Jessup Crowder, Rock God

Jessup Crowder, lead singer of Blindside, liked the idea of fame. Complete strangers had always liked him much better than anyone who actually took the time to know him.
Now that he's spending his days DownTown, his fan base has shrunk considerably, although they still seem to be a rabidly faithful lot...
Check out this week's installment of DownTown on JukePop Serials for all the sordid details. 

Meet Mr Jones

He's a real nice guy. Loves his work. Dedicated to family. And just one of the friendly people you'll get to know in this week's installment of DownTown over at JukePop Serials.
Enjoy.
And don't end up on Sam Jones' list.

Welcome to the Working Week

Having a good Monday? Neither is Paul Dinwoodie, Comsec Analyst 3rd Grade. Of course, he's got an excuse, he woke up underground this morning.
Point your cursor on over to JukePop Serials to find out all about Paul's Monday. you won't be sorry. (Probably)

CLIFFHANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will Fetch get his ident chip?

Will Colonel Maltesa get his due?

What about the cow?

All (or none) of these questions will be addressed in this week's installment of Downtown, on JukePop serials.
So go check out Chapter two, because three comes out this Friday- and that's when all your friends will be talking about it and spill the plot spoilers.

Be One of the Cool Kids...

There's only a few days left, by Friday it will be too late.

You know you always wanted to be the one. The one who knew what was cool before everyone else. The trendsetter, the pathfinder. The one who watched Firefly from the first episode, and owned the Black Key's Big Come Up back when it was their only album.

Well, on Friday another ground floor opportunity will be lost forever.

Because on Friday, I will upload chapter two of DownTown, my serial story on JukePop.

So if you want to one day be the one, the one who looks bored to tears at the premier of the DownTown major motion picture event. The one that yawns and says, "I remember when it was just a stupid web serial by some hack with the same first name as a number. I've read it since the first installment." If you want to attain that level of cool, then you better get on over to JukePop and read chapter one. 

Before everyone else does. 

  

Your All Access Pass

Downtown is finally live, and ready for eyeballing at JukePop Serials.
It's completely free, and just might change your life. Or at least waste the next several minutes of it.
And because it's completely free, I am willing to offer a money back guarantee to anyone who has had any issue with their disbelief suspension.
Try getting that from Stephanie Meyer or James Patterson.
I cannot however, promise to give you any portion of your life back. Sorry.

 

Your New Weekend Plans

You probably thought you already knew what you were doing this weekend- a visit with Auntie Gert, Molly Ringwald movie marathon, and then Cheetos and video games until your fingers are stained orange? Sounds enticing, right? Well, all that has gone out the window. For you see, Jukepop Serials goes live tomorrow.

How could a trip to Gerts possibly compare with a journey to the stars aboard a doomed rocketship? Is Molly Ringwald really any competition for a character named Reindeer Girl?  Why mess up your thumbs with video games when you can mess up your mind with Lux Harfoush’s The Sickness?  All from the comfort of your own home. Pants are optional.

But let’s not forget the best part- your all access pass to DownTown- a hole in the ground so cozy that thirty thousand of America’s best and brightest actually prefer its sweaty embrace to the radiation and mutants just outside their door.

In all, over one hundred serial stories will launch simultaneously early Saturday, some from old favorites, such as myself, and some from fresh new writers, much like myself.

Click the JukePop for the link-  

 

There's this now....

M Brane SF Quarterly #4 is for sale now on Amazon. Two hundred forty pages of some of the hottest new SF, the final batch from M Brane. Some great stories in here, including one I particularly enjoyed called "Stumptown Physics: Toward a Unified Theory of Infinite Probability Amplitudes, Elective Affinity, and Amanda Palmer" by Travis King. Also the intriguing "A Second Enchanted Evening" by Mary E. Lowd. And the quirky  "The Vitruvius Project" by Robert Drake.
Also, one of mine made it in too.
A fresh appraoch from some new voices, if you care about well written sci-fi, pick up a copy. 

Comments, Please-

Downtown is coming in September- from Jukepop Serials.

That's right, in just two short months, the wait will be over. Jukepop Serials will go live with Downtown, a serial adventure set in FEMA Bunker CE 114 East. Life underground can get weird, especially after thirty thousand people have been shut up together for over five years in a four square mile city dubbed Downtown.  

Which cover speaks to you? Which draws you in and makes you hunger to find out more about the city under the dirt? Is it the Bluebilly policeman, ready to smack you with his electric billystick? Or maybe Scrappin' Bill is more to your liking. Some will prefer the minimalist look of the big letter approach, while the hole in the ground is a more literal representation of what to expect. 

Please- leave a comment- let the world know your preference, you sicko.   

What Will Greed Get You?

How about a cool million and an eight year contract with a demon? Wages of Sin has been picked up by Wicked East Press for inclusion in The Sins of the Seven- and illustrated anthology featuring stories about greed, lust, envy, wrath, and all the other bad stuff that people do.

Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Rune Wright Does It Again

Penny Dread Tales Volume Two truly is a phantasmagorical calliope of clockwork and steam, one that will spirit you away to the four corners of the globe . Steampunk is not just British and it’s not just American, although you may have heard different. Steampunk is everywhere and forever. This anthology celebrates the notion that steampunk also has a home in places like China, Budapest, Panama and beyond. In this collection of short steampunk stories, a prince will face the curse of his ancestors, airship privateers will face down a murderer in the rugged Outback of Australia, the cities of Buda and Pest will face annihilation, and a lone, clockwork cowboy will face down the meanest werewolf in the west. So sit back, relax and step into the Victorian age that never happened, even in your wildest dreams! Get your hands on this book right away, it will make you rich. (Intellectually)

M-Brane 30 is Live and FREE

All good things must come to an end. M-Brane SF #30 is the last of its breed, although the editor, Christohper Fletcher promises to resurrect it in one form or another later this year. The last issue is available for the bargain price of FREE at the M-Brane website, and includes the following tales- Travis King "Stumptown Physics: Toward a Unified Theory of Infinite Probability Amplitudes, Elective Affinity, and Amanda Palmer" Mary E. Lowd "A Second Enchanted Evening" Chris Stamp "Dandelion and Gossamer" Corin Reyburn "Endangered Species" Andy Dudak "The Blind Can't Hear the Stars" Sevan Taylor "Long Haul" Robert Drake "The Vitruvius Project" Margaret Karmazin "Watch Over Me" Christian Arrowmaker "Mirrors" Jude-Marie Green "Shiver" Check it out- you won't be sorry.

Trouble Ahead for RuneWright

Trouble on the Yankee Strip has been picked up by RuneWright publications for their upcoming steampunk anthology. Penny Dread Tales Volume 2: A Phantasmagorical Calliope of Clockwork and Steam- will be premering at the 2012 AnomalyCon in Denver.

Jackson Flint Rides Again

Coming out in February, M-Brane SF #30 will include Long Haul, the story of Jackson Flint.

Who is Jackson Flint? What is his story? Why should I care? What happens when you cross the bridge between universes?

All these questions and more will be answered betwenn the pages of M-Brane #30.

So get it, read it, and enjoy.