E. Chris Garrison's Blog, page 3
May 13, 2022
NEW ebook! SPI Girls Kick Ass!
Release day! The SPI Girls Kick Ass! ebook is now available in the Kindle Store!
SPI Girls Kick Ass!Virtual Avatars. Real Heroes.
The Three Rules of Immersion:
1. Keep the residents safe.
2. Keep the workers in line.
3. Keep the AIs functioning.
As we wait for Earth’s restoration, humanity dreams of fantasy worlds in Singularity, a virtual space built to keep us sane. When high-profile avatars turn up dead, three agents of SPI, the Singularity Policing Institute, must learn w...
May 11, 2022
Born This Fae! (and other news)
Born This Fae is my Kindle Vella serial set in the Tipsy Fairy Tales universe!Maybe I should have announced this here sooner, but I wanted to get more than a couple of episodes built up first. I’ve been writing a contemporary / paranormal fantasy serial called Born This Fae, and I’ve just published the 12th episode! This will eventually become a book, and I’m also considering podcasting it like I did The Multiverse Blues.
Speaking of serials, I completed a serialized story with author fri...
September 30, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – Bonus 6 – SPI Girls Kick Ass! sample
As you likely know by now, I have teamed up with Red Tash and Kat Bradbury to create a Kindle Vella science fiction adventure serial, under the collective pen name of Kaye Elsie. It’s called “SPI Girls Kick Ass!” It’s like Charlies Angels meets The Matrix.
This week’s podcast is chapter 3 of that serial, the first chapter I personally wrote, starring my character Jaxa. She lives in a Star Trek-inspired virtual world, holding a double job: Jaxa works as a maintenance officer, but she also wor...
September 16, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – ZWORDPLAY.EXE
For this episode of the Alien Beer Podcast, I thought I’d do something a bit different. The story I have for you is another one of my Bradbury Challenge stories. I was in a rather experimental mood when I wrote it. Perhaps some of you will recognize the format. Rather than spoil it here in the introduction, I’ll save my explanation for after the story is done being told. I’ll also add a content warning: this story contains a loss of agency. See you after the end.
September 2, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – Vengeful Spirit
Okay, this is it, dear listeners. This is the episode where the worst happens. This is the episode where it all comes down to Alyssa to save the Rosedale Pub with nothing but her wits and newfound bartending skills. I can’t say any more without giving spoilers, so buckle up and I’ll see you on the other side.
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-vengeful-spirit/
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rqnf7g/Rosedale_08_-_Vengeful_Spirit9rskb.mp3Before we drop in on the inter-dime...
August 26, 2021
SPI Girls Kick Ass! Now on Kindle Vella!
Welcome to my latest project, as Kaye Elsie, along with Red Tash and Kat Bradbury!
The Matrix meets Charlie’s Angels!
The Three Rules of Immersion: Keep the residents safe. Keep the workers in line. Keep the AIs functioning. As we wait for Earth’s restoration, humanity dreams of fantasy worlds in Singularity, a virtual space built to keep us sane. When high-profile avatars turn up dead, three agents of SPI, the Singularity Policing Institute, must learn why – and what really happened. Can a c...
August 19, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – Moonlit Knight
This week at the interdimensional Rosedale Pub, Alyssa encounters a strange knight on a strange quest as she walks along the Road.
Don’t laugh, but the idea for the knight in this story originated as a character I played in a Bunnies and Burrows play-by-email roleplaying campaign I was in ages ago.
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-moonlit-knight/
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4j7ihk/Rosedale_07_-_Moonlit_Knightborg4.mp3A friend suggested that I need to urge you go...
August 5, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – True Peril
This week at the inter-dimensional Rosedale Pub, some technology malfunctions in a wondrous way, an infamous character returns, bearing a great treasure, but also needing help. Trust can be a difficult thing in a liminal space like the Rosedale.
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-true-peril
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i497mf/Rosedale_006_-_True_Perilbl868.mp3Dear listeners, thank you. The Alien Beer Podcast recently passed 5,000 downloads! What does this mean? Well, ...
July 22, 2021
Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – Ghost of a Chance
I was honored to be a featured guest at InConJunction Science Fiction and Fantasy convention over the 4th of July weekend. I was anxious about being around many people in person for the first time in 16 months, but I think I did better than I expected at that. One of the presentations I gave was on using randomness as the seed for a story. I called it “Storymancy” because often I get elements from divinatory sources: Tarot cards, for example. Or I’ll look for ideas from the next three songs my ...
Alien Beer passes 5,000 downloads! 
