Special President's Day Discount
Screw the President. I need money.
It’s Presidents Day, which means no mail and the library is closed. It also means celebrating some of the worst and best Americans in history, including the current sonofabitch who is most likely responsible for my SNAP benefits getting cut off. I’m appealing but I strongly suspect this is one of those Reagan era Screw the Poor by making it even more difficult to get help moves. That way the government “saves” money by creating problems that will take years to fix.
Therefore, I am offering a discounted subscription. If you like this substack, want to read the subscriber only posts or just think I’m cool and want to send tzeddaka my way, please consider this special offer.
You have until Midnight EST (I believe) to take advantage of this offer. I also made sure that it was either monthly or yearly.
So what will you get for your subscription? First, I am posting my novel every Sunday. It’s called The Witching Snakes and it’s about a Chinese legend of Bai Suzhen.
I also have several short stories on this Substack behind Paywalls. Including “Bus Stop at Night” a noir story inspired heavily by Mrs. Dalloway.
If you really like me and want to help me, you can also get a subscription at regular rates.
"Bus Stop at Night" by Tim Lieder (Fiction Extra)
I’m still working on the next John Cheever article. It’s for “The Children” which is like Pot of Gold but much funnier and messier. Only this week I got a bunch of jobs. Those college students must have learned that their professors can now detect AI (aka plagiarism software) all at once. Very exhausting week. Anyhow this short story was originally published in “Fusing Horizons” and I think that was a zine so I could probably sell first rights again since I don’t know if you can even find it in the wild. That said, I like this story much better than I thought I would. I do enjoy playing with limited perspective and I manage to balance it nicely.
Of course, there are also the regular (or semi-regular columns on John Cheever and The Book of Job.
"The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" (The Stories of John Cheever)
“The Housebreaker of Shady Hill” is brilliantly unhinged. By 1956, Cheever has abandoned well-written urban stories with clever endings. His suburban stories are gloriously bizarre.In this sprawling messy story, Johnny Hake engages in an illegal activity that could ruin his reputation and family. Wracked with guilt, he reads many stories about the same …
Job Chapter 18
As a good liberal social media user, I should hate Joel Osteen. I've seen the memes. I know he locked up his church at the worst time. He makes money off of Jesus. Yet, I don't. Not being a Christian, I don't care about Christian hypocrisy. More importantly, the few times I found Osteen sermons on YouTube, I heard “You are loved. You matter. Even if you…
There are also extra books that I’ve been writing about. I just finished writing about BADASS HORROR, the second Dybbuk Press anthology.
"Bloodbath at Landsdale Towers" by Michael Boatman (BADASS HORROR)
I knew of Michael Boatman from Spin City. He stood out in a sitcom loaded with talent. When Chris and Michael sent me his story, I was intrigued. Many actors write fiction including Julianne Moore, James Franco and George Kennedy. Even Steve Martin wrote a book. I opened the file with cautious optimism and read:
There will be other books and extra articles.
Of course, this is Onlyfans for writers, so I must put a link to my Gofundme.
Also, please consider buying a copy of BADASS HORROR.