Emergency update newsletter! Short one for real, this time. I got a pretty cool email Thursday, with a pretty cool picture, and my name on the same page with some very cool authors. Bat out of Hell is the fourth volume in Blackstone's Music and Murder Mystery series, with eight short stories in the Key of Loaf.

I feel like that kid you knew who started playing guitar in ninth grade and then got the call a year later to open for the Rolling Stones. You remember that kid? Yeah, me either. But here's little old me, roadie for a group that boasts hundreds of novels and millions of sales. It's an honor, to say the least. 

The Bat-release is set for July 2025, and you can follow the link to pre-order:

https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-hk8q?_pos=1&_psq=bat+out+of+h&_ss=e&_v=1.0

PLEASE share this to all your people who like groovy stories, overfed rock operas, supporting the arts, and/or heroes that are way bigger than Tom Cruise. They told me that if I get a thousand pre-orders they'll let me write the next Reacher novel**, so my career is depending upon your help. Bonus points if you know any literary agents looking for a tenth grader who plays a little guitar.

It's been awhile since I've had anything fun to share, and I appreciate you sticking with me! Hopefully a sign of things to come...

Happy Holidays,

ck

**this is false. but I still appreciate you sharing!