My short story, "Maddy Dune's First and Only Spelling Bee" won a first prize in the Writers of the Future contest. Later it was published as a standalone story. You can still get a copy of the short story from all the usual places. Or, if you prefer, the full text of the short story is now 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 chapter of the novel. Here's the cover for … [Read more...] about Maddy Dune’s First and Only Spelling Bee
“The Lamplighter Legacy” Now Available
A while ago 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. This 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. Here's the cover: And the … [Read more...] about “The Lamplighter Legacy” Now Available
“A Man of His Times” 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
“A Man of His Times” Short Story Mention
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
“The Priest Hunter” Short Story Now Available
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
Fiction River Kickstarter
The folks at WMG Publishing are running a subscription drive for the Fiction River anthology series they put out, and they've decided to do it as a Kickstarter. I watched the video and it makes perfect sense, that a Kickstarter would be better and less intrusive than those subscription cards that used to fall out of magazines, or the content-interrupting pledge drives they use on some media outlets. Anyway, I agreed to contribute some e-copies and some autographed print copies of Flame in … [Read more...] about Fiction River Kickstarter