Tag: cyberpunk

New Free Story – Else:Run – a little sci-fi / cyberpunk action flick

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I have a new story out, and a new way of posting it free for readers. As I’m moving away from WordPress and over to Shopify and Bookfunnel, I’m taking advantage of Shopify/Bookfunnel’s ability to deliver ebooks and the like. It’s a little more flexible than just posting it on the website here.

Else:Run

Elise watches a girl thieving a bracelet from a spinner display, right near a store’s entry. And Elise finds herself weighing up whether to turn the girl in.

After all, Elise’s days of thievery are far behind her.

But when the whole situation changes fast, Elise finds herself in a race against an enemy she thought long forgotten. And facing a haunting past.

A pacey sci-fi tale that asks the question, can we ever truly know ourselves?

Link to the whole story free here: Else:Run – just add it to your cart and it will give you the choice to download as an ebook, .pdf, or just read it in the browser right there. Bookfunnel will email you a link with with all those choices.

No, I’m not collecting your email – that’s all Bookfunnel so they can deliver you your choice of how you’d like to read it.

Else:Run is also available as a paperback from Amazon for $6.99 here. The ebook is not available elsewhere for the moment

Two new Sci-Fi preorders

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After the thriller novel, and accompanying short story in January, February sees two new Sean Monaghan releases – two science fiction long stories or novellas or even short novels if you like. Quick reads?

First out of the blocks is Cami, Metta and The Cube. A kind of cyberpunk, high-tech thriller, but definitely on the science fiction side (a rental car AI with attitude, and a hypergrid terrorist). Available for preorder, with release on February 10th. Universal book link here. $3.99 ebook, $9.99 print.

Cami, Metta and The Cube

Cami Gretton, courier, entreprenuer and getaway artist, trusts too easily. When the simple job of delivering a hypergrid Testa Cube turns sour, Cami finds herself tangled in a double cross. Or a triple cross. Hard to tell.

Could even be worse.

Cami needs every skill in her possession to extricate herself. And then some.

A near future thriller from the author of Dangerous Machines.

Second up, on February 20th, but already up for preorder, is Fubrelli’s Ghost. Science Fiction, but of a very different kind (I think). Set on Jupiter’s moon Callisto and, given the title, a little bit of the supernatural. Available for preorder with release on February 20th. Universal book link here. Again, $3.99 for the ebook and $9.99 in print. I have yet to figure out how to hang the print version into the preorder system, so that will be released a few days before the 20th.

Fubrelli’s Ghost

Jupiter’s huge frozen moon Callisto suits Claire. Suits her perfectly. Its rugged, barren landscape entrances her as she works with the station crew to fathom the icy secrets.

But when a ghost shows up, Claire and the crew face secrets that go far beyond science.

Secrets that might just change the entire nature of deep space exploration.

A space adventure from the author of ‘Problem Landing’ and ‘One Hundred’.

 

Cami, Metta and The Cube – new short novel, February 10th

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Most of my novels run to something over 60,000 words – 250 plus pages. Most of my short stories sit somewhere under 10,000 words – 40 pages. Sometimes I write novellas – Goldie in the January/February 2022 Asimov’s is about 18,000 words (but with the way Asimov’s packs in the words, it runs to around 34 magazine pages).

And sometimes I write something longer than a novella, but kind of shorter than a regular novel. Depending who you talk to, you might hear that a novel is anything over 30,000 words, but you might also hear that anything under 90,000 is a ‘short novel’ (which basically covers all of my novels).

My new short novel Cami, Metta and The Cube will be out on February 10th. Since it’s shorter, it’s $3.99/$9.99 ebook/print – a little more than a short story, but a couple of dollars less than a regular novel.

Cami Gretton, courier, entreprenuer and getaway artist, trusts too easily. When the simple job of delivering a hypergrid Testa Cube turns sour, Cami finds herself tangled in a double cross. Or a triple cross. Hard to tell.

Could even be worse.

Cami needs every skill in her possession to extricate herself. And then some.

A near future thriller from the author of Dangerous Machines.