Herbert Novelli lives an ordinary life. Breakfast. Work. Lunch. Work. Gym. Dinner. Sleep. Plus the occasional get together with his long-time friends who entered adulthood together with him in Cinnabar City.
An unannounced visit to his apartment one ordinary night brings his ex-girlfriend Gina Watson. After leaving him with a vague letter and a broken heart in their old home town Verona, Gina’s unexpected appearance is the last thing Herbert expects to happen.
Gina hands Herbert an invitation to her wedding with another man as a strange peace offering. Herbert accepts it, a show of his willingness to bury the hatchet.
But Death has a funny way of doing his job in the city. Sometimes he makes a grand fanfare of his arrival. Other times, he comes unannounced with a wedding invitation on hand.
Today is the 3rd year anniversary of my debut novel I Killed My Friends and It Thrilled Me. Read some of the free chapters of the book below. As a post-celebration, I’ll be putting up another free chapter tomorrow.
- Skinny Love and the Cheesecake
- Torch of Fettuccine
- The Other Gina
- Secrets in Olympia
- Myrna’s Garden
- Love Conquers All
- Unabashed Bromment
- Bismuth and Blackout
- Breasts, Pubic Hair, Chains, Dog, and the Lack of Underwear (Edit: the new chapter I promised above)
Header photo by Daria Obymaha from Pexels.
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