A. Jarrell Hayes

Greetings and salutations!

My short story "Four Women" has been published in Urbania Magazine! You can read it here:

http://urbaniamag.com/four-women-by-a-jarrell-hayes/

"Four Women" is from my short story collection Popular Television. Its release date is July 1st. You can pre-order copies

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My flash piece "Occupy Asparagus" is live on The Mugwump Corporation. Hopefully you'll get a few chuckles out of it. Read it here:

http://www.themugwumpcorporation.com/2012/04/occupy-asparagus-guest-post-by-jarrell.html

Words = Life,
A. Jarrell Hayes

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I'm here to share the "Best of 30th Year Poetry" for March 2012. These are the poems that have gotten the most notes (likes and reblogs) on Tumblr. And the winners are . . . *drum roll*

"Summer Sleep" (6 notes)

"Utopia" (4 notes)

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I'm pleased to announce the publication of Stranger Than Speculative Fiction, Vol. 2. It is a collection of eight fantasy, sci-fi, and horror shorts. You can download it for free from Smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/146948

Enjoy!

Words = Life,
A. Jarrell Hayes

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My poem-a-day blog 30th Year Poetry is off to a great start. Here are the poems I've written so far:

"Birthdays"

"Death Days"

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My poem "Shaving Cream" recently won 2nd place in the Cash Awards competition held by Lucidity Poetry Journal. It was published in the Winter 2011 issue of the journal.

You can read the poem here:

"Shaving Cream"

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A. Jarrell Hayes

Marc had lived a wild life full of partying and sex. When he is involved in a car accident, he reunites with a mysterious shaman from his childhood and begins to question if his life was merely a futile search to find love.

WARNING: This short story contains themes and language that might be inappropriate for children under 18. Adults only. It is also not safe for work (NSFW).

It is free to read and download on Scribid here:

For a while Amazon has had a 4-for-3 promotion on books and some other items. Essentially, when a customer orders 4 eligible items, the lowest-priced item is free. (For official details and conditions, click here.) There are literally hundreds of thousands of books in this promotion. Seven of my books are included in this promotion (they are listed below).

If you're planning on bu...

Good news, everyone!

I have a short-short published in 140 And Counting published by Upper Rubber Boot. It is an anthology of poetry and fiction from Seven By Twenty magazine, a Twitter-based e-zine. Basically the work inside the anthology are 140 characters or less -- long enough to fit in a tweet. This is a great collection to read while on the go, which makes it perfect to add to your e-reader collection. It is available for the Kindle

Read my short story "Pass the Cheese Puffs" in ZOUCH Magazine. It is sort of an ode to one of my favorite TV shows, The Simpsons.

http://zouchmagazine.com/fiction-pass-the-cheese-puffs/

Thanks for reading. Enjoy.

Words = Life,

A. Jarrell Hayes