CODE IN THE GRAIN is live on Amazon.
It is official.
Regular price is $0.99.
Right now it is FREE on Kindle until October 29, 2025.
Grab it now, read it later.
It takes less than 30 minutes.
What is CODE IN THE GRAIN?
A short, mind bending story about light, grain, and secrets.
A photographer wakes up in a darkroom.
An image fades in under a safe light.
Orders arrive on a buzzing phone.
One shot to make. One message to hide.
Not a watermark. A code. Hidden in the grain.
New Orleans sets the mood.
Wet streets. Quiet footsteps.
Someone is watching.
Someone else pulls the strings.
Who is real when the author wakes inside his own novel?
Why the funny free window?
This is an Amazon promotion that helps new authors get honest reviews.
It helps the book find readers.
Also, it helps the algorithm move.
And it helps me a lot.
So please download it.
Read it.
Then leave a short, honest review.
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Those reviews matter more than you think.
The contest that sparked it
This story began as a literary contest entry.
Two rules drove the idea.
Make the reader finish and say, what in the world.
Make the author wake up inside his own story.
I leaned into both.
Photography meets fiction.
Grain becomes a message.
Reality blurs at the edges.
Fast facts
- Length, about 10 to 15 pages.
- Read time, under 30 minutes.
- Format, Kindle.
- Price later, $0.99.
- Price now, free until October 29, 2025.
How you can help
- Click the Amazon link above or below.
- Download the Kindle edition while it is free.
- Read it when you have a few minutes.
- Post a quick, honest review on Amazon.
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