A bunch of authors on Bluesky, myself included, are offering to send people their ebooks and/or audiobooks in exchange for donations to food banks. This is being organized now because SNAP, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, aka the US government’s food aid program, will not be funded starting November 1 due to the US federal government shutdown.

The thing I’m offering to send people is actually a short story (around 6,700 words) because I don’t have any books quite ready to send yet. Specifically, I’m offering a queer superhero romance called “Sonic Boom of My Heart.” It’s about an anti-establishment but really very nice villain falling for his nemesis, a hero who’s escaping an abusive relationship. It answers the question, “What if your nemesis showed up at your house in the middle of the night with injuries you know you didn’t cause?”

Send me a receipt (sensitive information blocked out) that says you’ve donated at least $1 to a food bank, and I’ll send you the PDF and EPUB files of the story!

Here’s the spreadsheet of all the books available from various authors. If you’re an author who wants to be added to the list, here’s the Google form for that.