New story time!
This one’s been kicking around for some time. Last year, Scott Roche and I co-wrote a novellette we called “The Battle of Wildspitze“. I’ve been trying to decide how to explain that world to people, and I think I have a concise way of summing it up.
- Harry Potter.
- But everyone knows about magic.
- And it’s 1910.
And that’s basically it in a nutshell. One of us had come up with an idea for a short story regarding dragon-riding pirates raiding airships, and we started writing. I had originally thought that this would be a parallel world, no really recognizable people in it, until Scott introduced Baron Richtoffen as one of the pirates. That single character nailed the setting, the attitude, and the timeline for me.
This is a preview of
MPF 2.07 – Norris Tilney and the Docks of Dover
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Cross-posted at www.geeksurvivalguide.org.
I’m at the library for a write-in, and don’t really have access to my desktop PC – just this Chromebook and my iPhone. So I recorded this episode on the phone, mailed it to myself, and have uploaded it.
Upside – we have a podcast.
Downside – it’s in m4a format, not mp3. Which shouldn’t be a big problem for any computer nor for most audio players now available on the market. But some time tonight, I’ll convert it and re-upload.
I realized something interesting. The story that precedes the current “live” story, The Devil’s Due, does not appear in text on the site. It’s appeared elsewhere, but not here in text – just audio. So, because this will go up on Amazon when Devil’s Due will, and because I’m a completist, here’s the text of my Great Hites story – “High Moon”.
High Moon is now available from Amazon and BN.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the current story.
The cover image is by Michael Martelli. It’s used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License, the text of which is available here. And the original picture is available here.
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The Devil’s Due is now available on Amazon and will be up soon at BN.com, and wherever else I can put it. If you’d like to read it, links will be posted here when it goes live.
Meanwhile, feel free to read the current story.
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Cover Art by Madeleine Fisher
Athena and The Mechanic is now available at Amazon – Click Here
, and at BN.com – Click Here
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I’m posting the original Mad Poet Files stories up at Amazon, for those who are interested.
Frosty’s Deposit
is the tale of a man who just wants to fit in. He finds a place where he and his son can be… normal. Keeps a steady job. Keeps his head down.
Because someone is looking for them. Maybe.
And then one day he walks into his bank in the middle of a robbery. It’s available from Amazon (link above) and bn.com for $0.99 US.
If you missed it, and you can search the site, I’m pretty sure it’s stil available here. But I think it’s worth at least one dollar.
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Here’s story number two. It’s set in the same world as the collaboration Scott Roche and I did last year – the Battle of Wildspitze – but this one takes place half a world away and some years prior to Norris Tilney getting his first taste of magic and mayhem. I hope you like this, and I hope we’ll see more of these characters.
Finding the Fire is down now because the new story is up. Once this is up at Amazon and BN.com, etc., links will be here.
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The Cost of Duty
A Fantasy Short Story
by Zach Ricks
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The first story is down. But if you missed it, The Cost of Duty is available from Amazon
. Also from Barnes and Noble if you prefer epub. And it’s only $0.99.
The photo is used under a creative commons license, and the original version is on flickr at this link.
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Last year, Scott Roche and I co-wrote a… well, it’s a little longer than a short story. SFWA would consider it a novelette at around 10,000 words. It’s already up at Smashwords, and it’s also available here now for $1.49. If you buy it here, it’s in a lovely zip file that contains .mobi (for you Kindle users), and ePub (for everyone else). If you’re looking for the story in another format, such as PDF, you can get that at this Smashwords page.
This is a story that’s been kicking around inside my head for years. Hopefully, getting it out and down will make room for more stories.
It’s like I’ve heard other people say. Ideas are easy. Execution on those ideas – that’s hard.
So, here’s hoping you like this episode. If you do, please leave a comment. If you really do, consider buying it in ebook form. $2.00 cheap. You don’t need that blueberry scone. Instead, you can support what I’m doing here – if you like it. And if you don’t, please let me know. I can’t get better as fast if I don’t have feedback.
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