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March 29, 2025

Going Wide and My TWO New Books!

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Welcome, future newsletter readers! Big news in this installment about my last book, SPSFC2 Finalist Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days, and my next TWO, which are BOTH dropping this year.

CONSPIRACY OF DAYS NEWS
If you’re reading this newsletter, there’s a good chance you’ve already read this book:

The cover to Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days features a round smart phone like device that indicates that the time is 8:05 am on April 5, 20018. The device appears before a blue cloudy sky. At the bottom of the image it says "A Novel by Drew Melbourne."


So this news might not mean as much to you, faithful reader, but Conspiracy of Days has gone wide! That means the ebook edition is now available from Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Apple I think, Google probably, some place called “Itch” that I’ve been told is totes legit, and… um… Amazon still.

Don’t tell anybody, but: If you bought Conspiracy for Kindle and don’t want to buy it again but you’d like it in ePub format ‘cause it’s 2025 already, well, I was joking about Itch before, but you can name your price there and that price can be zero.

INTRODUCING: THE INEVITABILITY OF FIRE
If you follow me on social media, you may already know this next part: The long-awaited follow-up to Conspiracy of Days is dropping soon!

Cover to Percival Gynt and the Inevitability of Fire and Other Cases. A ring of white five-pointed stars with a fiery background. At the bottom it reads "Eleven Stories by Drew Melbourne."

Inevitability of Fire and Other Cases is a prequel. Through ten short stories and a (Choose Your Own Adventure-style!) novella it tells the story of how Percival Gynt became the man we meet in the first chapter of Conspiracy of Days. These are “the other stories of Percival Gynt” teased in the first book.

And for folks who somehow haven’t read Conspiracy yet, it can absolutely be read first! No spoilers! That little boy who loves podracing could grow up to be anyone*!

(*There are no little boys who love podracing in this book.)

I’m currently looking for folks who’d like to do advance reviews, interviews, etc. so please reach out if you’re interested!

AND ALSO INTRODUCING: A DARK HOLE DARKLY
And coming later this year, something completely different. A postmodern comic mystery novel set against a backdrop of cult fandom in New York City circa 2022. A story about family trauma, neurodiversity, and who gets to write the ending to our stories.

A logo treatment for the novel "A Dark Hole Darkly." Text in front of a dark circle that has a texture like old TV static and the word "PLAY" barely visible.

Maybe the most personal thing I’ve ever written. A whole lot more on this in the months ahead!

NEXT TIME
The next few installments of this newsletter will focus on Inevitabiliy of Fire, including info on how you (Yes! You!) could appear as a character in the novel! Plus: A playthrough of the CYOA-style story.

See you then!

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