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The Gorilla, the Goldfish & Everything


Dystopian future. Check. Goldfish? Sure. Haunting? Well. Yeah.

Look, this one’s weird even for me. And you probably know who I am if you’re reading this—I’m not putting this story up for sale.

So when I tell you I got most of the idea from a tweet I read, something like “you don’t read many stories about lost goldfish finding their way home”…well. Then I remembered this thing about haunting by the Spirit of Walmart, and things sort of fit? Then you understand.

It’s goofy. It was a ton of fun to write. Give it a try?

(Title was based on John D. MacDonald’s science fiction novel The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything, for reasons I don’t understand, so it was clearly not my fault.)

Free: Download it now!

Genre: Humorous dystopian science fiction.


Here’s how it works: The download link goes to BookFunnel. They’ll ask you for an email address to download. The confirmation email they send will include a link to download the story you’ve requested, and they’re supposed to be experts at helping you get the ebook file onto whatever device you prefer.

Right after that? You get another email, this one from me, with a link to the members-only download page. Lots and lots of stuff to read! All free, with no email address required from that point.

So, then you’ll be subscribed to get updates from me. More free books/stories, random middle-of-the-night thoughts, wild-ass schemes. You know, stuff. If you don’t want to keep getting it? No problem! You can unsubscribe right away. The free download page I send will keep working, and will keep getting updated too. You can check it whenever you like.

I’m trying to make this really easy!