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Offsite: “DIY Publishing Part 5” Featured on Carnival of the Indies #19
NEW! Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons - On Sale Now at Amazon
Jonathan sees something in the waves—something terrifying and wonderful. But he's probably just crazy. There could not possibly be beautiful young men and women playing out beyond the breakers in the frigid winter ocean, festooning their naked bodies with seaweed, singing the songs he hears in his dreams. It's probably only the drugs the doctors give him for the pain that never leaves him alone.
But as he feels death coming nearer, the song grows more insistent, and the sea-people swim closer to shore. Jonathan must know once and for all if he's “a crazy old fairy” as his best friend insists, or if the people in the waves have some message for him. “Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons” is a short story of about 4000 words. It was originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, edited by Gardner Dozois, in December 1990. Available now at amazon.com Also at Amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.es, amazon.fr, amazon.it NEW! The Amaranthine Heart - A TERA™ Short Story The Amaranthine Heart, by Bridget McKenna
A Short Story Set in the World of TERA
A Journey into Memory Madoc is a decorated federation hero drinking himself to death in the fleshpots of Castanica. His biggest creditor—castanic crime lord Praedo—offers him a job that will wipe out his debt: sober up and escort a caravan to Val Aureum, where a shadowy priest claims to have the secret that will grant Praedo eternal life. Val Aureum is the one place Madoc swore never to return to—the home of the battle that changed his life forever. When the federation mustered him out, he ran from everything he knew—alone, ashamed, courting the oblivion he almost found. Now he’s going back, along with three of Praedo’s henchmen and a mysterious cargo. There’ll be a rendezvous with death, with destiny, and with the unwelcome past when the party keeps its appointment with Ealhain, a blood magician, at the Dark Cathedral. Set in the world of the first true action MMORPG, TERA™, “The Amaranthine Heart” travels the paths that lead to the heart of heroism. Published by En Masse Entertainment Available now at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, and all Amazon stores AVAILABLE NOW! The Old Organ Trail
Pewtie Marshall was the king of the liverleggers back in the days of the gaseaters, when it took balls and brains to drive a car, and the ’leggers in their firebreathing, gaseating hot rods would tear up the blue highways between pickup points and delivery drops, waxing Smokey’s ass with their souped-up Camaros and Zeecars with their Igloos full of livers and hearts and whatnot tucked snug between the front and back seats.
Those days are long behind him, but when Angelo “The Eliminator” Angelini calls upon Pewtie to make one last run to give him a chance at a new life, Pewtie knows it’s not an offer he can refuse. Now Pewtie and his sorry-looking dog, Dave, need to gas the old hotrod and burn up the roads to the Oregon border. Between here and there, they're going to need to be invisible to CHiPSat, the murderous traffic-control satellite, and keep a weather eye in the rearview for any sign of Jimmy-Bob “Roadkill” LaRue and the Skullbusters M.C. “The Old Organ Trail” was originally published in Writers of The Future, Volume 2, edited by Algis Budrys, in 1986. This edition includes the author's afterword, “Finding ‘The Old Organ Trail.’” Available now at amazon.com Also at Amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.es, amazon.fr, amazon.it The Little Things The Little Things
They came in twos and threes and half-dozens, flying above the main street of town on some unknown and unimaginable errand, perhaps twice the size of large butterflies, with pale slender bodies, and dragonfly wings sparkling in the sun.
The children noticed them first, and followed them down the street, looking up in wonder. “Fairies!” they shouted to their parents inside the cozy houses. “Fairies!” they shrieked to one another in high voices. “Fairies!” In Morgan’s Glen, everything is about to change. The Little Things was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in 1993. This edition includes the author's afterword, was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, in 1993. This edition includes the author’s afterword, “Writing ‘The Little Things’” Available now at amazon.com 
Kidnapped by Aliens! Kidnapped by Aliens!
Suppose you felt trapped in an unhappy marriage. Suppose you saw this ad in a newspaper...
"Have you ever wished your loved one could be kidnapped by aliens? Call 1-800-GOODBYE for more information. No salesmen will call." If you're Guy Collier, well-meaning but luckless tech writer for a big Los Angeles software company, you might just pick up the phone and call. But that might only be the begining of your problems. "Kidnapped by Aliens!" was originally published in June 1995 in Tomorrow SF, edited by Algis Budrys. It includes an essay by the authors, "Writing (and Rewriting) Kidnapped by Aliens!" This book is now available at amazon.com 
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