Angel Colón
from The Bronx now living in New Jersey is reading A Big Ol' Pile of BooksJanuary 10, 2016 - 12:25pm
Hey folks! Hope everyone had a great holiday.
The cover to my novella, 'The Fury of Blacky Jaguar' is a finalist for best cover of 2015 at The Rap Sheet. If you'd be so kind as to give it a vote; my pub did such an amazing job of putting together a kickass cover and deserves the love.
Click HERE to vote (you can vote everyday until 1/20 AND can vote for more than one book).
Thanks in advance!
Angel
Andrez Bergen
from Melbourne, Australia + Tokyo, Japan is reading 'The Spirit' by Will EisnerJanuary 11, 2016 - 7:53pm
Hi, mates - just in case you blinked and missed it (I think I did!), my new novel came out in December—it's called Small Change, is a noir/horror/comedy fusion, and features Roy & Suzie from the comic book Tales to Admonish series.
Oh, yeah, and the cover (and some content) is an homage to the great Tom Waits. ;)
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinJanuary 12, 2016 - 7:35am
That's a nice cover, Andrez.
Congrats to everyone for their successes :)
Andrez Bergen
from Melbourne, Australia + Tokyo, Japan is reading 'The Spirit' by Will EisnerJanuary 12, 2016 - 8:55pm
Ta, matey! Alec Goss art.
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesJanuary 12, 2016 - 9:16pm
Forgot to announce my latest novel, BREAKER, came out 1/5/16. It's the second book in the Windy City Dark Mysery Series, and is set in Logan Square, here in Chicago.
Description
From Richard Thomas, the award-winning author of Disintegration (“a stunning and vital piece of work”—Irvine Welsh), comes another razor-sharp thriller featuring one of the most compelling and complex characters ever to walk the Windy City’s shadowy streets.
Living alone in the dusty apartment where he grew up, Ray Nelson is a mystery to his neighbors and an unbeatable foe to the brutal men he fights in the ring for money. But a life defined by sinister secrets doesn’t stop Ray from trying to do the right thing for his dangerously high-flying sister. Or for Natalie, the young girl living next door. As a sadistic murderer’s ominous white van trolls for young victims throughout the Windy City, Ray is determined to protect Natalie from both predators and a bleak future.
When she sees a bruised and beaten Ray return from late-night fights, Natalie spots a kindred spirit. Still, she cannot imagine the darkness just beneath, or what’s hidden in the rooms he calls home. Now, as the horrors of his own past creep back to life with a twisted vengeance, Ray may not even be able to save himself.
Praise for Breaker
“Richard Thomas’s Breaker is a modern noir fever dream: brutal, lyrical, evocative. But it also exhibits surprising tenderness—its shattered characters find strength in one another, and beauty in the pattern of the cracks.”—Chris Holm, author of The Killing Kind
“Gritty, raw, powerful, visceral—that’s all you need to know about Richard Thomas’s novel Breaker. It’s a ‘gotta read this’ book.”—Les Edgerton, author of The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping
“One of the most terrifying, harrowing stories you’ll read all year . . . With a solid mix of heartbreak and action, along with some plot-defying acrobatics not seen on the page too often, Breaker delivers the goods on all fronts.”—This Is Horror
Nick
from Toronto is reading Adjustment DayJanuary 14, 2016 - 8:47am
Something for cat lovers. My story "Chloe" is up over at Punchnel's
TheScrivener
from Seattle is reading short stories January 31, 2016 - 12:13pm
Hobart Web is going to publish a short fiction piece of mine. My first publication! (This is where I should say some stuff about how you just can't give up and all that, but really it might be more like chimps and poop and skinny bars on their cages and if they just throw enough poop, some of it will eventually hit the zoo-keeper. Nevertheless, I'm happy.)
Nick
from Toronto is reading Adjustment DayJanuary 31, 2016 - 8:08pm
grats Scrivener! What's the title, when can I read it?
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinFebruary 1, 2016 - 9:32am
Awesome Scrivener! And I'm sure it's nothing like chimps and poop :D
Congrats!
Also congrats Nick, nice story :)
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesFebruary 1, 2016 - 1:50pm
This has been months in the works, years, really. Head on over and check it out. And feel free to spread the word. Thanks for your support.
“Now that short fiction has become as standardized as the SATs and Common Core—all in order to ‘judge’ and ‘rank’ writers—I’m excited to see what Richard Thomas brings to the game. Gamut will be the new magazine not written for the little old lady in Dubuque.”
—Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club
“Gamut will be cool, and it will be out there, right on the edges of fiction. I can’t wait.”
—Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
“As publishing venues grow ever more polarized—niche market over here,
stadium rock over there—the need for passionate, thoughtful, unafraid publishing
space is crucial. Enter Gamut.”
—Marcus Sakey, author of Brilliance
“I beg to differ with Mr. Palahniuk: There’s a fabulous indie bookstore in Dubuque, and little old ladies have been known to write some astonishing speculative fiction. Some of it might even end up in this magazine, which promises to bring together the fresh and the dark and the extraordinary. Look for great, weird things from [Gamut].”
—Rebecca Makkai, author of The Hundred-Year House
“A killer lineup of creators.”
—Rose O’Keefe, Publisher, Eraserhead Press
“The heavyweight talent behind Gamut is a promise of great things to come.”
—K. Allen Wood, Publisher, Shock Totem Publications
“It doesn’t matter if a writer has a big name, a pen name, or no name, if they’re writing excellent and edgy fiction, Richard Thomas has probably read their work. But Richard’s a busy guy—seriously, read his bio—and doesn’t have time to meet for coffee or martinis or bowling anytime someone wants to talk about what they should be reading next. Thankfully, now there is Gamut, which is sure to become an index of some of the best fiction writers working today.”
—Diane Goettel, Executive Editor, Black Lawrence Press
Class Director
Rob
from New York City is reading at a fast enough pace it would be cumbersome to update thisFebruary 3, 2016 - 8:08am
Hey everyone--my second novel is coming out in less than a week, so my publisher has marked down the eBook edition of the first for a limited time!
Jack Campbell Jr.
from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp MeyerFebruary 5, 2016 - 7:53am
If you are looking for an anthology with a lot of LitReactor involvement, Typhon: A Monster Anthology is out from Pantheon. Several of the contributors are LitReactor members. You'll see a lot of familiar names. The first draft of my story "Patchwork" was written as part of the original Scare Us competition.
Joshua Chaplinsky
from New York is reading Library BooksFebruary 6, 2016 - 7:42am
...and I just noticed Typhon is wearing a Jacobean Ruff on the cover.
Class Director
Rob
from New York City is reading at a fast enough pace it would be cumbersome to update thisFebruary 10, 2016 - 10:47am
Hey everyone--my new book is out! Click for more details!
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinFebruary 11, 2016 - 10:02am
I am also in the Typhon Anthology!
Viral Video is a short sharp satirical twist on the good old zombie trope, because what else you gonna do in the aftermath of a strange influenza outbreak than make a found footage movie, right?
Joe P
from Brainerd, MN is reading Wheel of TimeFebruary 14, 2016 - 8:11am
Hey guys! A short story you in the workshop helped fine-tune got picked up by Dead Gun Press! Check out the story you made publishable at http://www.deadgunspress.com/thin-lions-by-joe-prosit.html . Thanks for the assist with this everyone!
Brandon
from KCMO is reading Made to BreakFebruary 15, 2016 - 9:18am
Last week I got to interview Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, for the LitReactor podcast. You can check it out HERE.
TheScrivener
from Seattle is reading short stories February 22, 2016 - 3:55pm
A story I wrote during the last Chuck scavenger hunt class was just picked up by Southwest Review. I have no idea when they will publish and there's a contract and shiz to sign. (all pretty new to me, since this is only my second publication) Anyway, thanks litreactor for being a really, really great place to learn writing.
MattF
from Tokyo is reading Borges' Collected FictionsFebruary 23, 2016 - 12:02am
Scrivener, congratulations! That's a great pair of first publications. Nice work.
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinFebruary 23, 2016 - 8:34am
Congrats Scrivener!! :)
TheScrivener
from Seattle is reading short stories February 28, 2016 - 7:56pm
Thanks!
L.W. Flouisa
from Tennessee is reading More MurakamiMarch 3, 2016 - 12:33am
Brandon
from KCMO is reading Made to BreakMarch 3, 2016 - 8:55am
@L.W. Flouisa
Not to rain on your parade, but "copyright" is spelled wrong and you used the wrong variation of "too" in the first sentence.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 3, 2016 - 9:14am
^
................ (I kind of feel like Beavis & Butthead right now. huhu-huhu-huhuhu.)
Jack Campbell Jr.
from Lawrence, KS is reading American Rust by Phillipp MeyerMarch 4, 2016 - 2:37pm
Last one for a little while. My (social) science fiction story "Bottoms Up" is in 9Tales at the World's End, which is now available for pre-order. Due to over-population and dwindling resources, the rich leave on rockets for Martian colonies, leaving the Earth to the rest of us. This is the story of a working class family soon after the launches begin. I'm writing a novel titled The Rest of Us that will more fully explore the idea. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CIGVFJ8
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 5, 2016 - 2:54pm
I was just accepted to the UMass Boston MFA program.
This acceptance is because of all the support and education and pure awesomeness that I found on this site. I will absolutely pass along anything I learn to this community.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
TheScrivener
from Seattle is reading short stories March 6, 2016 - 10:48pm
Jose, congrats! I hope it is a tremondous learning experience and that you're well set off into your writer's life.
Dwayne
from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updatedMarch 7, 2016 - 12:10pm
Congrats.
Jose F. Diaz
from Boston is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelMarch 8, 2016 - 7:53am
Thank you kindly.
Joshua Chaplinsky
from New York is reading Library BooksMarch 8, 2016 - 9:57am
Wow. Congrats to all. So much good stuff happening, it's hard to keep up. Such a hard working bunch.
Joshua Chaplinsky
from New York is reading Library BooksMarch 8, 2016 - 10:00am
My new horror story, THE HEART IS A MONSTER, is now live on Cracked Eye (which is a pro paying market, for you submitters out there).
It's named after the Failure song and is accompanied by some great art. Check it out!
Chance Harrison
from Earth is reading The GodfatherMarch 16, 2016 - 4:33pm
...This means I should really get to work, doesn't it?
Nathan
from Louisiana (South of New Orleans) is reading Re-reading The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah ReadMarch 16, 2016 - 7:44pm
Hey everyone. Just posting about my recently released debut, Nails in the Sky.
A series of mysterious disappearances are taking place in South Africa's sleepy Eastern Cape province, and only one man is aware they're even happening. Paul van der Haar is horrified when friends and family members start to vanish. What really throws him, though, is that he is the only person who remembers any of them ever existed at all.
A conspiracy that has supernatural consequences will take our hero to the very edge of the truth, and tip him over into a future he never expected.
Joshua Chaplinsky
from New York is reading Library BooksMarch 18, 2016 - 1:58pm
Got one more. My story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep in Red Hook Brooklyn" is up at Visiak's Mirror, the online journal of Dunham's House Press.
This was my first attempt at a modern take on Lovecraft, written before Kanye West: Reanimator. I'd say it's a little more traditional in tone, but does make villains out of hipsters and Ikea.
voodoo_em
from England is reading All the books by Ira LevinJune 27, 2016 - 9:00am
Bumping this back to the top of the forum so people can share their successes :)
Richard
from St. Louis is reading various anthologiesJuly 6, 2016 - 11:10am
I have stories in two anthologies that are out now, Gutted ("Repent") and Chiral Mad 3 ("The Offering on the Hill"). Pick them up today! Some excellent TOCs with Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Jack Ketchum and many more.
Finished my new novella, although editing at the moment. No major editing, just merging chapters. It's 54 chapters but most are under 1,000 words. The overall word count is less than 31,500. Was originally intended as a cell phone novella.
Scott Gable
from Seattle
August 15, 2016 - 3:51pm
LATEST RELEASE FROM BROKEN EYE BOOKS
Izanami's Choice by Adam Heine (release 9/1/16), an alternate history sci-fi novella that's a "spiritual successor to Bladerunner" and set in Meiji Era Japan. The author explores how Japan might grapple with AIs differently from how they're typically approached in Western sci-fi.
This is samurai vs. robots! In 1901, the Meiji Restoration has abolished the old ways and ushered in a cybernetic revolution. Androids integrate into society at all levels, following their programming for the betterment of every citizen, as servants, bodyguards, and bureaucrats. Jinzou are the future. Japan is at the threshold of a new tomorrow! As a ronin steeped in the old ways, Itaru wants nothing more to do with the artificial creations posing as human. But when a jinzou is suspected of murder, he's pulled into a mystery that could tear the nation apart. Can he and his machine savvy daughter figure out how to work together? Malfunction or free will--when is a machine more than just a machine?
Nathan
from Louisiana (South of New Orleans) is reading Re-reading The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah ReadAugust 19, 2016 - 1:45pm
V.R.Stone
from London is reading Savages by Don WinslowAugust 22, 2016 - 3:02am
I put the first few chapters of 'PsychoAnalysis' through the LitReactor workshop of couple of years back. I'll be releasing it an Amazon on October 14th and I'm looking for reviewers. I can send a file to your Kindle, otherwise paperbacks should be ready in a couple of weeks. Just PM me. Here's the blurb to hopefully whet your appetite:
A serial killer who wants to quit. A detective struggling to keep his personal life out of a murder hunt. And a celebrity psychiatrist facing an incredible challenge. Three damaged individuals, linked by their traumatic histories. They’ve chosen very different paths. Now those paths are about to cross.
Sarah Silver is a hedge fund manager – from Monday to Friday she makes a killing in the markets. At weekends, though, she hunts men, not profits. Martin White used to be a brilliant detective. But his family, judgement and self-control are deserting him. And Karl Gross has sold millions of books on serial killers. However he’s a controversial figure in the medical community.
Can Martin keep it together and catch a killer who commits almost perfect crimes? Is Karl capable of unravelling Sarah’s psyche and putting an end to the killing? Or will she disappear when she realises that the hunter has become the hunted?
PsychoAnalysis is a psychological crime thriller that explores the grey area between good and evil. Why would a woman kill for fun? Can she be understood? Can she be stopped?
“The mind is like an iceberg. Most of it lies beneath the surface, a subconscious universe of thoughts we can’t observe. It contains memories too painful to remember, elicits emotions we don’t want to feel, and makes us do things we don’t understand.”
I have a new story in issue 13 of The Literary Hatchet. I wrote "Assholes with Guns" in Benjamin Whitmer's noir class.
http://lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetOnline/LiteraryHatchet/issues.htm
Hey folks! Hope everyone had a great holiday.
The cover to my novella, 'The Fury of Blacky Jaguar' is a finalist for best cover of 2015 at The Rap Sheet. If you'd be so kind as to give it a vote; my pub did such an amazing job of putting together a kickass cover and deserves the love.
Click HERE to vote (you can vote everyday until 1/20 AND can vote for more than one book).
Thanks in advance!
Angel
Hi, mates - just in case you blinked and missed it (I think I did!), my new novel came out in December—it's called Small Change, is a noir/horror/comedy fusion, and features Roy & Suzie from the comic book Tales to Admonish series.
Oh, yeah, and the cover (and some content) is an homage to the great Tom Waits. ;)
That's a nice cover, Andrez.
Congrats to everyone for their successes :)
Ta, matey! Alec Goss art.
Forgot to announce my latest novel, BREAKER, came out 1/5/16. It's the second book in the Windy City Dark Mysery Series, and is set in Logan Square, here in Chicago.
Description
From Richard Thomas, the award-winning author of Disintegration (“a stunning and vital piece of work”—Irvine Welsh), comes another razor-sharp thriller featuring one of the most compelling and complex characters ever to walk the Windy City’s shadowy streets.
Living alone in the dusty apartment where he grew up, Ray Nelson is a mystery to his neighbors and an unbeatable foe to the brutal men he fights in the ring for money. But a life defined by sinister secrets doesn’t stop Ray from trying to do the right thing for his dangerously high-flying sister. Or for Natalie, the young girl living next door. As a sadistic murderer’s ominous white van trolls for young victims throughout the Windy City, Ray is determined to protect Natalie from both predators and a bleak future.
When she sees a bruised and beaten Ray return from late-night fights, Natalie spots a kindred spirit. Still, she cannot imagine the darkness just beneath, or what’s hidden in the rooms he calls home. Now, as the horrors of his own past creep back to life with a twisted vengeance, Ray may not even be able to save himself.
Praise for Breaker
“Richard Thomas’s Breaker is a modern noir fever dream: brutal, lyrical, evocative. But it also exhibits surprising tenderness—its shattered characters find strength in one another, and beauty in the pattern of the cracks.”—Chris Holm, author of The Killing Kind
“Gritty, raw, powerful, visceral—that’s all you need to know about Richard Thomas’s novel Breaker. It’s a ‘gotta read this’ book.”—Les Edgerton, author of The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping
“One of the most terrifying, harrowing stories you’ll read all year . . . With a solid mix of heartbreak and action, along with some plot-defying acrobatics not seen on the page too often, Breaker delivers the goods on all fronts.”—This Is Horror
Something for cat lovers. My story "Chloe" is up over at Punchnel's
http://www.punchnels.com/2016/01/14/chloe/
Nice one, Richard!
Before the comic reinterpretation comes out via Project-Nerd Publishing, brush up on the original novel—for FREE!
Get the eBook version of this noir/scifi/dystopia set in near-future Melbourne @ Another Sky Press—just click the link & scroll down.
MEMBERS! Go check out the Thunderdome battle between JoseFDiaz and me! VOTE! :)
HERE IT IS
Hobart Web is going to publish a short fiction piece of mine. My first publication! (This is where I should say some stuff about how you just can't give up and all that, but really it might be more like chimps and poop and skinny bars on their cages and if they just throw enough poop, some of it will eventually hit the zoo-keeper. Nevertheless, I'm happy.)
grats Scrivener! What's the title, when can I read it?
Awesome Scrivener! And I'm sure it's nothing like chimps and poop :D
Congrats!
Also congrats Nick, nice story :)
GAMUT Kickstarter is LIVE!
This has been months in the works, years, really. Head on over and check it out. And feel free to spread the word. Thanks for your support.
“Now that short fiction has become as standardized as the SATs and Common Core—all in order to ‘judge’ and ‘rank’ writers—I’m excited to see what Richard Thomas brings to the game. Gamut will be the new magazine not written for the little old lady in Dubuque.”
—Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club
“Gamut will be cool, and it will be out there, right on the edges of fiction. I can’t wait.”
—Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
“As publishing venues grow ever more polarized—niche market over here,
stadium rock over there—the need for passionate, thoughtful, unafraid publishing
space is crucial. Enter Gamut.”
—Marcus Sakey, author of Brilliance
“I beg to differ with Mr. Palahniuk: There’s a fabulous indie bookstore in Dubuque, and little old ladies have been known to write some astonishing speculative fiction. Some of it might even end up in this magazine, which promises to bring together the fresh and the dark and the extraordinary. Look for great, weird things from [Gamut].”
—Rebecca Makkai, author of The Hundred-Year House
“A killer lineup of creators.”
—Rose O’Keefe, Publisher, Eraserhead Press
“The heavyweight talent behind Gamut is a promise of great things to come.”
—K. Allen Wood, Publisher, Shock Totem Publications
“It doesn’t matter if a writer has a big name, a pen name, or no name, if they’re writing excellent and edgy fiction, Richard Thomas has probably read their work. But Richard’s a busy guy—seriously, read his bio—and doesn’t have time to meet for coffee or martinis or bowling anytime someone wants to talk about what they should be reading next. Thankfully, now there is Gamut, which is sure to become an index of some of the best fiction writers working today.”
—Diane Goettel, Executive Editor, Black Lawrence Press
Hey everyone--my second novel is coming out in less than a week, so my publisher has marked down the eBook edition of the first for a limited time!
If you haven't picked it up, this is your chance. Details/links here!
If you are looking for an anthology with a lot of LitReactor involvement, Typhon: A Monster Anthology is out from Pantheon. Several of the contributors are LitReactor members. You'll see a lot of familiar names. The first draft of my story "Patchwork" was written as part of the original Scare Us competition.
Amazon
Createspace
Use coupon code CFAK5JBZ for 15% off at Createspace
Typhon, yes! My story KING RAT is in there. LitReactor strong!
My first published short story. Hope you guys like it:
https://crackedeye.com/writing/elite-slugger
...and I just noticed Typhon is wearing a Jacobean Ruff on the cover.
Hey everyone--my new book is out! Click for more details!
I am also in the Typhon Anthology!
Viral Video is a short sharp satirical twist on the good old zombie trope, because what else you gonna do in the aftermath of a strange influenza outbreak than make a found footage movie, right?
Amazon US, Amazon UK and Createspace
15% off createspace code: CFAK5JBZ
My story "Blood and Dust" is in Now Playing in Theater B from A Murder of Storytellers.
Hey guys! A short story you in the workshop helped fine-tune got picked up by Dead Gun Press! Check out the story you made publishable at http://www.deadgunspress.com/thin-lions-by-joe-prosit.html . Thanks for the assist with this everyone!
Last week I got to interview Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, for the LitReactor podcast. You can check it out HERE.
A story I wrote during the last Chuck scavenger hunt class was just picked up by Southwest Review. I have no idea when they will publish and there's a contract and shiz to sign. (all pretty new to me, since this is only my second publication) Anyway, thanks litreactor for being a really, really great place to learn writing.
Scrivener, congratulations! That's a great pair of first publications. Nice work.
Congrats Scrivener!! :)
Thanks!
http://amzn.com/B0192JFF3Q
Finallu finished Uploaded Fairy after nine years.
@L.W. Flouisa
Not to rain on your parade, but "copyright" is spelled wrong and you used the wrong variation of "too" in the first sentence.
^
................ (I kind of feel like Beavis & Butthead right now. huhu-huhu-huhuhu.)
Last one for a little while. My (social) science fiction story "Bottoms Up" is in 9Tales at the World's End, which is now available for pre-order. Due to over-population and dwindling resources, the rich leave on rockets for Martian colonies, leaving the Earth to the rest of us. This is the story of a working class family soon after the launches begin. I'm writing a novel titled The Rest of Us that will more fully explore the idea. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CIGVFJ8
I was just accepted to the UMass Boston MFA program.
This acceptance is because of all the support and education and pure awesomeness that I found on this site. I will absolutely pass along anything I learn to this community.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Jose, congrats! I hope it is a tremondous learning experience and that you're well set off into your writer's life.
Congrats.
Thank you kindly.
Wow. Congrats to all. So much good stuff happening, it's hard to keep up. Such a hard working bunch.
My new horror story, THE HEART IS A MONSTER, is now live on Cracked Eye (which is a pro paying market, for you submitters out there).
It's named after the Failure song and is accompanied by some great art. Check it out!
https://crackedeye.com/writing/heart-monster
...This means I should really get to work, doesn't it?
Andrez Bergen's Tobacco-Stained Moutain Goat #1 along with a Variant Cover are Now Available through Project-Nerd Publishing:
Hey everyone. Just posting about my recently released debut, Nails in the Sky.
A series of mysterious disappearances are taking place in South Africa's sleepy Eastern Cape province, and only one man is aware they're even happening. Paul van der Haar is horrified when friends and family members start to vanish. What really throws him, though, is that he is the only person who remembers any of them ever existed at all.
A conspiracy that has supernatural consequences will take our hero to the very edge of the truth, and tip him over into a future he never expected.
Got one more. My story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep in Red Hook Brooklyn" is up at Visiak's Mirror, the online journal of Dunham's House Press.
http://joshuachaplinsky.com/2016/03/18/beyond-the-wall-of-sleep-in-red-h...
This was my first attempt at a modern take on Lovecraft, written before Kanye West: Reanimator. I'd say it's a little more traditional in tone, but does make villains out of hipsters and Ikea.
Bumping this back to the top of the forum so people can share their successes :)
I have stories in two anthologies that are out now, Gutted ("Repent") and Chiral Mad 3 ("The Offering on the Hill"). Pick them up today! Some excellent TOCs with Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Jack Ketchum and many more.
Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories
Chiral Mad 3
Good stuff, Richard. I'll add them to the TBR list.
http://www.upliterate.com/story/333/simply-pace-editing/
Finished my new novella, although editing at the moment. No major editing, just merging chapters. It's 54 chapters but most are under 1,000 words. The overall word count is less than 31,500. Was originally intended as a cell phone novella.
LATEST RELEASE FROM BROKEN EYE BOOKS
Izanami's Choice by Adam Heine (release 9/1/16), an alternate history sci-fi novella that's a "spiritual successor to Bladerunner" and set in Meiji Era Japan. The author explores how Japan might grapple with AIs differently from how they're typically approached in Western sci-fi.
This is samurai vs. robots! In 1901, the Meiji Restoration has abolished the old ways and ushered in a cybernetic revolution. Androids integrate into society at all levels, following their programming for the betterment of every citizen, as servants, bodyguards, and bureaucrats. Jinzou are the future. Japan is at the threshold of a new tomorrow! As a ronin steeped in the old ways, Itaru wants nothing more to do with the artificial creations posing as human. But when a jinzou is suspected of murder, he's pulled into a mystery that could tear the nation apart. Can he and his machine savvy daughter figure out how to work together? Malfunction or free will--when is a machine more than just a machine?
Available at Broken Eye Books, Amazon, and Kobo.
Did an interview with Sara Dobie Bauer for Solarcide—we talk about her new book “Bite Somebody”—out now.
I put the first few chapters of 'PsychoAnalysis' through the LitReactor workshop of couple of years back. I'll be releasing it an Amazon on October 14th and I'm looking for reviewers. I can send a file to your Kindle, otherwise paperbacks should be ready in a couple of weeks. Just PM me. Here's the blurb to hopefully whet your appetite:
A serial killer who wants to quit. A detective struggling to keep his personal life out of a murder hunt. And a celebrity psychiatrist facing an incredible challenge. Three damaged individuals, linked by their traumatic histories. They’ve chosen very different paths. Now those paths are about to cross.
Sarah Silver is a hedge fund manager – from Monday to Friday she makes a killing in the markets. At weekends, though, she hunts men, not profits. Martin White used to be a brilliant detective. But his family, judgement and self-control are deserting him. And Karl Gross has sold millions of books on serial killers. However he’s a controversial figure in the medical community.
Can Martin keep it together and catch a killer who commits almost perfect crimes? Is Karl capable of unravelling Sarah’s psyche and putting an end to the killing? Or will she disappear when she realises that the hunter has become the hunted?
PsychoAnalysis is a psychological crime thriller that explores the grey area between good and evil. Why would a woman kill for fun? Can she be understood? Can she be stopped?
“The mind is like an iceberg. Most of it lies beneath the surface, a subconscious universe of thoughts we can’t observe. It contains memories too painful to remember, elicits emotions we don’t want to feel, and makes us do things we don’t understand.”
I've launched a flash fiction blog: FlashFictionLibrary.com.
As naturally this is (and will remain) a work in progress, I would love some feedback hereon?