Patrick O'Sullivan

Back in 2011 my short story, "Maddy Dune's First and Only Spelling Bee" won a first prize in the Writers of the Future contest. A few years later it was published as a standalone story. Recently I've been trying to get the price down on the standalone version. Why would I want to do that? Well, because the full text of the story is available for free simply by downloading the "try before you buy" sample of my novel, Flame in Shadow from Amazon. The Maddy Dune short story is the first … [Read more...] about Maddy Dune’s First and Only Spelling Bee

Back in 2013 my short story, "The Lamplighter Legacy" won the grand prize in the James Patrick Baen Memorial Writing Contest sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society. There are details about the contest in previous posts if you're interested. Anyway, that story is still available to read for free at Baen Books here: http://www.baen.com/Lamplighter_Legacy.asp It's also now available as a standalone ebook download from the usual suspects. It isn't free but as close to free … [Read more...] about “The Lamplighter Legacy” Now Available

I have a new short story available in the Fiction River: Pulse Pounders anthology. Just in case you missed the earlier post below, Publishers Weekly called this story, "a delightful WWII romp." I had a great time writing the story and I hope you like it. Here's the publisher's description of the anthology: Starts with a bang. Ends with a bang. And a lot of bang in between. Pulse Pounders. Ranging from straight thriller to science fiction, fantasy to pulp adventure, these … [Read more...] about “A Man of His Times” Now Available

I have new novel coming out some time next year. I've finished the writing, and it's queued up at the publisher for editing and all the rest. I'll leave an update here when I know more about the release date. There have been a few changes from the project I originally pitched. Instead of a standalone novel this has turned into a three book series that takes the reader along for a wild ride every heartbeat of the way, from that first white-knuckled ride-around in driving school to the final … [Read more...] about Future Novel News: “Her Novice Season”

Publisher's Weekly did a review of Fiction River: Pulse Pounders in the November 24th, 2014 print edition. I certainly wasn't expecting a mention in a review of an anthology with a previously unreleased short story by Frank Herbert, or a story by Kevin J. Anderson and Peter J. Wacks, or the story The Scent of Amber and Vanilla, a standout "nail biter" penned by Dayle A. Dermatis. There it was, though. Here's the excerpt regarding my short story: "Pulp fiction lives on in Patrick … [Read more...] about “A Man of His Times” Short Story Mention

My short story, The Priest Hunter is now available in the Kobo edition of  the Fiction River: Past Crime anthology.  The story is only available in the expanded edition from Kobo, so if you'd like to read the story you'll need to get it from Kobo. Here's the link for US customers: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/fiction-river-past-crime Special thanks to Mark Leslie Lefebrve and all the other folks at Kobo, and to all the folks at WMG Publishing who made this special edition … [Read more...] about “The Priest Hunter” Short Story Now Available