(I want to apologize for my prior attempt at this--I have no idea what went wrong there! I began the e-mail on a work e-mail program, then sent it to my Yahoo account, so I am not sure if that messed something up, or if it was the links I included. Hoping this one resolves those issues, and again, my apologies to the group for the prior e-mail.) Hello all! I want to apologize in advance for the egregious self-promotion, but I wanted to share the fact that I have recently had a Twain-related short story published in a local journal called “Midnight Circus.” The theme of the current issue was utilizing characters from famous works with stories that take place concurrently with the main tale, so I submitted a short work about Jim from Huck Finn (obviously), and luckily, it was accepted! The journal is available for free right now in a PDF at EABPublishing.com or in a hard copy version at Amazon. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is my favorite novel so it was nerve-racking, but fun, to play a little bit in that world. I went with a second-person approach, which I had never tried before--but I rightly figured it would be impossible to come close to matching the tone of the original novel. This seemed to be a good way to separate it a bit. Hopefully you will all enjoy it, but either way, I would love to hear your thoughts. It’s not a patch on the original, of course. One minor note: all dialogue was taken right from the original novel. And one last cheap plug—I published my first novel titled "On the Backs of Dragons" this past year, which included a scene on a raft and one of the characters being described as “having sand” as a further tribute to my favorite book. Just thought I would share! http://www.amazon.com/Backs-Dragons-Jeremy-Morong/dp/0615752004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368533309&sr=1-1&keywords=on+the+backs+of+dragons Lastly, I maintain a list on Amazon of books that feature any of Twain’s "St. Petersburg" characters—if anyone has anything that I’ve missed it would be much appreciated! The latest addition I have included is Sam Sackett’s "Huckleberry Finn Grows Up". Well, now I see there is a new one called "REDEMPTION: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer" that I will add. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Saga-Tom-Huck/lm/1WADTA96CLBKC Thanks for putting up with my little pitch here! -Jeremy ________________________________ From: Jeremy Morong <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:37 PM Subject: My Short Story "Jim" Hello all! I want to apologize in advance for the egregious self-promotion, but I wanted to share the fact that I have recently had a Twain-related short story published in a local journal called “Midnight Circus.” The theme of the current issue was utilizing characters from famous works with stories that take place concurrently with the main tale, so I submitted a short work about Jim from Huck Finn (obviously), and luckily, it was accepted! The journal is available for free right now in a PDF at http://EABPublishing.com or in a hard copy version at Amazon. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is my favorite novel so it was nerve-racking, but fun, to play a little bit in that world. I went with a second-person approach, which I had never tried before--but I rightly figured it would be impossible to come close to matching the tone of the original novel. This seemed to be a good way to separate it a bit. Hopefully you will all enjoy it, but either way, I would love to hear your thoughts. It’s not a patch on the original, of course. One minor note: all dialogue was taken right from the original novel. And one last cheap plug—I published my first novel titled On the Backs of Dragons this past year, which included a scene on a raft and one of the characters being described as “having sand” as a further tribute to my favorite book. Just thought I would share! http://www.amazon.com/Backs-Dragons-Jeremy-Morong/dp/0615752004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368533309&sr=1-1&keywords=on+the+backs+of+dragons Lastly, I maintain a list on Amazon of books that feature any of Twain’s "St. Petersburg" characters—if anyone has anything that I’ve missed it would be much appreciated! The latest addition I have included is Sam Sackett’s Huckleberry Finn Grows Up. Well, now I see there is a new one called REDEMPTION: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer that I will add. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Saga-Tom-Huck/lm/1WADTA96CLBKC Thanks for putting up with my little pitch here! -Jeremy