new fiction 2017

When you do a good deed, how long before good karma returns to you?

A year? Ten years? Half a life time? If it returns at all.

But what if you desperately need good karma now? What if you need instant karma?

In “Springtime,” one of the stories from “ADLANDIA,” a desperate copywriter called Blaze loses his creativity just before a do-or-die meeting. In a desperate bid to summon the powers of the universe to save him, he does a good deed. He comes to the aid of a homeless woman on the street.

Afterwards, Blaze doesn’t really think good karma will save him. But he does feel better about himself.

And then something strange happens.

If you have ever done a good deed in desperation, you might find Blaze’s story interesting… or disturbing.

Click below to find out more about Blaze and about ADLANDIA.

We’ve all done it: pressed ‘SEND’ and then instantly regretted it.

The wrong person. Unchecked spelling. Insults we don’t really mean.

But what if the email you just sent could do worse than damage a relationship?

What if it could ruin your career and the careers of your colleagues?

That’s the subject of ‘Natural Grace,’ the first story from my upcoming book, ADLANDIA, about the craziness of working in the advertising world.

ADLANDIA is being launched in 17 May. Early reviews are calling it ‘an absolute blast’ and ‘a must read.’

I’ll be in touch with a special offer for you and everyone who subscribes to this group.

In the meantime, scroll down to take a look at the gripping opening scene below.

Natural Grace

8:30 a.m.

Office of Leona Lee

Senior Account Director

Calthorpe Advertising

40th Floor, Calthorpe Tower

Downtown

Leona Lee, thirty-six years old and the acting account director on the Natural Grace Cosmetics account, sat frozen before the screen of her laptop. Her mouth was open and her hands were suspended above the square black tiles of the keyboard.

She had been locked in this position for almost thirty seconds, not even blinking, hardly even breathing, as motionless as a screenshot from a horror movie.

On her laptop, her email browser waited for her next command. The cursor blinked and the mouse pointed. The unread emails stood patiently in their ranks. What’s it going to be, they seemed to ask. Select email? Reply to email? Compose email? Delete email? We’re waiting for you.

But there was only one command that Leona Lee wanted, the one command that could undo the catastrophic mistake she had just made: the command to recall an email.

‘Shit,’ said Leona. ‘Shit, shit, shit!’

The trouble was, Leona didn’t know how to use the command. She wasn’t even sure it existed. The recall email command was like an urban myth. Maybe it existed; maybe it didn’t.

Leona brought her hands up to her face and held them there. ‘What have I done?’ she whispered. ‘What have I done?’

Find out what happens to Leona. Click the links below.

Amazon US

Amazon UK

Amazon AUS

INSTANT KARMA–COULD IT SAVE A CAREER?

The Email You Wish You Had Never Sent

Natural Grace