Shy Ghosts Dancing E-Book Released!

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

With the proof hard copy still somewhere in the mail, I was beginning to think I wouldn’t be able to release my new collection of dark fiction, Shy Ghosts Dancing: Dark Tales from Southeast Alaska out before Halloween, but the e-book is available now, at any rate.

You can order from Amazon.com (Kindle format) (paid link) or from Barnes & Noble (Nook/EPUB format). Or, if you prefer to ensure that the author receives 100% of the profits from his work (bless you!) you can order directly from me.

Not to go all Luddite on you, but I have to say, I’m much more excited about the hard copy version of the book coming out than I am about releasing it electronically. Continue reading →

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Hunting for Dummies, Part 2

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Mark Zeiger

Yesterday I told about my incredible luck on Sunday, managing to bag a grouse above the dooryard despite many missteps.

Every year we  hear sooty (formerly known as blue) grouse around the homestead. Their deep drumming call gives them the casual name “hooters.” They’re all around, but we’ve only seen one on one other occasion, when Aly and I flushed one up on the slope above the cabin one Christmas eve. My excitement over having a grouse come into the dooryard unexpectedly almost ruined my chances at bagging it. Luckily, the bird was even stupider than I.

sooty grouse bagged above the homestead dooryard.

Skill or dumb luck? Mark and his sooty grouse (Photo: Aly Zeiger).

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