David Payne

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Out of the Dark - Debut Horror novel - out now! Author of Anthropods and Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take Father, Writer, Streamer (Productivity M-F 11:30am - 5pm UTC)

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David Payne@telinartho· Jun 30

Life is doing life things, but I am still here. I'm also, incidentally, going to be at Holliston Public Library on 8 July at 6pm (local) for a reading of Out of the Dark! Can't make it? Pick up a copy for yourself: books2read.com/outdark #LiveReading #LibrariesAreAwesome #GoReadSomething

David Payne - live reading at Holliston Public Library on 8 July, 6pm.

David Payne@telinartho· Jun 18

Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take has 9 contemporary realism short stories in it. Have you taken a journey? Would you like to? Be careful of the Legos on the floor. books2read.com/breakfastjou... #ShortStories #Collection #TwitchAuthors

Get your copy today of Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take by David Payne

David Payne@telinartho· Jun 17

This Sunday - you can find me in person at the Hopkinton Farmers Market from 11am-3pm (local). Say hi, check out my books, make me tell a story on the spot. Can't make it? Here's a link to Out of the Dark, my debut novel: books2read.com/outdark #FarmersMarket #BuyMyBook #SupportIndie

David Payne@telinartho· Jun 15

This coming Sunday (21 June), I'll be setting up a table at the Hopkinton Farmers Market (Massachusetts) with my books on them. Come say hi!

Table setup from last summer at Celebrate Holliston

David Payne@telinartho· Jun 14

Without the ability to control time, space, or much of anything, I am walking inexorably closer to summer and fall in-person events. You, however, do not need to wait. My books are all available now!

David Payne's Books:
Out of the Dark - Debut novel - portal horror (books2read.com/outdark)
Anthropods - 19 weird literary fiction short stories (books2read.com/anthropods)
Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take - 9 contemporary realism short stories (books2read.com/breakfastjourneys)
Wraith and Specter - space-faring sci-fi ebook
Escape and Transform - low fantasy walk in the woods, escaping war - ebook

David Payne@telinartho· Jun 3

Looking for more readers of Anthropods - short stories told from strange perspectives or with main characters you would not expect. Check it out: books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories #Collection

Anthropods by David Payne - Available Now! 19 short stories: Storm life, crab love, raccoon with a bad temper, strange ailment, spider life, insects, never-ending hotel, automated lunchroom horror, transform, figments made real, slug rescue, ice cube revolution!

David Payne@telinartho· May 25

Catch some lunch at this new place down the way. It's 100% automated. Just don't get pushed into the recycler. We don't belong there. "The Lunchroom" is in Anthropods: books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories

Excerpt from "The Lunchroom": Alert resolved: Humans do not belong in recycler.

David Payne@telinartho· May 24

Can anyone identify this bird for me? Never seen a hawk look like this before, and searching the Mass Audubon website, the best I can come up with is a Northern Harrier. Central Mass.

David Payne@telinartho· May 19

When a portal opens before you, do you jump in or hold back? You are going in regardless, just depends on whether it is willingly or not. Out of the Dark: books2read.com/outdark

Out of the Dark by David Payne
When you spend your whole life looking for a portal to get your sibling back, be careful. What emerges might not be what you are looking for.

David Payne@telinartho· May 11

Has Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take saved your life today? If not - pick it up already! books2read.com/breakfastjou...

Four panel meme of a hand reaching out of water as if drowning. A hand comes and slaps a copy of Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take into the drowning hand's grasp, and then it sinks.

David Payne@telinartho· May 8

Grab on to the doorframe. Don't let go. Don't let the portal take you. Or do. books2read.com/outdark #Horror #Portals #DebutNovel

Out of the Dark by David Payne
Excerpt:
Jo caught hold of the doorframe, their screams lost in the whoosh of air around them. It was all they could do to hold on.
Alex wasn't so lucky. They flung off of the bed, and it was their eyes locked in on Jo in that last moment that Jo remembered most.
Panic.
Terror.
And as soon as Alex was gone, so was the hole. The portal.

David Payne@telinartho· May 7

I'm not sure why I needed whiskey in space, but it seemed better at the time than rum. Wraith and Specter: books2read.com/u/mKe7X9 #Scifi #SpaceJourney #NeedMoreWhiskey

Wraith and Specter by David Payne - Out now!

Distance in Astronomical Units
An Anomaly in Space
A Flag Lost in Time
There's not enough Whiskey in Space

David Payne@telinartho· May 6

A walk in the woods is never simple. Step through the fog, into the unknown. Evade the army behind you. Get lost. Escape and Transform: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx #LowFantasy #ShortStory #Ebook

Trees and leaves in the foreground, trees and fog in the background - a picture of the woods.

David Payne@telinartho· May 5

Cornelius lived a pretty charmed life in her web. In part, this spider was the inspiration for "Live Stream" in Anthropods. Check it out here: books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories #LitFiction #Collection

A corn spider, Cornelius, in her web with some tasty morsels.

David Payne@telinartho· May 4

@diabolicalplots.com - weird numbers coming up on the pay/word when I'm searching this morning. Using a 4k story, places that pay $500/story are coming up as 25 cents/word. No currency conversion involved - all the numbers seem to be doubled up today.

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 27

Wish for existence. Be here in the present. Then read about Alex and Jo in Out of the Dark. Someone needs to be saved. books2read.com/outdark #Horror #DebutNovel #BookSky

Out of the Dark by David Payne
Have you ever wished to disappear?
Wished to barely exist?
Alex did.
Jo's been searching for them ever since.

books2read.com/outdark

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 26

Out of the Dark is looking for more people to dive in, lose themselves in the dark. Are you next? books2read.com/outdark #Horror #DebutNovel #Portals #BookSky

Out of the Dark by David Payne is Out Now! Lost Children, Portals, Darkness, Recovery, Reunion, Remember.

QR code points to https://books2read.com/outdark

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 18

I was driving around town when I thunderstorm hit. I have a number of weather-related stories, including "Pitter Patter" in Anthropods. It is the story of a woman who has to hold her house together and the storm comes to life. Check it out: books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories #Collection

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 16

Shelving my plans for the day because work called. I don't like being on call, but that's the way it goes. For other journeys in life, take a look at Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take - contemporary realism short stories. books2read.com/breakfastjou...

Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take and author, David Payne, standing at the top of Purgatory Chasm in Sutton, the setting for his story, "Precipice"

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 15

Not sure what the D2D changes are going to do, but in the meantime, every book sold matters a lot. Get your copy of Out of the Dark, my debut horror novel: bookshop.org/p/books/out-...

David Payne's debut novel: Out of the Dark

Also by David Payne:
Anthropods
Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take
Wraith and Specter
Escape and Transform

David Payne@telinartho· Apr 6

Out of the Dark is my debut novel - a portal horror story about two siblings - one who is taken, one who spends their life searching. Won't you help Jo and Alex? books2read.com/outdark #DebutNovel #Horror #Booksky

David Payne's Out of the Dark
When you spend your whole life looking for a portal to get your sibling back, be careful.
What emerges might not be what you are looking for.
Available from your favorite online bookseller - also from books2read.com/outdark

David Payne@telinartho· Mar 31

The pain of Legos is real. Stepping on them. Losing a piece of them. Whole lives have been upturned as a result. Check "Pieces" out in Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take: books2read.com/breakfastjou... #ShortStories #TwitchAuthors #BookSky

Excerpt from "Pieces" in Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take: Sharon and I divorced when he was just out of high school. I can't say it had anything to do with the Lego set piece, but I'm not ruling it out. I can't imagine what the judge would have said to a complaint like "Lost a piece to our son's first Lego set," but it was probably like "Send him to jail for the rest of his life."

David Payne@telinartho· Mar 30

Anyone want to go out to lunch at this place where everything is automated? No? Okay, we'll go check Anthropods out and read "The Lunchroom" instead. Thanks! books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories #Collection #TwitchAuthors #BookSky

Excerpt from "The Lunchroom" in Anthropods:

Alert resolved: Humans do not belong in recycler.

David Payne@telinartho· Mar 24

The dark places of another world are a good place to find out the horrors that lie beneath. I'm not suggesting you go there personally, but join Jo on the journey to save Alex. They need the help. And support. books2read.com/outdark #TwitchAuthors #HorrorNovel #Debut #NewRelease

Out of the Dark by David Payne is out now!

What would you do if you saw someone taken away to another place?
What would you do if you were taken to that other place?
What would you do if what came back wasn't what you expected?

David Payne@telinartho· Mar 22

Escape and Transform is just like a walk in the woods. With an army at your heels. Choosing to protect your family, do you survive? Or do you live? books2read.com/u/3nJLZx #Fantasy #ShortStory #Ebook #TwitchAuthors

Escape and Transform by David Payne

Excerpt: "Someone's got to stay up in case there's trouble."
"If there's trouble, I'm not sure that being away will necessarily solve it."
"That might be true, but I have to protect us."

Escape the army. Protect the family. Survive? Or Live?

David Payne@telinartho· Mar 19

Hardwick's Paige Memorial Library is a lovely little library - come tonight for a reading of Out of the Dark! Maybe you can help Alex get home. Be careful you don't fall into your own portal. books2read.com/outdark #TwitchAuthors #LiveReading #HorrorNovel #NewRelease

David Payne's Out of the Dark is available now!

Excerpt:
"I'm here!" Alex called out, trying to push past the press of bodies, but it was futile.
"What was that?"
"Was that someone trying to talk with us?"
"... trying to save us?"

Tonight! Live reading of David Payne's Out of the Dark at Paige Memorial Library in Hardwick, Massachusetts, 6pm (local).

David Payne@telinartho· Feb 26

Wraith and Specter and Escape and Transform are my two ebook-only offerings. A space-faring sci-fi and a low-magic fantasy offer you glimpses into the stranger things. Come explore. Wraith: books2read.com/u/mKe7X9 Escape: books2read.com/u/3nJLZx #TwitchAuthors #ShortStories #Ebooks #Scifi #Fantasy

Journey to the Stars or Into the Woods - two ebooks by David Payne: Wraith and Specter and Escape and Transform

David Payne@telinartho· Feb 23

It's snowing and this ice cube doesn't want to go out and shovel. Maybe you should pick up a copy of Anthropods and read "The Cube". books2read.com/anthropods #ShortStories #Collection #TwitchAuthor #BookSky

Meme cover of Anthropods - one cube says to the other "Go outside and shovel!" while hiding in the ice cube tray. The other responds: "But it's too warm out there!"

Looking out a snow-covered window at a snow-covered background.

David Payne@telinartho· Feb 15

Once more for the people who didn't see it before - I'll be at Great Stories Comics and Gaming on Sunday from 3-6pm (local) in Whitinsville, MA. Come say hi, check out some books, play some games. What could you possibly have better to do on a Sunday? #NewRelease #Horror #TwitchAuthors

Book Signing - David Payne with his debut novel, Out of the Dark - at Great Stories Comics and Gaming from 3-6pm (local), 1167 Providence Road, Whitinsville, MA. For more information - call 508-266-0051 or navigate to their facebook page. David will also have his other books available.

David Payne@telinartho· Feb 6

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