Delete Facebook Now

Mark's finger hovered over the trackpad on his laptop, like some invisible force was holding him back from making the final click. His tongue flicked out, dragging dryly across his chapped lips. He blinked his bloodshot eyes shut as a fat bead of perspiration ran down his oily face.

"I can't do it," he whispered to himself. "I just... I can't do it."

At that moment the door to his bedroom creaked open. A flood of light poured into the room as Mark shifted his body awkwardly to cover the screen of his laptop.

"What are you doing in here," his wife asked him.

"Uh... ah, nothing!" Mark croaked. "I'm just, nothing."

"That doesn't sound suspicious at all," she said, taking a step into the room.

"No, don't!" Mark squeaked. "I'm looking at porn!"

"Don't be stupid," she laughed. "Let me see what you're doing."

"No!" Mark shrieked, leaping off the bed with his laptop. He made a quick line for the door, but she cut him off, catching him by his elbow. He tried desperately to wriggle from her iron grasp, but she was just too strong. As he struggled, Mark felt a decade's worth of angst and frustration suddenly burst within him and he dropped to the floor, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Aww, don't be sad," she said, running her thick fingers through his knotted crimson hair. "I didn't mean to bully you."

"It's just... it's just not fair," Mark whined. "I want them to like me. Why don't they like me?"

"What are you talking about?" she asked. "I like you. That's all that matters, isn't it?"

"But... but..." Mark stuttered. "But, I was... I was cool, right? I mean, they weren't just using me, I was genuinely cool, right?"

She kissed him on the forehead to hide her own contempt. "Yes, you were cool," she lied.

Mark felt his anxiety slowly ebb as she held him. At last, he sat up and looked into her dark eyes.

"I'm sorry," he told her. "I just wasn't ready. But now I am."

"Ready for what?" she asked.

He grabbed his laptop from the floor and turned it so that she could see the screen. "This," he said stoically.

"Oh, so that's what this was all about," she said as she looked at the screen.

"Yes," he told her. "I'm going to do it."

He put the computer on the floor between the two of them and then put his hand out so that his finger hovered just above the trackpad.

"Do it," she told him. "I know you can."

"I... I don't know," he managed to say through clenched teeth.

"You can do it, Mark," she told him. "You're the last person in the entire world that's still on it. There's no reason to keep it."

"I... I..." Mark muttered. A salty drop of sweat dripped in his eye as he struggled to press his finger down on the trackpad. He scrunched his eyes together, his hand quivering over the trackpad.

"Do it," she told him again. "Do it, Mark! Delete your Facebook account. Delete it. Delete Facebook. Delete Facebook now!"

Psalms of the Apocalypse

My novel Psalms of the Apocalypse is now up for pre-order on Kindle! The paperback edition will be available soon. THE PAPERBACK EDITION IS AVAILABLE NOW. If you like fucked up dystopian urban science fiction, graphic violence, intense sex, psychological thrillers, government conspiracies, drug-fueled killing sprees, or just want to help me pay my bills, you should definitely go pre-order a copy NOW.

In case you're wondering, this novel wraps up the series of novelettes that have been coming out sporadically since March 2017 and includes the final two books that have never been published. This book is full of subtle and not-so-subtle plot changes from the original novelettes, so even if you've already read the other stories, I recommend just starting on page one with Psalms of the Apocalypse. Enjoy!

Updates

Just a quick post to let everyone know that YES, the final Psalms of the Apocalypse book will be out soon. I've been swamped with a variety of projects and life-happenings, but rest assured that everything has already been written and is currently working its way through the publishing machine.

That said, the final book will NOT be released as a stand-alone edition but rather all five books will be combined into a re-worked, re-edited collection titled simply Psalms of the Apocalypse. If everything goes to plan, this book should be out in early May 2018. Make sure to follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, etc for chances to win early-release signed copies and other cool schwag.

Additionally, YES, the second book in the Prisoners of War series is in the works and should be released sometime in the relatively near future.

Finally, the first book (or should I start calling them parts?) of Psalms of the Apocalypse is available for FREE on Kindle from now through Friday, March 9. If you haven't had a chance to read any of the Psalms of the Apocalypse books, consider this a sneak peak for the full novel that'll be out in May. When the full collection is released there will be some considerable plot changes, so it might be fun just to read things through and see how the story and characters have changed.

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