Episode 3: Novel Killers
Episode 3: Novel Killers
The Publish and Die Protocol-Fiction Series
“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.” — Cyril Connolly
There were upheavals in the world. There were dictators and tyrants all around the world attaining ranks of power each trying to outdo the other, with their displays of a nuclear arsenal. Countries were now openly declaring war on one another. New alliances were being formed. The future of humanity was looking bleak.
In the natural world there seemed to be an increase in the rate of natural disasters as well.
There were floods in India, America, Tokyo, and Japan. Human lives were being lost in thousands as the raging waters submerged towns and villages.
Volcanic eruptions in Greece, Japan, and Italy killed thousands of residents. It seemed that the core of the earth was so hot it wanted to burst out of its core.
Earthquakes that rocked the Richter scale were now occurring on a frequent basis in the United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland, Russia, New Zealand, and Canada. The earthquakes which destroyed and killed so many lives and destroyed homes seemed to be like a beast flexing its muscles and destroying humanity as it awoke from its long slumber.
My grandfather Joseph had tried to get his books published twenty years ago but failed to get a book deal from a publisher, not that he trusted them with his work.
I had made a big collection of my Grandfather’s writings. I had stored them all in a large cabinet. I now needed someone to go through all the writings and archive the work into distinct categories.
I phoned my Grandmother a few days ago, and she told me that a number of Grandfather’s students, whom he had taught in Schools as an English teacher, visited her at home. It was then I had got an idea, which would save me time and which would bring the collected writings of Joseph Foxxen into the world as a series of books on various subjects.
The dream of starting a Book Publishing Company was definitely on the horizon. I finally decided to start an Indie book publishing company, as I needed to get my writings published. I could also publish the works of other aspiring authors, who wanted to have their writings reach the hands of readers, but who needed that guidance in getting their work published. As a book consultant, I now had the opportunity of letting more writers know just how simple it was to get their books published as e-books online and to sell them for a profit. I kept my regular job, as the publishing company was still in its early stages.
I phoned my Grandmother Doris and asked her for a list of the students who had visited her home a week ago. Grandma gave me the names she remembered. Grandma told me that a girl called Regina, a college student from the Elderly Out-Reach Program would be visiting her again. She left a copy of the book she had recently published online for Grandmother to read. It was about her Great-grandmother who escaped her marriage in Africa to a cruel husband to work as a nanny for a couple in England. While in England she met and later married Regina’s Grandfather who worked as a Chauffeur for the couple.
I told Grandma to give Regina my contact details if she was interested in working with Grandfathers papers and only if she had the time. A week later I got a phone call from Regina, she was interested. I made an appointment with Regina and we met at Grandma’s place the following Saturday when I was off from my work at the Post Office.
Regina and I collected the stories and various writings of my Grandfather for publication. Regina started work on putting everything together and recording the details of the works. It was an immense task, but one that Regina enjoyed doing.
The Indie Editing and publishing services were now advertised in the local newspapers and got a good response. There were so many writers who just wanted to write and were willing to get someone else to do the advertising, book promotion, and publishing for them.
I now needed to get another person to assist me with all the latest Social media book promotions, tour events, which could include Twitter chats, organizing Facebook discussions, and video chats on Google Plus. I asked Regina, who was now working as a freelance journalist and author if she would be interested in the job and she said that she was willing to join my new firm.
“The Freedom Publishing Book Company”, which I established from my desk at home was also launching “The Write and Publish a Novel in a week campaign.” In these campaigns, people who buy a book during a certain time-frame receive bonus gifts from the author or from Joint Venture partners who contribute bonuses and help promote the event.
The popularity of the Freedom Publishing Book Company was on the rise.
A large database was being created of Indie authors who were now publishing online.
Schools and Colleges across the globe were now teaching students all the facets of independent publishing as a subject. It was gradually becoming very popular as more young people and even the elderly were taking to writing and publishing.
The authors were happy to be published, but they were not yet getting readers and reviews.
Established publishing houses were not afraid about this glut of self-publishing by new authors until things started to change.
The League of Novel Killers is an organization of special operatives and assassins, who were former disgruntled members of the book and publishing industry.
At the beginning of every month, the Head of the League would issue the Desiderata list of names of people who needed to pay for their crimes. The Hit List was then circulated to all members of the group. The person with the most kills would have a million-dollar novel deal presented to him or her.
The Novel Kills was a series of books listing all the hapless victims of the Novel Killers. This was a popular series worldwide, as readers were curious to know the lives of the victims, their crimes, and the method in which the victims were killed which were always novel methods.
The Novel Killer Librarian fixed a copper Bookplate onto the forehead of his victims stating the crime the person had committed.
The Novel Killer Literary Agent would put on cloth-shaped Dog-Ears onto his victims and then throw them into a pit to be attacked and killed by rabid dogs.
The Publisher Novel Killer would encase his victims in parchment laced with cyanide and then cover them with buckets of bookworms, cockroaches, and leeches.
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