Each day since even before THAT OCTOBER was published on June 1, I’ve been looking around the Internet, finding unique and sometimes out-of-the-ordinary places where my novel is mentioned or even available to purchase.

Since finding the book on all the big online booksellers, like bookshop dot org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and others, I think the most fun surprise has been finding it available through the Allstora site.

Allstora began life as ShopQueer and, according to the site itself, was co-founded by New York Times bestselling author and LGBTQ+ advocate Eric Cervini, drag performer and actor Adam Powell and television icon and author RuPaul.

After finding my book on Allstora, I sent them an email thanking them for carrying it and got a sweet and enthusiastic response from Aubergine:

Hi Keith,

Thank you for your kind words, we’re happy to have you here. 🙂

Have a fabulous weekend! ❤

If you’re wondering why I’m so thrilled to have THAT OCTOBER on Allstora versus any other site where the book can be purchased, it’s because, as some of you who’ve read the book know, THAT OCTOBER has an important gay theme among the high-school protagonists of the story.

That the book just happened to be carried by Allstora is probably just luck, but I like to think that someone, somewhere, recognized the storyline and characters as some that will – hopefully – resonate with readers and count a little toward representation of LGBTQ+ characters in mainstream fiction.

So Allstora, I’m thrilled to be part of your fabulous site.

(My site, meanwhile, is being difficult in letting me post a link to THAT OCTOBER on Allstora, but it should be easy enough to find if you want to direct a little business their way.)