Stephenie Meyer to Release Twilight Novella Free on Internet For One Month

(HMG) – Great news for Twilight fans.  Not only has Twilight saga author Stephenie Meyer written a new novella, but she is set to let her fans read it for free on the Internet starting June 7. Meyer, 36, will let readers have access to the 192-page novella ‘The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner’ for a month, though donations are encouraged. All proceeds from the website as well as an additional $1 for each book sold in the U.S. from the first printing will be donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which supports disaster relief efforts in Haiti and Chile.  It will be on special website, www.breetanner.com, and it will remain online until July 5.  The book will not be downloadable, only available to read online.

The novella, published by Atom, is the first new title from Meyer in nearly two years.  The novella is a spin-off from Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight series, and it will be published simultaneously in Britain and America on June 5, and two days later it will be available to read for free online.  The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner will be told from the point of view of Bree, a newborn vampire introduced in Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight series. The story follows Bree and an army of fellow newborn vamps as they prepare to fight Bella Swan and the Cullens.

According to a spokesman, Meyer is allowing the book to be read for free online “as a special thank you to fans”.

“I’m as surprised as anyone about this novella,” Meyer said on her website Tuesday.

“When I began working on it in 2005, it was simply an exercise to help me examine the other side of Eclipse, which I was editing at the time.

“I thought it might end up as a short story that I could include on my website.

“Then, when work started on The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide, I thought the Guide would be a good fit for my Bree story.

“However, the story grew longer than I anticipated, until it was too long to fit into the Guide,” she said.