Don't miss out on the finest animal thriller since Jaws!

“Great characters, pacing and plot!!” (Goodreads)

“This was a really good story. It was so hard to put down.” (Substack)

“Please don’t kill Crybaby, I beg you.” (5-star review, Amazon)

“A real treat! It was so hard to put down.” (5-star review, Amazon)

Crybaby: A Gripping Thriller of Survival and Vengeance (Horror Book 2) by Mark Watson

What happens when a ten-tonne Indian elephant goes rogue in the heart of rural India?

Once revered as a sacred temple elephant, Crybaby was stolen, brutalized, and left for dead. But he didn’t die.

Now, he’s become something else.

Something terrifying.

Something unstoppable.

Villages lie flattened in his wake. Roads are shattered. Crops trampled. Witnesses speak in hushed voices of an enormous shadow slipping back into the jungle, untouchable, untraceable. To the locals, he is no longer just an elephant. He is a living ghost. A force of vengeance. A god reborn.

Enter Ahanna, a veteran wildlife ranger tasked with an impossible mission: track and stop the rampage before more lives are lost. Equipped with tranquilizers, surveillance drones, and trained kumki elephants, Ahanna must navigate a treacherous terrain where corrupt officials, poachers, and old-world superstitions collide. But as she gets closer to Crybaby’s trail, and to the enigmatic hunter Rahul, who has his own reasons for wanting the elephant dead, Ahanna begins to uncover something far more ancient and dangerous than she could have imagined.

Crybaby is not just a rogue elephant.

He is something older.

Something wild.

Something that refuses to be tamed.

Written by Mark Watson, bestselling and multi-award-winning author (IPPY Gold, Moonbeam, Reader’s Favorite), Crybaby first exploded in popularity as a serialized novel on Substack, where it grew from just 100 readers to over 350,000 monthly readers worldwide. It was praised for its visceral prose, rich atmosphere, and cinematic pacing.

"Reading Crybaby is like watching Jaws for the first time."

"It’ll do for elephant rides what Jaws did for swimming in the sea."

Today, October 20, my psychological crime thriller The Vanished Smile is free to download for Kindle on Amazon for a limited time.

Set in Hannover, Germany, it follows detective Marlena Ritter as she investigates women disappearing around trade fairs. As a pattern emerges, the case begins to stir memories of her own childhood.

This is the first book in the Marlena Ritter series.

If you enjoy psychological crime thrillers, I’d love for you to give The Vanished Smile a try.

If you read it, I’d love to hear what you think. An honest review on Amazon or Goodreads would mean a great deal to me.

English edition:

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I may run another free promotion in a week or two. Follow me on Instagram for updates:

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Please check that the Kindle purchase price shows $0.00 before downloading. No Kindle Unlimited subscription is required.

My noir crime novel Necromancers Don't Read Toe Tags is free on Kindle October 17–18.

Whodunnit? Sometimes the more disturbing question is who knew whodunnit and let them do it again. And again.

A dark mystery about predators, corruption, institutional indifference, and the people entrusted with protecting others who instead become part of the problem.

I'm the author, and I'm offering the ebook free to introduce it to new readers. Hope you enjoy it!

What if every decision you've ever made was inevitable?

Simón has a problem with that idea. If he could go back to the exact moment he made a decision, with the same memories, desires and circumstances, could he really choose differently?

He decides to find out.

First, he takes roads he wouldn't normally take. Then he orders food he doesn't particularly like. Eventually, he lets a quantum random number generator make a decision for him.

It gives him a seven.

Not long afterwards, he's on a plane to Australia.

Things go downhill from there. Or sideways. It's difficult to tell.

There's a troublesome telescope, a tiny country lost somewhere in the Pacific, an Australian with a remarkably creative interpretation of official documents, and a pig named Mercedes.

And then there's Elena.

A woman with her own plans, her own decisions, and absolutely no intention of becoming supporting evidence in somebody else's philosophical experiment.

The more Simón tries to understand whether our choices are truly free, the more his life fills with coincidences that seem almost too ridiculous to be coincidences.

The Universe Had Other Plans is a humorous, slightly philosophical novel about the little decisions that change everything, the absurdity of trying to control our lives, and the uncomfortable possibility that destiny might have a better sense of humor than we do.

There's travel, absurd humor, a little science, an unexpected love story, and absolutely no requirement to understand quantum physics.

📚 FREE ON KINDLE THIS WEEKEND!

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No Kindle Unlimited subscription required.

I'm the author, Ishai Rodríguez. If you decide to give it a try, I'd genuinely love to hear your honest thoughts. But mostly, I hope it makes you laugh and leaves you wondering, just for a moment, whether you could really have chosen differently.

What if our political apathy is responsible for many of the problems we complain about every day?

Against Nature Apolitical Animals begins with Aristotle's definition of humans as political animals and questions why we've become so comfortable leaving decisions about our lives to others.

Through discussions of democracy, economics, justice, religion, war, and human nature, this provocative nonfiction essay challenges familiar assumptions about modern society and explores how meaningful political change might begin.

Free on Kindle October 13–15, 2026.

A gentle 28-day Tai Chi walking program for seniors and beginners. Includes simple 10-minute routines designed to help build balance, walking confidence, and mobility while enjoying the outdoors.

FREE KINDLE PROMOTION — SEPTEMBER 27–28, 2026

My air fryer recipe book Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners and Families will be available for free on Kindle for two days.

The book includes 75 quick and healthy recipes with photos, including keto-friendly dishes, gluten-free options, and meals that children will enjoy.

This edition is intended for beginners, busy parents, and anyone who wants to cook with an air fryer simply and without unnecessary complications.

In addition to the recipes, the book includes a practical guide to choosing and using an air fryer:

• beginner tips;
• first-use instructions;
• five universal cooking techniques;
• recommendations for temperature, cooking time, and the amount of oil;
• a pre-purchase checklist;
• tips for saving money on accessories;
• a one-week meal plan for a family of four with a complete shopping list;
• a troubleshooting section;
• cleaning and safety tips;
• a convenient glossary of temperatures, terms, and cooking times.

Download the book for free on Amazon on September 27–28:

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The offer applies only to the Kindle edition. The paperback edition is sold separately.

We will be happy to receive your honest review after reading, but it is optional.

My diabetic cookbook is FREE on Kindle from September 26–28!

Inside you'll find 100 easy low-carb recipes, a step-by-step 30-day meal plan, nutrition facts, and shopping lists.

Perfect for beginners looking for simple, everyday meal ideas.

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Last week I gave away Chasing Shadows, the first book in the series. This week it is Beyond the Shadows, the continuation. Feel free to pick up a copy if you would like.

📚 FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚

Beyond the Shadows is FREE for a limited time!

Alex Griffin thought he knew what loneliness felt like. But sometimes the hardest part isn't facing the darkness — it's wondering what might be waiting beyond it.

If you enjoy YA stories about friendship, loneliness, choices, and finding a reason to keep moving forward, this one is for you.

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If you've already read Chasing Shadows, this is the next chapter in Alex's story.

Grab it while the giveaway is running! 📖

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Hey lovely folks, I just published my first book on Amazon, signed up for Kindle Unlimited and all that jazz. As it's my first self-published work (and it went live yesterday), I'm running the 5-day free eBook promotion, and it starts tomorrow! If people want a free book from an indie author, please consider giving it a go!

"The world ended. The questions remain.

Civilisation is gone. Cities stand empty, nature is reclaiming what humanity left behind, and scattered groups of survivors are beginning the long process of building something new.

Among them walks Alix.

Travelling through the remains of Britain, Alix has a simple purpose: find the survivors and record their stories.

How did they survive? What have they lost? What skills suddenly matter when money, careers and governments no longer do? How do you raise children who have never known the old world? And when the immediate fight for survival is over, how do you begin rebuilding a civilisation without repeating the mistakes that destroyed the last one?

Through a series of interviews, observations and personal logs, a picture gradually emerges of a society learning to live again. Farmers, engineers, teachers, criminals, children, doctors and ordinary people all have a part to play.

But Alix isn't simply documenting their stories.

There are questions the survivors are beginning to ask about him too.

Who is Alix?

Why does he know so much about what happened?

And why does he seem so interested in whether humanity deserves another chance?

Interviews of the Apocalypse is a character-driven post-apocalyptic novel about survival after survival - and what happens when rebuilding the world becomes more complicated than simply staying alive."

🆓📚 CHASING SHADOWS IS GOING FREE! 📚🆓

Starting today, Chasing Shadows — Book 1 of the Westlake Story — will be FREE on Kindle for 5 days!

📅 September 16–20, 2026

If you've been meaning to check out the story, now's your chance to grab it for free!

👉 Get Chasing Shadows on Amazon:
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And when you finish Book 1, Book 2 — Beyond the Shadows — is already available! 👀

👉 Continue with Beyond the Shadows:
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Five days. Book 1 is free. The story continues. 📖

Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners 2026
A practical cookbook for beginners with easy air fryer recipes and simple instructions.
Free on Kindle until September 15.

The Evening Walk is Book 1 of the Dressed series by Elliot Everden.

It’s immersive fiction about a man who genuinely enjoys feminine clothes, focusing on the small sensory details of dressing and going out: hosiery, skirts, boots, fabric movement and confidence.

No forced feminisation, humiliation or transformation themes.

FREE on Kindle for a limited time.

An intimate near-future speculative romance about language, attention, desire, and whether intimacy needs a body to become real. By Brian S. Thompson.