Kindle Countdown Deal - A Good Old Rumor! and other stories

Dear friends,

With the pandemic of Novel Corona virus swirling around the globe, lots of rumors concerning it are also doing the rounds.

Rumors can make or break things. Hence one must refrain from spreading rumors just for the heck of it.

A Kindle Countdown Deal will be on from 5th to 12th April, 2020 for my e-book titled A Good Old Rumor! and other stories at www.amazon.com.

It will be available for just  $0.99 at a whopping discount of 67%

Kindly peruse it and let me have your invaluable feedback. You could even peruse my other 16 e-books and paperback novels.

Thanks.
Priya Swaminathan

P.S. No, this is not a rumor, though it sounds too good to be true!

Excerpt from a story in this book

Alan Great

           

           One day, a pretty young girl named Charlotte walked into the Club and into my life. She was also blonde, had the bluest eyes ever, just like the sky on a sunny summer afternoon, was slightly freckled and most charming. Her elegant gowns in pastels enraptured all the gals there. Her smile bedazzled all the blokes there. She had many suitors but she chose me. I felt honored and privileged. I later asked her why she had chosen me. She said “You are different.” 

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           On my 16^th birthday, I asked her out for a date. We went into the woods and sat under a tree, with a picnic basket. She had her head on my lap and I was sitting with my back against a huge tree. She was pretty in her sunny yellow apron frock and small matching cap. In great spirits, she was humming a merry tune and looking up at me with those lovely blue eyes. I saw the sky reflected in them.

         

           Suddenly Alexander took over me and I asked, “So what’s so different about me Charlie?”

          

           She laughed and those freckles reddened. Then she laughed harder. I found it strange. Fascinating!

          

           Then warning bells began to ring in my head.

          

           “You’re weird!” she said and then repeated for good measure, as if I was deaf, “You are weird!”

          

            Something snapped within me. A deafening roar filled my ears. Hot, molten lava erupted through the boiling crater and burst out with a terrifying blast. The clouds turned red. The lava turned everything on its way into ash. Those on its fringes, it singed black; with hatred! The lava wound itself through everything that challenged its right of way and smothered it till it could dare no more!

          

           The audacity of that chit of a girl! Charlie lay smothered and lifeless on my lap. I had strangled her so quickly; she didn’t even get a chance to scream. Well, served her right! How dare she mock me, The Greatest Ever…!

           

           I dragged her lifeless, yet pretty body, deep into the woods and pushed her into a ravine. The picnic basket followed her, in case she felt hungry later!

          

           But her bulging blue eyes haunted me ever since.

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Intrigued? Read on to find out what happens next..... Happy reading!

Stay at home and stay safe! Keep the NCovid - 19 virus at bay!

Kindle Countdown Deal - God's Will

Dear friends,

          For the God-fearing people in this world, nothing in life occurs without His Will!

         

          They lead their lives with a song on their lips and a prayer in their hearts. They are hard-working folks of the soil who swear by their sweat and toil.

           Babu and Rojakutty are two such simpletons who lead a solitary existence in their village, till their paths cross.

          

           Will their destinies entwine or unravel?

          

          Read on to find out, in my engrossing novel titled God's Will - (All the way...)

          This novel is available at www.amazon.com under a Kindle Countdown Deal from today, that is 13th to 20th March, 2020, for just $0.99.

         Kindly peruse it and let me have your invaluable feedback. You could even have a free preview at the site.

 

         While you are it, you could even peruse my other 13 books at www.amazon.com.

 Thanks, 

Priya 

          Excerpt from this book

          “Roja, Roja palli” she heard a familiar voice behind her.

          

          She whirled around and King Dushyant was standing face to face with her. He winked at her. She laughed at the weird sight. His face painted in bright green with the white and red winged eyebrows and red nose, stiff white ceramic covering the lower chin with a heavy, studded crown on his head, stared back at her; with his dark eyes merrily smiling down at her.

          

          His billowing, tent-like, regal costume swathed his body in layers of clothing. A heavy perfume of kewda assailed her nostrils as he came closer. She involuntarily stepped back,

 befuddled. How did he know the nickname that Babu had given her? Was he his friend? How dare that scoundrel address her like that in public? Even wink at her?

          

          Just as she got ready for a slanging match, it struck her. She slapped her forehead and exclaimed “Babu?”

          

          He bowed down deeply and said in an exaggerated tone, “Naane daan. It’s me!”

          

          Now she spoke with awe and reverence. “Wow, Babu! You really got me there. I never knew that you are a part-time Kathakali performer. You never revealed it to me. I must say, that you are an excellent performer. Your thick, handlebar moustache really becomes you. King Dushyant indeed!”

          

          Babu was elated and his face creased into his familiar grin, showing sparkling white teeth through his bright red painted lips.

          

          His grin expanded further and nearly reached his ears as she added further, “And your reference to the fish in the story was also not lost on me! You deliberately chose this play as I like fish, don’t you?” She sounded pleased as punch. Now her fangs were bared in undisguised glee, reveling in the fact that Babu

truly cared for her and wanted to please her, going the extra mile for her!

          

          He also inhaled the heady fragrance of Emami as he walked with her, all the way back home, walking with his right hand dragging his cycle by its handle, and the left one, possessively around her broad shoulders. Everyone on the same path curiously stared at the couple as Babu was still in his full costume and make-up.

          

          “Raja Dushyant and Rani Shakuntala!” exclaimed some enthusiastic passers-by. The couple giggled. They really felt like the royal couple and basked in the reflected glory.

          

          The next day they would go back to catching fish and bringing down coconuts for a living…. Mundane reality.

                    End of the excerpt