New Book Published!

Blelo evwebody!

Exciting news! I just published my science fiction novella, Star Runner, in Amazon. It is available in e-book and paperback formats:

https://a.co/d/8e06m8e

Here’s the back cover: “In the crowded streets of a gritty, future Earth, Milo Halliday is just another courier with a dream, riding his leviboard and longing for a break from his everyday grind. But when a chance encounter and a mysterious flyer lead him to the Space Force, his life spirals into a whirlwind of unexpected friendships, high-flying missions, and secrets that could shake the very foundations of the empire. With danger lurking behind every cosmic corner and the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Milo’s journey is about to get a whole lot more intense—and surprisingly personal.”

Please be aware that this book contains LGBTQ+ content. If you aren’t interested in that, I suggest you not read it.

Happy reading!

-J

New Book Published

Hello, everybody. My science fiction crime drama, Code of Murder, has been published and is now available on Amazon in e-book and paperback formats. 🙂

Here is the back cover copy:

“In a near-future metropolis where technology blurs the lines between life and death, Detective Cordell Washington is thrust into a maelstrom of brutal murders and digital horror. When a series of meticulously staged crime scenes and eerie links to a legacy serial killer emerge, Cordell finds his grasp on reality and justice slipping away. With the ominous Genesys System promising eternal life yet concealing ominous secrets, every revelation forces him to confront not only a twisted killer but also the darkness within himself. As stakes reach a fever pitch, Cordell must decipher clues that could either shatter his world or deliver him from the relentless nightmare threatening to consume him.”

If you like crime, thriller, mystery, or science fiction, or just reading (maybe?), I invite you to check it out. 🙂

Of course I’m back to thinking it’s terrible. 😦 I was just looking at all the releases on Amazon and just noticing I’m just a tiny voice in a sea of yelling and screaming writers wanting to be heard. Yeah, I’m “special.” Just like everyone else. I only hope that people like it and don’t think it’s complete shite. I would hate for big crime junkies to read it and give me terrible reviews and say it’s awful. 😦 I guess we’ll see.

Anyway, I am happy I finished it and it’s up and out there. The next one that I will be publishing is my science fiction space opera novella. I’m nervous about that one, too. (Me? No!)

Happy reading,

J

New Story Published

Hi there, folks. I had a new story published today. Check out my sci-fi western, “The Bounty Hunter,” in Bewildering Stories. Hope you like it! Let me know what you think. This one was a lot of fun to write!

Ten Spoons of Spinach

Hey weberverse. How have you been? I haven’t been doing well lately. I haven’t been managing well. It has been a hard fall-now-into-winter. My heart longs for spring.

I do have some cool news about writing. I have a new plan on getting published. I am going to self-publish (yes, like every other Joe Schmo) The Novel That Will Get Me Published and I have several ideas on how to market it/myself. I am hoping a pub. company will get wind of it and then I’ll get offered a contract from that point. Hey, it could happen.

I also have a new sci-fi short story I am working on. The idea came from a co-worker, so I’ll be sure to credit her, but her idea is too good not to write down. I’m going to work on that and add it to my sci-fi collection. I’ll probably self-publish that, too. That way, I’ll have a couple different things for people (soon to be fans, I hope) to read.

I have several new ideas for novels, too. I think I mentioned one of them already, but now I’ve come up with another one. So I hope to be starting work on those, too…

M and my psych have been encouraging me to write more. I haven’t actually sat down and written anything in many, many moons. I suppose I can say half of it is because you never want to do anything when you have depression, but then I guess the other half, is I don’t feel I’m good enough so why bother. I think I talked about that before, too. But right now I just want to finish some stories to read them and make myself feel better. That’s the whole idea, right there.

So that’s where I am right now. I hope I can start to manage my illnesses better this year and I hope to write and read a lot more. I guess those are my “resolutions.”

Stay classy, San Diego.

Cherryhill Published

Hey guys, the cool folks over at Schlock! magazine of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror have published my short story, Cherryhill. Check it out!