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Bill Alive
Bill Alive
Writer. Thinker. Goofball.
Sep 22, 2026 3 min read

My New Caper Novel, Available NOW! 📖

WELCOME TO BUCKEYBURG!
You’ll want to stay!
(Because you can’t leave…)

Hey! It’s Bill Alive, your friendly neighborhood novelist, back with more delicious fiction for you after a brief summer hiatus.

What summer hiatus, you ask? More on that below, if you’re interested. But here at the top, let’s have a look at my newest novel, available now for your reading pleasure.

Actually … okay, it’s not quite the newest. Several months back, I released several novels and novellas, but they were all on pre-order. You couldn’t read them yet. But wouldn’t you know it, time passed, and now, you can! They’re LIVE!

(And to you lovely folks who did pre-order—thank you! I hope you relished the magical appearance of these stories on your favorite reading device…)

Now, I could blitz you here with a huge list of new titles, but personally, I find that a bit overwhelming. For this email, let’s just focus on one very special, very zany new caper novel…

Welcome to Buckeyburg!

A Dillon Ryan Novel

Acclaimed writer BILL ALIVE weaves wildly entertaining stories that smash across genres with reckless glee.

Dillon Ryan, a steadfast, ambitious college student, crams into a noisy bus headed south to Florida for spring break.

Rock-hard seats. Cloying perfumes. Too many chattering college kids packed into one little bus. Still, Dillon eagerly awaits a whole entire week of fresh ocean air and warm, sunny beaches.

Until a strange billboard looms outside the window. A grinning man sports gigantic, green-tinted googles.

A man whom Dillon meets all too soon.

If you love zany characters and goofy capers, with laugh-out-loud humor and hints of magical realism, don't miss this fantastic romp of a novel.

🛒 BUY IT NOW: Welcome to Buckeyburg!: A Dillon Ryan Novel

Click that link to purchase this e-book on any major online bookstore.

No paperback edition is available yet.

Note: Since the initial pre-order announcement awhile back, this novel now has a new and improved cover. I’m extremely pleased with how this new cover turned out. 😎

HOLD ON … WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THOSE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGNS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?

So, yes, back in the spring, I told you I was considering doing some Kickstarters over the summer, but … that did not wind up happening.

Instead, I got busy with writing, and with summer stuff outside with my family (the warm weather is all too fleeting up here in Western NY), and also with … uh … multiple unexpected and fairly unpleasant appliance-related mishaps. Don’t worry, everything’s fine now, mostly, but you know. Not fun. Time-consuming. Blah.

Anyhow! I still want to do Kickstarters for future books. But going forward, I’ll wait on letting you know until they’re actually ready to launch. 😁

AND WASN’T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER BUNDLE?

Yes, in my last post, I did hint at another new bundle, which you can find here. But it’s still on pre-order until November.

So for my next several posts, at least, let’s focus on my novels and novellas that you can buy and read right now. Shall we?

Excellent! Then I’ll see you next week. With another brand-new story, this time a contemporary fantasy with a rather haunting beauty…

Happy reading!

[Bill Alive]

Bill Alive

P.S. Remember, you can read my zany new comedy novel WELCOME TO BUCKEYBURG right now, on any reading device you like. Get it here.