Self Promotion : Official Whoring Thread

In the Arms of Lachiga: Stories by Alex Kane

(www.amazon.com/In-Arms-Lachiga-Stories-ebook/dp/B00BXW7DKO/)

Contents:

"El Mirador"
"Headcase"
"Where All Roads Meet"
"In the Arms of Lachiga"
"Touching from a Distance"
"We'll Own the Stars"
"War Dogs"
"Moonbound"
"To Meet the Light"
"An Apocalypse of Her Own, One Day"

Most of the following stories first appeared elsewhere, in some form or another, and as such I owe each of their respective editors a debt of gratitude: "In the Arms of Lachiga," from which this book gets its title, was originally published in Heir Apparent: Digital Science Fiction Anthology 4—my first professional fiction sale—and received editorial comments from Christine Clukey, who helped make the piece far better than I ever could have on my own; "El Mirador" appeared in the first volume of Thomas K. Carpenter's Mirror Shards augmented-reality anthology series, from Black Moon Books, while "An Apocalypse of Her Own, One Day" was published in the series' second volume; "Headcase" and "Touching from a Distance" both appeared in Matt Edginton's The Glass Parachute, an anthology of science fiction stories from Villipede Publications; "We'll Own the Stars" can be found online at Villipede's website; "Moonbound" was also first published online, at Michael Paul Gonzalez's superb electronic magazine ThunderDome; the remaining three stories, "Where All Roads Meet," "War Dogs," and "To Meet the Light" have never been published elsewhere.

The four-story arc beginning with "Headcase" and ending with "Touching from a Distance" is something I've referred to over the past couple years as my "Lachiga continuity," for lack of a better term, and began with the titular "In the Arms of Lachiga"—my first foray into the somewhat nebulous but fertile ground of postcyberpunk literature.

I hope you'll find, as I did, that there's still plenty to be explored in the realms of virtual reality, augmented reality, and both trans- and posthumanism.

Just got my short story, "Beyond the Eye," accepted by Pantheon Magazine for their "Artemis" edition. This one's special to me 'cause I wrote it a year ago, making it the first short I'd written in over ten years. I've gotten other stuff published since, but this one was the kick-starter, and I'm proud it now has a home.

Repeat

I've got stories coming up in Pantheon (as per Sound's post) and in Tales of the Obscene. I'm not very good at this whoring stuff, so I'll try and remember to post links when they're live. 

Aw, thanks Leah!

My Teleport Us entry, "Big Bang, Inc." was accepted at Swamp Biscuits & Tea, due out sometime in May. Pretty excited, as this was one of my personal white whales. 

Awesome, Sound!

http://schlock.co.uk/pb/wp_426dc0be/wp_426dc0be.html

Is it possible to write a second person, fucked up love story without sucking? Let me know. 

Fran Friel did a pretty cool interview with me, over at Amazing Stories. I talk about some of my influences and ideas, offer some recommendations on "new writers to look out for," and talk about a few mentor figures who've supported me over the years, including LitReactor instructor Jack Ketchum, whose Talking Scars class gave me a big boost last summer.

My new book came out yesterday. But I still love it, no matter its sexual orientation. BADABUMSH.

First reviews are, surprisingly, enthusiastic. This one misspelled my name amid all the praise, which really suits me fine.

Not everyone will be able or willing to go along with Jourdon on his winding path of textual composition. As a musician, translator, writer, and founder of an online creative writing workshop and literary journal—called LitReactor—Jourdon is a naturally scatterbrained creative force, and many modern readers, myself included, are far more partial to straightforward narrative adventures. But Jourdon’s work is still fascinating and hypnotic, and the way he incorporates early-20th century experimentalism into a modern day setting makes What Precision, Such Restraint a perfect fit for this month’s groundbreaking book entry.

http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1638

Hades, the first issue at Pantheon Magazine, has gone live. Check out some great stories, interviews and art work.

You can find my story, Harboiled Hell here: 

http://pantheonmag.com/fiction/fiction/hardboiled-hell-mooney/

Some other Lit Reactors to show love to:

Rebecca Jones-Howe's, The Book of Seth:

http://pantheonmag.com/fiction/fiction/the-book-of-seth-howe/

Jason Metz's, Heavyweight:

http://pantheonmag.com/fiction/fiction/heavyweight-jason-metz-2/

And an interview with Leah Rhyne about her debut novel, Zombie Survival Tips:

http://pantheonmag.com/author-spotlight/zombie-survival-tips-leah-rhyne/

There are some other really great stories up, too. Read 'em and love 'em.

Maybe it says something about me that I didn't find anything blasphemous about your story, Sound, just coolness. Go check it out, folks...

R. Moon wins the Sweet Pea of the Day Award from me! Thanks for whoring my interview along with your killer story!! 

- NO problemo! I have my moments. And, I will check out your story this evening!

My flash piece, The Alien Experience (written in Suzy's Dialogue Class) is up at Plasma Frequency Magazine's Issue 5 - free on e-readers.

http://plasmafrequencymag.com/issue5.html

That's awesome Jess I'll have to download it to my Nook this evening. I've got so much cool stuff to read I don't know how I'll find time to write a story.

Thanks, guys. It's a good week for lots of us, it seems! Going to read the Pantheon stories and Leah's story tonight, and download Phil's book. 

 I've got so much cool stuff to read I don't know how I'll find time to write a story.

- Quit your job, lock yourself in your house and give up any notions of having sex for awhile.

and download Phil's book.

- I was lucky and won a copy. Get it! It's wonderful.

I've been meaning to get this one as well.

I learned today that the first day of the month, and especially of a quarter, is quite fabulous. So much awesomeness out today - I'm really excited to know all of you!!! 

(I mean, I was already, but today it's even MORE!)

Thanks to the nice people buying my book!

Hey hey hey, I was still preparing my "thanks to the assholes" speech... I have to be extra careful so I don't mix it up with the "thanks for the assholes" speech at the Annual Anal Sex Convention.

Got it. I'm looking forward to reading it.

I've sold three stories recently, all from a collection I have called VANITY.

"Ultimate Grand Supreme Super Sexy Baby" will be published in Spark: A Creative Anthology (vol. II)

"The Pretentious Police" will be published in the first print issue of Revolt Daily

"Dietary" will be published in the upcoming Chuck Palahniuk anthology BURNT TONGUES. The press release for that one just came out today.

"Transmogrify" was awesome, Richard. What a cool take on a well-trod genre. Love the lines of the cold wind raping and the catapulted starlings. Very rich stuff.