson, Jade Walker, Adam Finley, Joe Lavin, Brian Lewandowski and Bob Sassone himself. Read 'em all. Come on, like it will take you longer than 16 seconds total? (My personal favorite is Jade Walker's supremely twisted take on a certain Sherwood Schwartz classic...)

When my editor starts barking at me for the next novel, I'm going to tell him: Dude, I wrote, like, 14 words back in June. Lay off.