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Smokey's Multi-Platform Empire Expands to Include Audio Podcasts

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On July 20, the audio podcast version of Smokey the Talking Dog will go live on Podiobooks.com. Podiobooks.com is a really cool company that distributes episodic recordings of books, free to the authors and free to the listeners. You can check them out here.   

You can check out the Amazon Kindle version of Smokey here. The other eBook versions will be out soon: for iPad, Nook, Sony Reader and others. Check for these formats at Smashwords. 

The paperback version is being formatted now. I will see a printed proof in a week or so and will have copies to sell ($6.95) at my reading at Talking Leaves Books July 15 in Buffalo.

Flirting With Death

Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman.

Smokey the Talking Dog Reading at Talking Leaves Books

On Friday, July 15 at 7PM, I will be reading stories from Smokey the Talking Dog at Buffalo's great independent bookstore, Talking Leaves Books. It'll be at the 3158 Main Street store near UB. I'd be so happy if you could come.

Advice for the Class of 2011 from the Class of 1912

The Buffalo Central High Class of 1912. My grandfather, Paul, is in the top row, sixth from right (or left). His great-grandson, Eddie, graduates from high school today. The story can be found in the Kindle eBook version of Smokey the Talking Dog, here.

Click to hear Jim's To The Class of 2010 from the Class of 1912 

Lies I Tell My Children

Lie #3: My former roommate, Severus.

Click to hear Jim's Audio Essay Pants On Fire

Kindle Edition Available

Be the first in your book club to order one here or search Amazon for Smokey the Talking Dog. If you like it, please leave a review. Coming soon in audio and paperback versions.

1970s Teenage Human Shield

 Listen to my teenage encounter with Cujo. Not the book, the dog. Audio engineered by Ken Meyer.

Click to hear Jim's 1970s Teenage Human Shield 

Why do Old Hippies Smile Cartoon

By Isabella Bannerman. I wear Birkis, too. With socks.

Chicken Wings on a Buffalo Forge Grill

It doesn't get any more Buffalo than this. 

The essay below originally appeared on WBFO Public Radio. It will soon appear in Smokey the Talking Dog, my collection of Buffalo stories in eBook, audio and paperback formats.

Click to hear Jim's essay Forged In Buffalo

Pet Food Cartoon

By Bannerman. Perhaps this is the type of pet food they sell at Elmwood Pet Supplies.