WEST BATH — Books-A-Million, a national bookseller, has agreed to offer for sale local author Marsha Hinton’s novel “Zombie Moose of West Bath, Maine.”

Being a self-published writer, Hinton had hopes of great success for “Zombie Moose.” However, she recognized the hard realities of self-publishing did not give her good odds on achieving her hoped for success. On Sunday, Oct. 25, she stood in the Books-A-Million store in Portland and looked at “Zombie Moose” sitting on the shelf.

“Getting the folks at Books-A-Million to agree to place Zombie Moose on their shelves was huge for an unknown little guy like me. While it is available online just about everywhere, I had no idea how exciting it was going to be to see it on the shelves in a store. Particularly a national bookseller.” Hinton said. “I think my feet were two inches off the floor. I wanted to drag everyone shopping at the Portland Books-A-Million over to see it. I had to restrain myself.”

Hinton believes that having something fun to read is important. “I love to read funny stories. I think everyone does. ‘Zombie Moose’ is guaranteed to make you smile and you may actually laugh out loud. Skewer a few politicians and throw in some boiled dinner, Moxie and whoopie pies and you have a mix for some serious hilarity,” Hinton said.