I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ELECTRIC GOD AND OTHER SHORTS by Michael Thomas Perone Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Title: THE ELECTRIC GOD AND OTHER SHORTS
Author: Michael Thomas Perone
Pub. Date: October 14, 2024
Publisher: Wheatmark
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 251
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N
A small town becomes obsessed with television—to the point of madness.
A cheerful innocent confronts the harsh reality of the world and is forever changed by the experience.
A struggling author begins receiving strange messages on the paper he uses to write.
A bullied, brilliant teen is put through the wringer of his high school and comes out the other side insane.
A detective of the future discovers he may be investigating his own untimely demise—and that of the world’s.
These and one more dark fable await you from the imaginative mind of the award-winning author Michael Thomas Perone. Part fractured fairy tales, part nightmare fuel, The Electric God and Other Shorts follows characters who struggle to remain sane in an insane world and features stories that will keep you up at night, wondering what might be lurking in the shadows.
A deleted scene or a scene from another character’s POV:
This cut scene is from the story Paper Language. Main character Jonathan Zucker is a struggling author who begins receiving strange messages on the paper he uses to write. To make ends meet, he takes a job as a supermarket clerk. This deleted scene immediately follows a scene where Jonathan (Spoiler Alert!) kills his boss. I wanted a bit of comic relief to buffer how intense that scene was, but the tones clashed too much and was distracting, so I axed it (no pun intended).
Exiting the stockroom, Jonathan was prepared to skip out of work early when he was stopped by Mr. Harding, the store’s senior manager, standing alongside a stranger with a bushy mustache. “Jon,” the manager began, “I want you to meet the founder of the entire Food World chain.”
“Pleased to meet you,” the mustachioed man greeted, extending a thick hand. “My name is Mr. Stake, but my friends call me Bob.”
“Hello, Mr. Stake,” Jonathan quipped without shaking his hand. Then, not skipping a beat, he asked, “I thought your name would be Mr. World.” Mr. Stake ignored him and began an unsolicited sermon about how dedicated and loyal his Food World employees were. The speech may have been convincing if Jonathan hadn’t walked past him and out the store without a word.
About Michael Thomas Perone:
Michael Thomas Perone is an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), and The Island Ear(now titled Long Island Press), among others. Online, he has written for Yahoo!, WhatCulture!,and other websites that don’t end with an exclamation mark. His debut novel, the action-adventure Danger Peak, was the recipient of multiple awards, including The Fall 2022 BookFestAward in the category of Young Adult – Action and Adventure. His follow-up, the coming-of-age/sci-fi mindbender Déjà View, won First Place at the Spring 2024 BookFest Awards in the category of Young Adult – Literary and Coming of Age. It was also a finalist of The Eric Hoffer Book Award. He currently works as a Senior Editor and lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters.
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Giveaway Details:
10 winners will receive a finished copy of THE ELECTRIC GOD AND OTHER SHORTS, US Only.
Ends November 19th, midnight EST.
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/e2389ba21880/?
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
| 11/4/2024 | Two Chicks on Books | Interview/IG Post |
| 11/4/2024 | Daily Waffle | Guest Post |
| 11/5/2024 | TX Girl Reads | Guest Post/IG Post |
| 11/5/2024 | Fire and Ice Reads | Excerpt/IG Post |
| 11/6/2024 | Lady Hawkeye | Excerpt/IG Post |
| 11/6/2024 | @callistoscalling | IG Post |
| 11/7/2024 | Book Review Virginia Lee Blog | Excerpt/IG Post |
| 11/7/2024 | The Momma Spot | Excerpt |
| 11/8/2024 | Edith’s Little Free Library | IG Post/TikTok Post |
| 11/8/2024 | Rajiv’s reviews | Review/IG Post |
Week Two:
| 11/11/2024 | Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s | Review/IG Post |
| 11/11/2024 | Brandi Danielle Davis | IG Review/TikTok Post |
| 11/12/2024 | @fiction._.fuss | Review/IG Post |
| 11/12/2024 | AJ Johnson Bookgamer200 | IG Review/TikTok Post |
| 11/13/2024 | Books and Zebras | IG Review |
| 11/13/2024 | @thepageladies | IG Review/TikTok Post |
| 11/14/2024 | @enjoyingbooksagain | IG Review |
| 11/14/2024 | Fyrekatz Blog | Review |
| 11/15/2024 | Country Mamas With Kids | Review/IG Post |
| 11/15/2024 | Deal sharing aunt | Review/IG Post |