The Disappearance of Wiley Hood
Loeffelholz
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Hello, ladies and gents! With your kind indulgence, I'd like to share the Amazon UK link to my latest project. It's not another book in the Jade series (but another one of those is on the drawing board) ...rather, it's something unusual - a story that's been rattling around in my head and evolving since 1988, when it began as a 5,500-word short story. I adapted it into a motion picture screenplay in the early 2000s and have now expanded it into a full-length novel.
It's currently free if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription, or just £3.05 to purchase, with paperback and hardcover options as well.
Here's the synopsis from the back cover:
What would you do if you discovered that you were disappearing?
Not physically, but a piece at a time: all tangible evidence that you exist as a person - beginning with your driver's license, bank accounts and your birth certificate...and soon you are a loose thread, being pulled from the fabric of reality.
This is what happens to Wiley Hood, a 25-year-old artist-turned business executive who still struggles with his older brother’s suicide. Creatively blocked for a year since Nick's death, Wiley is suddenly able to paint again—and then, his life begins to unravel and vanish around him. Besieged by visions and nightmares, Wiley is forced to consider the possibility that he has lost his mind...because that is less frightening than the notion that the phenomenon—or whatever awaits him at the end of it—is real.
Frequently hilarious and unsettling—and sometimes frightening—THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILEY HOOD is a dizzying psychological fantasy in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, which one reviewer has described as “Kafka on Laughing Gas!” It is a trip you will never forget.
...Anyway, this is a large part of the reason I haven't been contributing much here (although I do pop on and read what you're up to from time to time!). I do hope you will consider giving it a look. Thanks, and cheers!
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILEY HOOD eBook : Loeffelholz, Mark: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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Duly downloaded, Loeff.
The synopsis sounds really intreaging (spelling?).
It's "intriguing" but your spelling of the word is more logical! That's English for you. 😉
Damn. I haven't read Blood and Ashes yet. It's still on my Kindle
😂
@Barbel Thank you, my old friend. It's a horse of a different color...but I believe it's the story I will be remembered for - if I am to be remembered as a writer at all 🍻
For anyone else interested in my work, here's my author page in the UK:
Amazon.co.uk: Mark Loeffelholz: Books, Biography, Blogs, Audiobooks, Kindle
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Be careful what you wish for...
If you shoot me from there, it won't look like suicide... 😁
Roger Moore 1927-2017
😁 @Napoleon Plural - As I like to assure people: during the photo session, the Walther wasn't loaded...but the flask was.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Hmm, well, grumble mutter, got to say... that's a very cool photo.... 😎
Roger Moore 1927-2017
@Napoleon Plural Thanks my friend! It's on the back of the second Jade book. I couldn't resist a Fleming homage...but I don't smoke, and had to substitute bad habits 😉
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Just for fun: Today, I did an interview on a radio station in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Cheers all!
The Disappearance of Wiley Hood: Fiction's Newest Mystery - Greg & Dan Show Interviews - Omny.fm
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Due to my recent popularity here, on the 'OFF TOPIC' page 😎:
Interview with Mark Loeffelholz, Author of The Disappearance of Wiley Hood | NewInBooks
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Hello, all. Hope this finds you well! Just wanted to let you know that the audiobook of this novel has dropped on Audible:
The Disappearance of Wiley Hood (Audio Download): Mark Loeffelholz, Scott Ellis, Mark Loeffelholz, Mark Loeffelholz: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
...and I have been given a certain quantity of UK-exclusive promo codes for free copies. The running time is 11 hours and 7 minutes. If you're interested, please let me know. My only request is that you leave a review when you're done!
Please reach out here, or via PM.
Cheers (and thank you in advance),
Mark (Loeffelholz)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
The offer still stands for free copies of the audiobook. I'd really like to get the project in UK ears!
I won't pester you any further. For anyone who might be interested, my new webpage is now live: Home/Contact Me (marktheauthor.net), featuring my inaugural blog: Memo For Record (marktheauthor.net)
Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season! 🍸️
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Thanks, @Loeffelholz. Good to see you back. I'll have to catch up with these links. I'm particularly interested in your interview as you go through the writing process there. 🙂
Cheers, @Silhouette Man . I like the vibe of the place these days.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
That's good. There's still a coterie of die hard members remaining which keep the place ticking over in more quiet times.
As Don Corleone said (paraphrasing): "I will not be the one to break the peace." 😎
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
You're fine. You've never broken the peace that I can recall. I've always been curious about what a Quartermaster is on AJB - is It similar to a moderator?
In the old days, we were content contributors; I had a few articles somewhere. I think most of them might still be around, although I pulled one to use elsewhere.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Ah, I see. Yes, there used to be a main page to the forum where articles were put up. I'm not sure if it's still around or whether it was a casualty to the Vanilla forum software upgrade in 2021.
Good to see you back, Loeffelholz.
Thank you, @Number24 🍸
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Quite right, @Loeffelholz and @Silhouette Man. I was a Quartermaster, too, and many articles by Loeff, me, and others were lost during the changeover.
Yes, I thought so. That's a shame. I recall there being a good one about Fleming's notebook.
I miss the articles from the old days of ajb007. They were definitely one of the aspects of the site that drew me in, along with the fan fiction library with all the nice cover designs. Most of the articles I worked on back then were literary Bond focused. I also remember doing one about the Richard Chopping cover designs.
Those were the days! I remember doing a feature on Fleming’s final interview with Playboy Magazine in 1964.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Where have we heard that one before?
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Ah, but we weren't using WhatsApp.... 😁
I heard the CIA were very interested in the content of those articles. I'm sure that had nothing to do with it though.