| This bonus story is already up on the prelaunch updates for the Kickstarter! I hope you’re having a good pre-holiday run! I wanted to give you a sneak peek of some bonus stories I’ve been working on. These are very short little vignettes that will only be available to prelaunch followers of my Kickstarter for signed copies of the complete Rowena series. As part of it, there will be several Kickstarter-exclusive bonus stories, some as part of the prelaunch, some as part of the actual campaign. To get the first set of stories, all you have to do is follow the campaign prelaunch! The stories will be shared for free with all followers periodically throughout the prelaunch period. To make it clear: these stories will be completely free and there’s no obligation to back the campaign, just to follow the prelaunch. Here’s the opening paragraphs of the first little bonus vignette. Eagle-eyed readers will spot references to the first chapter of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita: |
| It was the kind of hot May evening you got sometimes in Moscow that, if you knew your Russian literature, might make you expect Satan to come up and proffer you a business card covered in strange foreign writing. The card currently being proffered to Dima did, in fact, have strange foreign writing on it, or at least English. He wasn’t sure yet whether or not it was from Satan. |
| This story takes place prior to the events of the series itself. It’s a kind of prequel to the prequel, you might say. Again, to get the rest of the story, and other bonus prequel stories, all you have to do is follow the Kickstarter campaign prelaunch. Until next time, and happy reading! Sid Stark |
Sid Stark, Academic Suspense Author 