Science Fantasy Romance 17 - Jeremiad

Jeremiad

SFJ01

Available at

Amazon.com * Amazon.co.uk

Smashwords

Kobo * Sony * Diesel

Barnes & Noble

DriveThruFiction

Collected in

More of the Sun

Blurb

A fast-talking lounge lizard picks up a girl in a bar and teleports her around the solar system. But there’s more to both of them than meets the eye…

Memories

before reading

Jeremiad is still my favorite character, even though I wrote this story so long ago, because he’s so much fun to write. He’s so self-centered, effete...while at the same time possessing a solid core of ruthlessness that worries me.

Review

after reading

This is the first Jeremiad story, so we had to introduce him, and then he takes off. It’s just good. If you want to know, Jeremiad is the only character I write who speaks in my own voice, meaning he’s the only one who I could make an audiobook version of. We’ll see. 

Next Week

Pure Humanity

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Science Fantasy Romance 16 - DRAGON MARINES

DRAGON MARINES 

SF016

Available at

Amazon.com * Amazon.co.uk

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Kobo * Sony * Diesel

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DriveThruFiction

Collected in

A Future Darkly

Blurb

A boy writes his first science fiction story while he waits for his mother to come back from the war.

Memories

before reading

Yes, it’s supposed to be all-caps. It’s the title of the story-within-a-story the boy protagonist writers, while he misses his mother. This one actually started with me just babbling on Twitter about a silly story about ‘Dragon Marines...in SPACE’, then I abruptly thought of the hook and wrote this. Let’s read.

Review

after reading

This is a very emotional story, with a lot of subtle touches. The last line...wow.

Next Week

Jeremiad 

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Two New Collections

I put together and released two short story collections for your reading convenience.

To Another Shore
eight fantasy stories
$2.99
Kindle
Smashwords

Dear sir or madam: please find attached eight short stories of a most fantastic nature. But, lo, I beg to inform you that it is a most mixed bag of fantasies. “The Witch of Amber City” is a parable. “Sorcerer’s Hire” is a coming-of-age story set amidst a magical-industrial war. “Timpani the Ostrich Rancher” posits a preemptive Great War sparked by the independent Kingdom of Kenya. “An Aesop Amidst the Fairy Dust” is a humorous urban fantasy of pizza. “The Moors of Venus” is my favorite short story of all I’ve written, and once you’ve read it, you’ll agree. “New Sodom Takes Her Chances”, starring Satan, is just plain weird. “The Ambassador’s Lady” chronicles the break-up of an Imperial Russia. Last but not least, “Ostracon” is a fast-paced tale of Mesolithic errantry. Is there a theme amidst this delightful madness? Sure. But you’ll only find it out once you’ve gone To Another Shore.

More of the Sun
The Jeremiad Monologues
$0.99
Kindle

He’s forcing me to publish this: Jeremiad, the lounge lizard turned revolutionary. He just appeared in my office—seriously, he can teleport—he’s holding my whisky hostage. He keeps talking and talking, some day he’ll get to the point. He’s promised me one beer for each book sold. ...I’m so thirsty.

This one is the three Jeremiad monologues in one convenient package, with much better cover art. If you previously purchased one of the single stories, e-mail me and I'll send you this one gratis

I'm putting these on Amazon first, and will make the Smashwords editions later. Thanks to my eBook Formatting Workflow and macros, it takes five minutes to format a book for MOBI and EPUB. Whereas I have to do all the formatting by hand in a word processor for Smashwords.

I'm also going to use this opportunity to see if LibreOffice 3.4 will suffice to do Smashwords DOC formatting. That would make my life a lot easier. Results to follow.