Wildside Press has a new freebie, and it's for:
Wildside Press Presents: Discover A New Author: Richard Deming containing 2 short mystery stories by the late pulp fiction writer (
author profile @ Prologue Books,
a rather nice pulp fan blog overview of one of his series).
This series of free ebooks is designed to promote authors you may not have tried before. In this case, Richard Deming. Here are two complete short stories and samples of 3 novels.
The stories are:
"Friendly Witness" (originally published in The Saint Magazine, July 1984)
"False Alarm" (originally published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Feb 1965).
Enjoy!
Last week's Humble Bundle, which doesn't look like it got posted, is for:
Humble Book Bundle Fan Faves + Digital Debuts presented by Make:, full of the popular DIY tech magazine's titles for hobbyist crafters. A few of these are repeats from previous bundles, but all the titles marked as New are new not only to HB, but also to being digital versions, so they're completely brand-new, and even among the other stuff, there's some things I don't think I've seen before.
Fixed tiers of $1, $8, and $15 (new books were added this week), and a diversity of subject matter from 3-D printing to robotics to edible makeables to recreating technological invention history in your own home.
Quote:
Make: your dreams come true. Get started on that crafty creation or imaginative invention you've been hiding in your brain. We've bundled the books you need to get started on papercraft, 3D printing, robotics, interactive electronics, edible inventions… the list goes on! Some of these books are Make-ing their digital debuts in our bundle, so you can easily bring them to your desk, your crafting table, or your workbench.
Pay $1 or more for Make: Paper Inventions, Best of Make: Volume 2: 65 Projects and Skill Builders from the Pages of Make:, Make: Design for 3D Printing, Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42: 3D Printer Buyer's Guide, Make: 3D Printing: The Essential Guide to 3D Printers, Make: Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything, Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 44: Fun with Drones!, Make: Making Simple Robots, and Make: DIY Comms and Control for Amateur Space: Talking and Listening to Your Satellite.
Pay $8 or more and you’ll also get Make: The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory; The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies, and Techniques for Making; Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 41: Best Toys for Makers; Make: Getting Started with Processing, 2nd Edition; Make: Getting Started with Arduino, 3rd Edition; Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 47: The Space Issue; Make: Forrest Mims' Science Experiments; Make: ReMaking History, Volume 1; and $10 off of a print subscription and $5 off of a digital subscription for Make: Magazine.
Pay $15 or more for all of that plus Make: Tinkering, 2nd edition; Getting Started with Sensors: Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi; Make: Edible Inventions; Make: Getting Started with CNC; Make: Make It Glow; Make: Family Projects for Smart Objects; and Make: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, 3rd Edition
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Bundle of Holding's RPG gamebook offers are for:
Penumbra +2 a fantasy setting out from Atlas Games, and Cubicle 7's
Victoriana and
Steam-Powered Bundle containing supplements for the occult steampunk game.
Just a reminder that StoryBundle's
Extreme Sci-Fi Bundle ends in just a few more hours, in case you think you might want to pick it up.