News for May 10th, 2010

A.P. Fuchs says:  Just a friendly reminder that my free serial novel, Zomtropolis: A Record of Life in a Dead City, has a new installment posted every Friday. It's a story about zombies, a desolate city and that little thing called love.
Go here for the complete Table of Contents and start the book from the beginning: http://apfuchs.wordpress.com/zomtropolis/ Hope you check it out.



Fred Warren says: My short story, "Come You Back to Mandalay," in which a big-game hunter and his loyal retainer pursue a legendary beast in the jungles of Burma, is online now in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue of Allegory. Check it out! http://www.allegoryezine.com/comeyoubacktomandalay.htm



Here's a new review of Kerry Nietz's A Star Curiously Singing in the Afictionado ezine: http://www.acfw.com/cgi-bin/ezine/may10.pl?record=6


And Lyndon Perry says: Here it is May and I forgot to tell you about April's features:
http://www.resaliens.com/category/volume-4-issue-4/ Check it out this weekend before you go on to May's issue. You'll find 4 short stories and an artist interview. I think you'll like the medieval style artwork of Richard H. Fay, and the entertaining stories of Stoney M. Setzer, Kat Heckenbach, Walt Staples, and George Page. They represent quite a variety of fiction, in fact, from angel visitation to spiritual thriller, theological flash fiction to SF military with a twist of humor. I'll let you figure out which one is which. As always, thanks for reading! Your fellow alien, Lyn Perry

Read TeenAge Magazine and Free Classic Sci-Fi

At TeenAge Magazine, written by and for teens, editor Bill Snodgrass comments on the visionary nature of science fiction in the article Science Fiction, Science Reality - Treknologies in our midst - On June 3, 1969, the last original episode of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek aired. Yet, reality took many years—decades, in truth—to catch up to his speculative vision of future technology. Many of these far forward thinking innovations—Treknologies—seen in the original series and the sequels that followed still, now thirty-six years later, remain on the cutting edge of society.

Also at TeenAge, check out Charlotte's Sword - new fantasy by JA Howe: The Troll Parade had gone well, it seemed, but what was that sound in the alley? Charlotte wanted to know. Just for protection, she yanked the sword off her mantelpiece -- wow, was it heavy! But that was all right. It wasn't like she'd be using it...until she ran into the poor guy being attacked!

Project Gutenberg offers a large online collection of science fiction classics online for free. Check out their bookshelf here.

Also, authors from Jeremy Robinson's Variance Publishing will be talking about their books on web radio: check out this post for the details.

Contests and Freebies

Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr entered the first chapter of a new novel into a "first chapter contest" at the Dead Robot Society, and they won! You can read the first chapter up at the contest site.

Mike Lynch also has a short story nominated in the Preditors & Editors Poll for 2008. The story, Beyond Horizon's Edge, is posted here. Have a read, and vote if you like it!

The Preditors & Editors Poll also lists a number of entries by other Christian writers, including Lost Genre Guild members. You can also vote for any unlisted title by typing it into the appropriate category. Let's support our favourites... Here's what Cynthia said:

I nominated Steve Rice's League of Superheroes for the Preditors & editors poll (science fiction).

If you've read and liked the book, please consider voting for LoS.
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml


I've also nominated Karina Fabian's Leaps of Faith in anthologies
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/antho.shtml

AND, the Lost Genre Guild's bulletin board (yeah, I know it's new but is growing by leaps and bounds, mostly thanks to Terri Main!), for Writers Forums
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/writerforum.shtml

--cyn

Karina Fabian has released the January 2009 edition of the Dragon Eye, P.I. newsletter "Dragon Eye View". You need to be registered and logged in to access it. Contents include: How Karina came up with the concept--Vern rants against preconceived notions--A little about the Faerie world--Events and special offers.

Laser and Sword Goes Another Direction

(Boise, Idaho): Adam Graham, publisher of the publication formerly known as Laser and Sword Magazine announced a bold new direction for his magazine.

“Research indicates that Christian stories are more likely to sell if they’re historical romances,” said Graham. “Therefore, in consideration of Christian principle and making tons of money, I’m announcing we’re redoing all of our stories as Historical Romances.”

Graham, who says the publication will now be called, “Cannon and Sword Magazine” issued a list of proposed plot changes:

Instead of “Order of the Sword” being set in the modern day, it will be set in the 17th Century. Instead of his protagonists being Superheroes, they will instead being an international team of privateers protecting the high seas from cut-throat pirates. Instead of being betrayed by the Dark Mystic, a “Superhero” possessed by a demon, they’ll be betrayed by the ship’s magician, who is also a privateer.

”Why a privateer is a magician, I don’t know,” said Graham. “but let’s be clear he doesn’t have any magic powers. He’s an illusionist.”

The Story instead of focusing on the shipwrecked privateers will mostly focus on the Sword’s lovely wife trying to survive and wondering what happened to him.

“I’ve got a plan where a message in a bottle floats from the Bermuda triangle to Philadelphia where his wife opens it,” said Graham. “Hey, stop laughing, reporter! You may think it’s ridiculous, but it’s my plot point.”

Graham also said the story, “Rise of the Judge” would no longer be a futuristic story of a young man conscripted into a dystopic Imperial military, but will be redone as an 18th Century story of an American Colonialist forced to join the British Navy. Insiders expect Private A.L. Snyder to fall in love with an Indian princess and become city judge of a small town in Massachusetts by the end of the story.

“Tales of the Dim Knight” instead of being about a modern man who becomes a Super Hero, will be about a clumsy cowboy who finds an alien horse.

“I’m sure our old readers will be happy with this sci fi twist,” said Graham.

The Talking Alien Horse leads Cowboy Dave Johnson to become the “Masked Ranger’, a mysterious stranger who helps those in need and seeks to win the heart of local pastors daughter Naomi Bartlett.

“Bartlett is a great last name for a Western woman,” said Graham.

Graham picked April 1st because he said it was the most appropriate day to make this announcement.

“Readers can expect when the next issue of Laser and Sword-excuse me Cannon and Sword-comes out on April 6,” said Graham. “For it not to be action packed, seat of your pants thrills. We definitely won’t be featuring new and exciting heroes. Nor will our magazine be available at the easily affordable price of $1.25 per E-issue. Nor will you be able to download the first issue for free here.”

The Lost Genre Guild Radio Theater Presents: Guilty

This weekend, we were pleased to present Daniel Weaver's story from the Light at the Edge of Darkness book, "Guilt." in which a hunted man and his hunter face their guilt in a house of horrors.

The story was challenging on many levels, but Dan carried the day as the lead character and narrator, with a nice supporting group including Andrea Graham, V.B. Tenary (whose story we'll be doing next week), Cynthia McKinnon, and myself. Thanks to Frank Creed, we had our best question period ever. Good work to all.

Based on the fun and success we've had so far, the series is now expected to run for 15 episodes. Thanks for your support. Good job everyone. Next up: July 1st, "Adino" by V.B. Tenary.

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