Slums of Buckhead City collection

[Ack]

Hey folks,

I talked about this in the "Look What I Did / Made" Thread, but I have begun releasing short stories every two weeks on Amazon's Kindle Vella platform as a growing collection of cyberpunk short stories. The collection is called Slums of Buckhead City, with each story set in the titular city but following different protagonists. I also provide brief author's notes at the end of each story with some thoughts about why I wrote a particular story, some aspect of the writing process, technology and innovation I include in the story, societal changes I propose, and so on, as well as publication history (if any). I plan to continue these notes as well with each new story that comes out.

A new story is published every two weeks on Friday. Currently, I am at seven published stories, with the most recent, "Lulu", following a young girl who finds a computer in the trash while on her way to school. It released just last Friday, August 23, with my next slated for September 6.

Since this is part of Amazon's Kindle Vella system, the first ten stories will continue to remain free. Beyond that, new stories will be purchasable via Amazon, though I haven't reached that point yet. The stories are available directly on Amazon's website by searching "Slums of Buckhead City" or via the Kindle App by accessing the Kindle Vella section and searching for the title.

My ultimate hope here is to eventually release these as a single volume hard copy, with expanded author's notes and perhaps a proper introduction and afterword, but we are a ways away from that.

As of the 7th story, the word count sits just under 20k, not including my included notes.

I hope you enjoy.

Slums of Buckhead City

[Ziggy]

Work has been nuts, but I can't wait to get a chance to give these a read!

Thanks for posting this, Ack. I think it's awesome that you're doing this!

[Note]

Thanks for sharing some more information about this, Ack. I've had a chance to read a few of your other short stories and really enjoyed your work.

I should have time to start reading through these later in the week. Look forward to seeing your other stories released, and hopefully can have a hard copy on my shelf one day!

[Ack]

Thanks, guys. I hope you enjoy them. If you have particular stories that you enjoy, please let me know. I'm curious to hear which ones people favor and if they match with my personal preferences.

Also, this reminds me, Ziggy, I still have your cousin's book on my to read list. I'm kicking myself that I haven't gotten to it yet.

[Ack]

I have now scheduled through my 10th story, set to release on October 4, 2024. With stories still scheduled every 2 weeks, I hope to continue the pace through the next set, but getting to 10 is an important milestone for me; 10 was the minimum I always saw for a collection, and while it won't have the minimum word count I also want, it makes me proud to know I hit a goal.

My next story, "Trauma", is slated to release this coming Friday, September 6th.

[Ack]

And my eighth story in the collection, "Trauma", has now gone live!

You can access the whole collection here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0D54N8TFM

The individual story is here, though some folks have told me they've had issues connecting directly:
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0D25F5L63

[Ziggy]

Still haven't had a chance to read any of these. I got slammed at work, and then got sick on top of that. I haven't had the spare time where I was also awake enough to read. When is the audio book version going to be released?

I joke, but this is at the top of my list of things to read.