Write Club Flash Fiction Night 2013

Flash Fiction Night 2013 from Hoover Library on Vimeo.

At last, I'm back! And I bring video.

The Hoover Library Write Club's 4th Annual (!) Flash Fiction Night was held on March 19. The video is above, the list of wonderful presenters and their stories are below:

Lindsey Robinson de Sanchez - “Journey of the Ladybug”

Octavia Kuransky - “Stars That See, Stars That Do Not See”

(for Marvin Bell)

Carly Koenig - “Firstborn”

Larry Hensley - “Eyes”

Chuck Allen - “Little Girls and Lightning Bugs”

Robert Caldwell - “Gathering at the Bubble”

Robyn Cornell - “I Was Flawless”

Ray Busler - “The Leap”

Rowan Macey - “A Walk on the Moors”

Beth Stewart - “Anticipatory Grief”

R.J. Head - “Down in the Well”

Jared Millet - “The Dragonfly King”

Gadgets & Gizmos: Covers and Contents!

Our friends at Kerlak Publishing / Dark Oak Press just unleashed a double-barrel blast of Steampunk! My own story, "The Peace Machine," appears in volume 4. I see a lot of returning contributors from the first two volumes, and a lot of newcomers as well. A special shout-out to my friend Louise Herring-Jones who also appeared in Summer Gothic. Welcome to the party!

Dreams of Steam III: Gadgets
Gift of Light - Stephen Zimmer
Steampunk Alchemy - Jodi Adamson
The Survivor - M.B. Weston
Heart of Steel - Len Berry
A Steam Bunny Adventure - Sean Taylor
Time and the Wrinkled Prostitute - Brandon Black
The Brass Peregrine - David R. Tabb
The Last Frontier - H. David Blalock
The Constance of Memory - Stacy Tabb
When Edgar Speaks - Alexander S. Brown
The Tower - Laura H. Smith
Steaming Cherry - Tyree Campbell
The Clockwork Gin - Eden Royce
The Great Steamship Race - Rob Cerio
The Soul of the Sky Queen - Patricia M. Rose

Dreams of Steam IV: Gizmos
Miss Alice Grayson and the Specter of Death - Stephen D. Rogers
Commander Tesla and the Zeppelins - Philip R. Cox
Monsters from the ID - Herika R. Raymer
The Book - J.L. Mulvihill
Second Chances - Dwayne Debardelaben
The Peace Machine - Jared Millet
For the Hate of Steam - Missa Dixon
The Clockwork Cockroaches of Thelema - Cindy Macleod
Three Poems - Jerri Hardesty
Kaylana - D. Alan Lewis
Just Like Clockwork - Melinda Lefevers
In Deep - Kirk Hardesty
The Clockwork Gunslingers - Robert J. Krog
Fire on the Mountain - John Hartness
Queen of Steam - Louise Herring-Jones
Estrella Waits - Kathryn Hinds
The Unseen Hand - Allan Gilbreath
Meridian - Kimberly Richardson
The Finder's Keeper - Jason Cordova

Another Year, Another Expo

So, the 2013 Local Authors Expo is over and done. (Full photo set Here.) This was my first year to be in charge of the event, so I didn't have a lot of time to sit and man my booth. Lucky for me, my partners-in-crime Sean DeArmond and Larry Hensley were on hand to do the honors (thanks guys!) and promote Summer Gothic (which, if you haven't bought it yet (for shame) you can get in Print, Kindle, or Nook).

On the horizon - Hoover Library's annual Flash Fiction Night is on the horizon (March 19, 7:00 p.m. to be precise) and a couple of stories in the works, one of which is a new novel project that's got me pretty excited. Next thing to watch for: Dreams of Steam III from Kerlak, which will include my story "The Peace Machine." As soon as it's out, I'll be sure to let you know.

The Orbit of Mercury: Two Stories for 99₵

Now available for Kindle and Nook!

The Earth is a toxic wasteland, but elsewhere in the solar system humanity struggles on.

“The Orbit of Mercury” - The common cat is almost extinct and their survival may hinge on one sickly member of the species living long enough to breed. But how do you get an ornery, uncooperative feline to take his medicine – in zero g?

“The Transit of Venus” – Growing up on the moon, a young girl named Venera has lived her whole life in the shadow of death and loss. On the eve of her proudest accomplishment, will she suffer one final loss that even she cannot bear?

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I uploaded these stories as part of a "DIY: Create Your Own Ebook" demonstration for the Hoover Library's Write Club back in September. The Kindle version has actually been online for a while, but there was some kind of server hang-up with my BN account that kept the Nook version tied up in limbo until now. And I love my Nook, so I didn't want to promote this until it was available in both formats.

Anyway, in case I'm being too subtle, go buy your copy today! It's only 99₵ for crying out loud.

Shameless Publicity Roundup:

Two rather nice reviews that mention The Unwinding House have appeared online, one at SFRevu and the other at Locus. Also, I did interviews on my involvement with National Novel Writing Month for Magic City Post and a local Birmingham publishing blog called {head}:sub/head. Follow the links and show them some love!