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Smile for the Camera: a cybercrime story 🔗
V2hvIHdhdGNoZXMgdGhlIHdhdGNoZXJzPw==.Following on from Unsocial Media, Smile for the Camera is another cybercrime short story ebook now available on SmashWords, and will hopefully soon be available in the ebook distribution channels.
Smile for the Camera is about Evelyn, a CCTV operator, who monitors a store’s self-service tills but sees rather more information than she ought. This is a short story cautionary tale about identity theft. It’s approximately 2,500 words in length. The first 50% can be read for free on SmashWords. A shorter sample is also available on the book’s home page on the Dickimaw Books site.
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The DRM-free ebook retailer SmashWords “Read an Ebook Week” Sale is on from 3rd–9th March 2024. My crime novel “The Private Enemy” and children’s illustrated story “The Foolish Hedgehog” both have a 50% discount and my crime fiction short story “I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing” and cybercrime fiction short story “Unsocial Media” both have a 100% discount (i.e. free!) for the duration of the sale. Did you know that you can gift ebooks on SmashWords? 2024-03-02 📂 Books Children’s Illustrated Fiction Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction 🔖 I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing News Sale The Foolish Hedgehog The Private Enemy Unsocial Media
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Evelyn, a CCTV operator, sees too much information while she monitors a store’s self-service checkout tills in this cybercrime short story about identity theft.The DRM-free ebook retailer SmashWords “Read an Ebook Week” Sale is on from 3rd–9th March 2024. My crime novel “The Private Enemy” and children’s illustrated story “The Foolish Hedgehog” both have a 50% discount and my crime fiction short story “I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing” and cybercrime fiction short story “Unsocial Media” both have a 100% discount (i.e. free!) for the duration of the sale. Did you know that you can gift ebooks on SmashWords? 2024-03-02 📂 Books Children’s Illustrated Fiction Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction 🔖 I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing News Sale The Foolish Hedgehog The Private Enemy Unsocial Media
The DRM-free ebook retailer SmashWords has their end of year sale from 15th December 2023 to 1st January 2024. My crime novel “The Private Enemy” and children’s illustrated story “The Foolish Hedgehog” both have a 50% discount and my crime fiction short story “I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing” and cybercrime fiction short story “Unsocial Media” both have a 100% discount (i.e. free!) for the duration of the sale. Did you know that you can gift ebooks on SmashWords? 2023-12-15 📂 Books Children’s Illustrated Fiction Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction 🔖 I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing News Quack, Quack, Quack. Give My Hat Back! Sale The Foolish Hedgehog The Private Enemy Unsocial Media
The DRM-free ebook retailer SmashWords has a sale from 1st – 31st July 2023. My crime novel “The Private Enemy” and children’s illustrated story “The Foolish Hedgehog” both have a 50% discount and my crime fiction short story “I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing” and cybercrime fiction short story “Unsocial Media” both have a 100% discount (i.e. free!) for the duration of the sale. Did you know that you can gift ebooks on SmashWords? 2023-07-06 📂 Children’s Illustrated Fiction Crime Fiction 🔖 I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing News Sale The Foolish Hedgehog The Private Enemy Unsocial Media
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