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2 pages from The Puttering Marvel, featuring the start of short story, "Holly":

puttering title page

Here's the title page spread:

THE PUTTERING MARVEL

This is the first Good Deed Rain book of 2021. THE PUTTERING MARVEL. Beautiful cover photo by Laura Smith, field flowers near our house. This is collection of 11 new short stories written over the summer: "The Puttering Marvel, The Broken Record, Holly, El Caminos, The Meanest Parents Ever, Silent Movie Stars, The Old Submarine, The New Apple Tree, Other Flavors, Wild Birds, Marvelous Marvin's Unreal Estate" Book available from Amazon on January 7, 2021.

2021 peek

Here's a sneak peek at the back cover of the first Good Deed Rain book of 2021 (to be published in one month!). It's a collection of short stories. More soon...

Cronco History

"What is the story behind Cronco?" loyal readers keep asking. The robot star of A FIELD OF CABBAGES and THE ROBOTIC AGE has humble beginnings. My friend Aaron (illustrator for the aforementioned novels) told me his family once owned the Cronco Cooler empire. Popular among 1950s picnic-goers, the company went belly-up eventually. Of course I was intrigued by the story (and the name especially!) and joked with Aaron that the reason the Croncos fell out of favor was the fact that the coolers had a tendency to overheat. From there, it was only a jump away for Cronco to become a robot.

Arnold approved

Just did a search of A Field of Cabbages on Amazon and found out it's Arnold approved.

Chapter 18

Another page spread from A FIELD OF CABBAGES. (Chapter sponsored by The George Lucas Fund).