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Venturing into Humorous Sci Fi
Why did I start writing humorous sci-fi?
Because I love reading them. Don't worry about me leaving sweet paranormal behind. Instead, I'm mashing up these genres!
I've been a sci-fi movie fan since the days of black-and-white movies—especially those made in the 1950s.
People were recovering from bleak times in the decade right after WWII ended. Unspeakable wartime atrocities and the prospect of a catastrophic nuclear age shook the US culture to the core.
People escaped into a good mystery or science fiction novel, and of course, romance stories. But sci-fi movies evolved beyond cliffhanger shorts at the movie theater.
Now, they were full-fledged movies. If you examine these 50s themes, you get a snapshot of what the world craved and, at the same time, feared.
Two of my all-time favorites have a permanent place in my DVR.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). The space man's message was clear. Behave yourself, Earthlings, or you will be destroyed.
The horror sci-fi Them (1954). Nuclear testing in the desert caused ants to grow into roving, human-eating monsters.
Of course, there are others, and I could go on and on. But you get the idea.
Let's cycle back to my new sci-fi stories.
I created Baga Shores, a town where half the residents are magical. One of them, Rhea Tanner, is a quirky witch with the superpower of traveling back in time. Fortunately, she has a familiar, Alika, who gets her out of all the trouble that causes.
One fine day, she takes her superpower a little too far (literally) and ends up on an alien space junk collector's ship. The first thing she wants is to get home. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with the alien captain with the Morgan Freeman voice.
That story is RHEA'S CONUNDRUM, available on December 19 from all vendors.
In the meanwhile, she and her hunky alien make a surprise trip back to Baga Shores in "Home for Christmas," in FESTIVE FATES, a limited edition holiday anthology eBook available now on Amazon.
More witch-in-space books are coming in 2024, and more stories about the earth-bound Baga Shores community.
Please sign up for my newsletter on CandaceColt.com and follow me here on Goodreads to keep up with what's next!
Because I love reading them. Don't worry about me leaving sweet paranormal behind. Instead, I'm mashing up these genres!
I've been a sci-fi movie fan since the days of black-and-white movies—especially those made in the 1950s.
People were recovering from bleak times in the decade right after WWII ended. Unspeakable wartime atrocities and the prospect of a catastrophic nuclear age shook the US culture to the core.
People escaped into a good mystery or science fiction novel, and of course, romance stories. But sci-fi movies evolved beyond cliffhanger shorts at the movie theater.
Now, they were full-fledged movies. If you examine these 50s themes, you get a snapshot of what the world craved and, at the same time, feared.
Two of my all-time favorites have a permanent place in my DVR.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). The space man's message was clear. Behave yourself, Earthlings, or you will be destroyed.
The horror sci-fi Them (1954). Nuclear testing in the desert caused ants to grow into roving, human-eating monsters.
Of course, there are others, and I could go on and on. But you get the idea.
Let's cycle back to my new sci-fi stories.
I created Baga Shores, a town where half the residents are magical. One of them, Rhea Tanner, is a quirky witch with the superpower of traveling back in time. Fortunately, she has a familiar, Alika, who gets her out of all the trouble that causes.
One fine day, she takes her superpower a little too far (literally) and ends up on an alien space junk collector's ship. The first thing she wants is to get home. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with the alien captain with the Morgan Freeman voice.
That story is RHEA'S CONUNDRUM, available on December 19 from all vendors.
In the meanwhile, she and her hunky alien make a surprise trip back to Baga Shores in "Home for Christmas," in FESTIVE FATES, a limited edition holiday anthology eBook available now on Amazon.
More witch-in-space books are coming in 2024, and more stories about the earth-bound Baga Shores community.
Please sign up for my newsletter on CandaceColt.com and follow me here on Goodreads to keep up with what's next!
Keep showing up and shining out!
Here's an excerpt from a 2021 interview that I did for Joanne Guidoccio's ON THE ROAD TO REINVENTION blog.
My First Act
“In my day,” a woman’s career options were a bit limited.
Wife and mother (in tand ...more
My First Act
“In my day,” a woman’s career options were a bit limited.
Wife and mother (in tand ...more
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