A book I found

An excerpt from the end of chapter 19 of Atlanta Nights by Travis Tea.

"An idea?" asked Callie. She had ideas of her own, dreams of beautiful winter knights in Tallahassee, Georgia, watching the ships come in from the sea. With a handsome man by her side, his strong many arms mannishly comforting her with his male strength. She dreamed that idea many nights, but when she woke up, the arms were gone and she was in a stone cold bed with no joy except for her tropical fish. Dead all these many years.
"I should go into the bedroom," Callie opined. She picked the robe up off the floor and did so.
"This had better work," Yvonne muttered as she opened the door that could mean a matter of life or death!

[Chapters 20 and 21 are missing]

Chapter 22.

This book is a hoot!

"Richard didn't have as sweet a personality as Andrew but then few men did but he was very well-built. He had the shoulders of a water buffalo and the waist of a ferret. He was reddened by his many sporting activities which he managed to keep up within addition to his busy job as a stock broker, and that reminded Irene of safari hunters and virile construction workers which contracted quite sexily to his suit-and-tie demeanor. Irene was considering coming onto him but he was older than Henry was when he died even though he hadn't died of natural causes but he was dead and Richard would die too someday. . . ."

— from Chapter 25 of Atlanta Nights


I am a huge science fiction fan, here is the story of Atlanta Nights:

Science Fiction Authors Hoax Vanity Publisher


"Atlanta Nights," by Travis Tea, was offered a publishing contract by PublishAmerica of Frederick, Maryland.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 28, 2005 --

Over a holiday weekend last year, some thirty-odd science fiction writers banged out a chapter or two apiece of "Atlanta Nights," a novel about hot times in Atlanta high society. Their objective: to write a deeply awful novel to submit to PublishAmerica, a self-described "traditional publisher" located in Frederick, Maryland.

The project began after PublishAmerica posted an attack on science fiction authors at one of its websites (http://www.authorsmarket.net/). PublishAmerica claimed "As a rule of thumb, the quality bar for sci-fi and fantasy is a lot lower than for all other fiction.... [Science fiction authors] have no clue about what it is to write real-life stories, and how to find them a home." It described them as "writers who erroneously believe that SciFi, because it is set in a distant future, does not require believable storylines, or that Fantasy, because it is set in conditions that have never existed, does not need believable every-day characters."

The writers wanted to see where PublishAmerica puts its own quality bar; if the publisher really is selective, as the company claims, or if it is a vanity press that will accept almost anything, as publishing professionals assert.

"Atlanta Nights" was completed, any sign of literary competence was blue-penciled, and the resulting manuscript was submitted.

PublishAmerica accepted it.

The hoax was publicly revealed on January 23, 2005. PublishAmerica withdrew their offer shortly afterward.

Those who wish to see the novel, "Atlanta Nights" by Travis Tea, for themselves can find it at http://www.lulu.com/travis-tea

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i'm going to have that engraved on my tombstone when i die. even though i won't die of natural causes but i will be dead and Richard will die too someday.....

hahaha, that's hilarious. I hadn't heard of this before. Thanks for the link.