I spent much of the evening extending Morally Gray by at least two more chapters. I brought closure to a couple of questions and tweaked a few scene breaks to clarify that more than the scene (also the timeline) shifted.
I also asked my Nigerian buddy James Kayode to whip together a cover. I didn't even give him much to work with; I just suggested this, that, and maybe some of those and gave him creative license. I think he knocked it out of the park!
Anyway I have to work the next two nights and brine and cook the bird for the work party... and sleep somewhere in there. So I will try and get this thing edited and submitted later with the new ebook cover.
Happy Holidays
Dys
PS, The cover will feature my other pen name because that is who I will publish it under.
One brave reader, Silverthorne16, publicly addressed the brunt of remarks the silent majority have inundated me with in their DMs. I never meant to leave anyone hanging. I originally intended for this to be a short story (opinions vary, but the consensus is under 7500 words). 27,000 words later, I have clearly failed. In his OP, he specifically asked: “Did Kyle survive? Did she go to prison? Did Martin end up with her mother? Was the fetish shop forced to close?”
Okay, okay… To lay some of this to rest, I will write an addendum. (Conclusion? What do you call an epilogue to an epilogue? An afterward?) Maybe I’ll change it to Chapter 8 and write another epilogue… ANYWAY… I really need to get back to my other WIPs as Rottweiler, but I will try to finalize this tale and have it posted by Indigenous Awareness Day (11/28).
In the meantime, Silverthorne16, to answer your questions—yes (with a twist), (By ‘she’ do you mean Siobhán?)—no, yes, and no.
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Cheers,
Dys