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Stories by Peyton Reese

Sharona as Wonder Woman

5/10/2024

Pino Alto is one of my works in progress.

One of the supporting characters in Pino Alto is Sharona, a former cheerleader turned local celebrity. She's been invited to a New Year's Eve costume party. She arrives in a Wonder Woman costume. And one of these pictures will, after some tweaking, represent Sharona. Which represents Sharona best?

Many thanks to Dominick F, @dominicknixon, whom I met via Fiverr, for his professionalism and attention to detail.

- Peyton

River is now live!

5/5/2024

Over 4 years in the making!

River, a present-day novella about a grumpy, not-so-old man in the woods of inland Washington State, is low live on Amazon, in print and eBook form.

What's it about? To give you a hint, its alternate title during development was Trouble.

More information and an excerpt can be found in the Contemporary section of this website.

Recommended for ages 16 and older.

- Peyton

Cross The Line is now available

6/22/2020

Another delayed appearance... Three years after its preview in the Golden Rose contest, Cross The Line is now available in paperback and Kindle formats!

This story is set in the southern U.S. in 1960.

Joe's been working his way across the United States. He's already been beaten and robbed. He crosses paths with an ex-con and his crooked pals, but when he meets a blonde with a killer figure, a nickel-plated revolver and a surly kid, things really go wrong!

More information and a brief excerpt on my Historical page.

Follow the links to the book's Amazon pages for longer excerpts.

- Peyton

Addie Gets An Afterlife goes live!

2/4/2020

Addie’s built a sensible -- if boring -- life working as an insurance underwriter. She’s on track to marry Patrick, until an SUV runs a stop sign, right into her tiny Fiat. But she's about to get a second chance at life – and at love.

Yes, romance fans, after two and a half years of expansion and refinement, Addie Gets An Afterlife is now available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon!

More information and a brief excerpt on my Paranormal page.
Follow the links to the book's Amazon pages for longer excerpts.
(Interestingly, the paperback preview seems to show about 8 pages, the Kindle preview seems to show about 42 pages!)

- Peyton

Nearly 3 years?

1/31/2020

It's the last day of January of 2020. I'm astonished to find that -- nearly 3 years ago -- my mild paranormal romance novel was planned for a May, 2017 release!

It's title is Addie Gets An Afterlife. It's set in present-day Portland, Oregon, and I've just submitted it to Amazon for publishing. Most likely it will appear in the first few days of February 2020.

The intervening months and years have not been unproductive, though. (I know, double negative.) Addie Gets An Afterlife was a finalist in the 2018 Golden Rose writing contest. It's also grown from a novella-length story to a 453-page, three-part, inch-thick novel. It's a pretty wild ride for Addie ... I hope you like it too!

The cover is complete. I've just now posted it on my Paranormal page, and when it's available I'll post a "buy" link.

- Peyton

Sidney vs. Sydney

12/14/2018

Lately I've noticed more female movie characters named Sydney. Years ago, I associated the name Sidney with boys or men. Was I in error?

I asked The Google, and found two sites which give pretty much the same answer.

Sidney on babynameshub.com shows the name "Sidney" peaking around the year 1918 at about 1879 boys, then fading. "Sidney" for girls really took off in 1991. But wait! What about “Sydney” with a y?

Sydney on babynameshub.com shows “Sydney” taking off in 1984 and peaking in the year 2000 with over 10,000 girls named Sydney!

The site nameplayground.com has combined the boy and girl graphs for Sidney and Sydney. The trends are all the more startling when you read the fine print and realize that the vertical axes are different; the “girl” rates are actually 3 to 24 times higher than they seem.

The nameplayground.com pages give some other (mildly) interesting statistics: The average age of (male) Sidneys is 76.3 years old, the average age of (female) Sydneys is 20.9 years.

So yes, Sidney used to be a boy’s name, but Sydney became a predominantly girl’s name just in time for recently-released movies.

- Peyton

Snow Angel now available!

10/11/2016

My latest novel, Snow Angel, is available in hardcopy (CreateSpace and Amazon) and electronic form (Amazon). Coming soon to other leading outlets (Barnes & Noble, Nook, ...)

It's a novella-length love story set in 1870's Colorado Territory. I hope you like it!

See my Historical page for more information.

And as usual, if you like the book, I'd really appreciate a review on whichever site you bought it.

Thanks ...
- Peyton

Bargain Princess Parts 1 & 2 & 3 is now available

9/15/2016

Bargain Princess Parts 1 & 2 & 3 is now available in hardcopy and for Kindle. It's a compilation of Bargain Princess: A Space Operetta and Bargain Princess Parts 2 & 3 ... All your favorite characters and all the action in one book, and it's suggested price is less than buying the parts separately.

More information on the Sci-Fi page.

Where to find it:

Kindle: Amazon
Paperback: CreateSpace
ePub and other formats: Smashwords
Other booksellers coming soon.

If you enjoy the story, I would really appreciate it if you would post a review on the site from which you purchased the book.

Thank you!
- Peyton

Bargain Princess Parts 2 & 3 - now available!

5/17/2016

Cover of Bargain Princess Parts 2 & 3

The sequel to Bargain Princess - A Sci-Fi Novella is now available! The next volume, called Bargain Princess Parts 2 & 3, is available in a variety of electronic and print formats.

Scoot on over to the Sci-Fi page, then scroll down until you see this picture.

Of course, if you haven't read Bargain Princess - A Sci-Fi Novella, then read that first.

And as usual, if you really like the book, I'd really appreciate a review on whichever site you bought it.

Thanks ...
- Peyton

Sequel to Bargain Princess coming soon ...

5/1/2016

The sequel to Bargain Princess is currently in proofreading. Should be available in a month or two. The cover will look a lot like this.

So what's the sequel like? It's like Bargain Princess, only more action, more romance, more of everything!