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Interview: MYLIFEMYBOOKSMYESCAPE

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So, here’s my second pit stop on the Seventh Star Press Road Ghosts Omnibus Blog Tour! I was interviewed by DJ of the MYLIFEMYBOOKSMYESCAPE book blog. Check it out!

https://mylifemybooksmyescape.wordpress.com/2018/03/06/author-interview-e-chris-garrison/

The Road So Far…

[image error]I’m on a blog tour this week! I’m kicking it off with a behind the scenes look at how my Road Ghosts books came to be, long before there was any thought of a trilogy or an Omnibus. Thanks to my publisher, Seventh Star Press for putting the tour together.

And yes, that’s a deliberate ‘Supernatural’ reference.

Here’s the first blog post, on Beauty in Ruins:

https://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-road-so-far-by-e-chris-garrison.html

Belly up for some Alien Beer!

My science fiction / fantasy anthology of short stories, Alien Beer and Other Stories, is finally in ebook form, on the Kindle! You can buy it by itself, or… coming soon, when Amazon links the paperback and Kindle editions as the same book if you buy the paperback on Amazon, you get the ebook free.

More publishing news coming soon…

Tips for the Total Solar Eclipse (August 21, 2017)

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The Sun through eclipse glasses.

I am psyched about the eclipse. I’m traveling to see it properly, because in Indianapolis, the Sun will only be 91% eclipsed by the Moon. That’s as good as I’ve ever seen it before (in 1986 and 1994), but this time I want to see the stars come out in the daytime, and I want to see the corona.

In 1986, I was really unsafe and looked at the eclipse through a stack of exposed slides. I have no idea if it blocked enough light to be safe, and even then I only took...

Announcing Alien Beer and Other Stories

I am proud to present to you, my new short story anthology, Alien Beer and Other Stories! Many of these have appeared in other publications over the years, many others have been a part of the Iron Writer Challenge flash fiction competition, and still others have never been in print before — and I’m dying to share them with you at long last!

Currently only available as a paperback book on Amazon, this collection will debut tomorrow at Inconjunction Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, where...

Remember

Guess what? My story “Remember” won the Iron Writer C196 2017 Summer Solstice Challenge! That means I’m advancing to the Tournament when it rolls around!

Elements: Remember by Harry Nilsson (whatever you take from it), A scorched map, A white lace handkerchief, Jasmine

 

Remember

by E. Chris Garrison

We sat by his bedside in the hospice, and I couldn’t bring myself to hold his hand. Laura did it for me, though I don’t think he noticed.

“Your dad looks stormy,” she said.

“Stormy? He’s in a com...

A Tale of Two Laundries

Here’s another 500 word flash fiction story for you! It is currently competing in the against 20 other stories. The top 5 of us will advance to the final round. Wish me luck!

[image error]Elements: A woman in a clothes dryer, Menstrual cramps, A hairbrush without bristles, A wooden hanger

 

A Tale of Two Laundries

By E. Chris Garrison

The life of a mad scientist is often glamorized. But believe me, it’s not all bringing patchwork corpses to life, or building the...

The Man at the Top of the Stair (flash story)

I wrote this story for The Iron Writer Challenge #190 (Spring Equinox Challenge #11) using the elements below. I didn’t really know what to do with them at first, then it came to me all at once. This is a very personally intense story for me.

Elements:

Antigonish Restricted to the first verse only

Another person’s dream that you are envious of.

A hangman’s noose

Will you never leave me?

The Man at the Top of the Stair

By E. Chris Garrison

 

There he stands, at the top of the stair, his angry...

Do You Stand for Transgender Rights? Step Up.

It hasn’t even been a whole year, but back in May, I cried happy tears. Not today.

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It’s not just about bathrooms.

In May of 2016, the Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch, told the transgender community, “But no matter how isolated or scared you may feel today, the Department of Justice and the entire Obama administration wants you to know that we see you; we stand with you; and we will do everything we can to protect you going forward.”

That was a wonderful feeling, that my g...

Dr. Princess and the Soldier (flash story)

This story appeared in The Iron Writer Challenge #186 – 2017 Spring Equinox Challenge #7 and came in first with the popular vote, and close second with an internal Iron Writer vote. But more importantly, it was fun to write. Hope you like it.

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TIWC #186 Elements: One hot summer day, A deserted island, Buried treasure, Chicken with its head cut off.

 

Dr. Princess and the Soldier
by E. Chris Garrison

 

Dr. Victoria Princess sunned herself, seeming unconcerned. Massive waves thr...