Year of Stories – Week 18
The Year of Stories is undergoing a bit of change.
I've decided not to offer individual short stories for sale anymore. I'll still be bundling together each month's worth of stories if you want to read them in advance of when they go up here on the site, but the amount of time and effort required to make them individually available has turned out not to be worthwhile, especially with a new baby taking up more of my time.
Don't worry; you'll still get a free short story every Monday! Today the offering is The Interno, a 1,700-word sci-fi comedy.
Dr. Graeme Carter and Dr. Jefferson Parkindale have been coworkers for many years, but lately Dr. Parkindale has been acting, well, a little more eccentric than usual. He smiles more, for one thing. In fact, he never seems to stop smiling anymore. Does the mysterious new Interno technology have something to do with it?
Enjoy!
Eat, Sleep… Work, I Guess
I don't have a podcast to share with you today, and I know I'm supposed to. Sorry!
My excuse is that I'm away from home from Thursday to Sunday this week, visiting with family so more of Calvin's relatives can meet him. On top of that, I had a deadline to meet with work today, so I've been hunched over the laptop all day and couldn't really have made time to record, edit, and upload a podcast.
Not when I'm spending my break time doing this, anyways:
This little guy has got it right. Eating and sleeping; that's the life. Not sure about the crying and pants-pooping parts, and it's probably hard for him to derive a stable income, but on balance it seems like a pretty intelligent lifestyle.
I'll make up for the missed podcast next week. I'm also planning to get back on the writing horse by writing some short stories and moving forward with the script for the Special People comic, now that I'm going to have a bit more writing time available.
As a closing tidbit, those of you who are fans of Loading Ready Run may be interested to know that Calvin will be making a cameo (as himself) in an upcoming LRR video. Intriguing, no?
Year of Stories – Week 17
Welcome to week 17 of the Year of Stories!
Free this week is Memoirs of the Model Agent: The Associate Bilateral Forthchancellor and Her Daughter, a 2,500-word sci-fi comedy that acts as Chapter 2 of the earlier How I Rescued Mr. Dimbles. Read it now! You can also buy it for 99¢ in the Store.
Synopsis
Agent Connolly continues to rise through the ranks of the Chancellorate's security forces. She finds herself the personal bodyguard to the daughter of the Associate Bilateral Forthchancellor. At a school track meet, chaos erupts, and she finds herself caught up in a dangerous and reckless conspiracy.
The highlighted Store release for this week is The Interno, a 1,700-word sci-fi piece. Read it now for only $0.99!
Synopsis
Dr. Graeme Carter and Dr. Jefferson Parkindale have been coworkers for many years, but lately Dr. Parkindale has been acting, well, a little more eccentric than usual. He smiles more, for one thing. In fact, he never seems to stop smiling anymore. Does the mysterious new Interno technology have something to do with it?
To read previously released stories, check out the Year of Stories page.
Official Birth Announcement and Baby Pool Winner
Back on March 20, I set up a Baby Pool to see who could guess closest to my child's actual birth date. Well, that date has come and gone!
As of 10:14 PM on April 13, I became the father of a brand new little dinosaur named Calvin William Sevenhuysen.
He weighed in at 7 pounds 2 ounces, and is 21.25 inches long. Tall and skinny!
So, that means that the official winner of a free copy of DISCOVERY is... Sophie! She guessed April 10, which was the closest anyone got to predicting how far overdue the little guy was going to be.
Congratulations, Sophie!
Everyone else: I've got nothing for you. Nothing except the cute picture above. I hope that's enough. :)
Year of Stories – Week 16
Welcome to week 16 of the Year of Stories!
Free this week is The Valley, a 3,500-word sci-fi/fantasy crossover. Read it now! You can also buy it for 99¢ in the Store.
Synopsis
In a laboratory somewhere on Earth, a vast scientific project is about to bear fruit. Meanwhile, somewhere else entirely, a girl pleads with an old mystic named Kolio to save her mother's life, or, failing that, at least her soul. In the valley of the lifewater, two worlds collide...
The highlighted Store release for this week is Memoirs of the Model Agent: The Associate Bilateral Forthchancellor and Her Daughter, a 2,500-word sci-fi comedy that acts as Chapter 2 of the earlier How I Rescued Mr. Dimbles. Read it now for only $0.99!
Synopsis
Agent Connolly continues to rise through the ranks of the Chancellorate's security forces. She finds herself the personal bodyguard to the daughter of the Associate Bilateral Forthchancellor. At a school track meet, chaos erupts, and she finds herself caught up in a dangerous and reckless conspiracy.
To read previously released stories, check out the Year of Stories page.
Special People
Special People is serialized superhero fiction with a fistful of twists.
Special people have special problems.
BECOMING
The second quarter of the Year of Stories has arrived in print! BECOMING contains over 200 pages of great short stories for only $11.99. Order yours now.
DISCOVERY
Prefer the feel of paper to the look of a screen? DISCOVERY is the first quarterly Year of Stories print book. You get nearly 200 pages of exciting fiction for only $11.99! Grab your copy now.
Galloway’s Hunt
Galloway's Hunt is a novelette set in the world of Galloway's Voyage, my work-in-progress novel based on the same title character. Buy it now for only 99¢!
Losing Freight
Losing Freight is a serialized sci-fi novel where you get to vote on what happens next at the end of every page.