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Stein #12

And we’re off.  Another Saturday, another selection of science fiction and fantasy snippets over at SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com.  I hope the new year is off to great start for everyone and we’re gearing up for another great year of some awesome reads.  Be sure to go over to the main site and check out all the other posts submitted this week.  My snippet for this week is from my WIP - STEIN, following Annie, freshly having escaped a group of hungry zombies and finding herself in a garbage dumpster with a mysterious savoir who just saved her life. But for how long? I had to do a little squeezing to get the content I wanted this week but I think it still works.  Enjoy!__________________________________________________          “My god, what happened to you?” She instinctively reached for his face but drew back her hand.
          Pulling the blanket tight around his shoulders, he slid deeper into the shadows.
          “Life.” 
          Annie had seen her share of suffering and deformities since the event, fingers, legs, gaping holes, and innards hanging out, but it looked like some drunk had let loose on this poor soul’s face with a dull scalpel and shaking hands syndrome, if there were such a thing, layering tragedy over pain.
         She reached for his shoulder and asked, “What’s your name?”
          “No name.”
          “C’mon, they have to call you something.” Her hand hung in the air.
          “Call me Stein.”  ______________________________________________Hope you enjoyed this week’s snippet and thanks for stopping over at my page.  If you enjoyed this sample of my writing, check out the link to my new novel, Welcome to GreenGrass , over to the right. Have a great weekend and see you in seven!

Welcome to GreenGrass hits 1,092 on Amazon Science Fiction eBooks!

Welcome to GreenGrass hit 1,092 on Amazon Science Fiction eBooks thanks in part to the author feature interview the folks over at Book Goodies posted.  It's a great service they run over there and worth a look. I'm excited to be climbing the ranks over at Amazon and watch the book grow.  Thank you to each and every person who took the time to check it out!  I've met and spoken with so many great people during the course of getting this book out.  The writing and reading community really is top notch!

Here's a link to the Book Goodies interview:

http://goo.gl/7htahB

Stay warm!!

Media art for Welcome to GreenGrass

Here's some sweet media art for Welcome to GreenGrass that I felt compelled to share. It's always a challenge to find new ways to display your work but I thought this turned out rather well.

Stein #11

What do you mean the holidays are over?!  Already?  Time really does speed up the older you get.  Well, happy 2013..crap, I mean 2014!  I’ll be doing that until March.  It’s great to be back in the SFFSat swing of things and I’m happy to be posting again from my WIP – Stein.  When we left poor Annie back in 2013, she was rescued from a horde of rampaging zombies by a mysterious stranger by way of a small hole in the alley dumpster.  With freedom in front of her, she instead feels drawn back to the man who begrudgingly risked his life for her.  Make sure you stop over at the main site and check out the other snippets contributed by some great writers – SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com.  Enjoy!
          “Do you live..I mean…is this where you stay?”
          He grunted in reply.
          “Well, thank you for saving me because I really thought I was a goner.” Annie leaned in closer and saw the ragged scar running along the base of his neck.
          “Go ‘way.”
          “Why did it seem like that meat chaser was afraid of you?” Annie shuffled on her knees through the bags of trash and made out a worn knit cap covering small patches on hair on the man’s head.
          “Not afraid.”
          “Look, there’s a small group of survivors holed up in an abandoned garage a couple blocks from here and I was thinking maybe you should come-“
          The man spun to face her and Annie gasped, dropping the lighter in her hand as he barked, “Leave me alone.”
And there you have it.  Welcome 2013 4 and I hope the new year brings everyone whatever goals they have set.  My novel Welcome to GreenGrass came out in November and I’m extremely happy with where it has climbed since them.  If you haven’t checked it out it – here’s a link the amazon site:  http://goo.gl/Vd9jxh
          Enjoy the weekend, stay warm, bend with the legs when shoveling your driveway, and I’ll see you in seven!

Author interivew for Welcome to GreenGrass

The multi-talented and all around awesome author Lyndi Alexander has allowed me to grace the pages of her site with an interview about my newly released novel Welcome to GreenGrass from Bedlam Press, an imprint for Necro Publications.

The interview was a lot fun and she asked some great questions. Stop over and check out the interview in its entirety over at her worlds of fancy site - 

http://necropublications.myshopify.com/products/welcome-to-greengrass-by-s-a-checkI hope everyone is having a great holiday season and I'm already looking forward to a promising 2014!!

Stein #10

          Would Santa be considered a U.F.O.? The holidays are fast approaching, whichever holidays it is that you celebrate.  It’s always a great time of year to relax, reflect, and re-focus and what better way than to lose yourself in a little creative craftsmanship. This will be the last set of snippets for the year and hopefully we’ll go out with a bang. Make sure you check out all the great snippets posted over at SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com. This week, Annie finally made it out of the alley! About time! But is there more to her rescuer than meets the eye?  Read on and find out. If you need to catch up on a few, check out the previous snippets posts on my site for Stein. _______________________________________________________________________________    
          She was inside an assembly plant, metal conveyor belts running in all directions above her. At her feet, hundreds of cans of dog food sprawled around her, their contents spilled across the floor. She guessed it to be her haggard hero’s food source for the last few months.
          Turning back to the makeshift door between the factory and the garbage dumpster, Annie watched the man stack garbage bags to form a make-shift wall where the front of the dumpster existed moments before.  One of the bags fell and he shrugged, moving to the corner and plopping down on the ground. 
          Annie glanced behind her to make sure her escape route was still clear and half-whispered, “Uh…hello?”
          The crumpled figure looked her way, seemingly transfixed by the flame in her hand, before turning  his back to her.
          “I just wanted to thank you for…you know, saving my life.”
          They sat in mutual silence. She was never the most socially verbose person, even when there were still people around to be social with, but kneeling there, ankle deep in trash, she felt the need to say more to this man.
          There you have it! Another year of Sci Fi Fantasy Fun wrapped up. It’s been a great year and I’ve made some great friends thanks to this site, especially with my novel Welcome to GreenGrass coming out a couple weeks ago – the link for it is on my page. I hope you’ll check it out! I hope you and yours have a great holiday season and I look forward to sharing more of my writing next year!  See you in….well…see you next year.

Stein #9

          And here we are again – another edition of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday.  The holidays are fast approaching and everyone is getting into the spirit but it’s also a time when our “to do” lists seem to grow exponentially.  I’m still in the throes of getting my new novel, Welcome to GreenGrass, out into as many hands as I can but it’s nice to take a break and do a little creating and posting for SFFSat.  This week, we’re following Annie as she is dragged into a garbage dumpster by a mysterious haggard stranger, saving her from the ravenous horde of flesh-eaters that were closing in on her at the wrong end of an alley. At least, she’s hoping it’s a rescue.
          She wasn’t sure what was worse, the smell of rain drenched rotten food in the garbage bags surrounding her or the growing fear that she may have been better off with the horde of undead outside.  The pressure around her necked released and she gasped a huge gulp of air, bringing a fresh awareness of her current surroundings.  Pulling herself up to her knees, Annie watched the hulking figure beside her pull away a manhole cover propped against the back wall.  A crude hole had been torn through the metal dumpster and the brick wall behind it, leading into the building next to them. 
          The man pointed to the hole.  “Free.”
          Annie didn’t need a second invitation and crawled over a bag of trash, clawing her way through the small opening.  She’d lost the medicine kit for Zach and they’d have to come up with another plan but she was content just getting out of that alley alive. The building was pitch-black inside but she remembered the cigarette lighter in her jeans.  Fumbling in her pocket, she pulled out the small disposable lighter and stopped her hand from shaking long enough to ignite it. 
          What’s inside the building? Safety? A trap? Valuable cash prizes? Guess we’ll have to wait until next week to find out. Make sure you stop over at SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com and read all the great entries this week! And if you like my writing, check out my novel –Welcome to GreenGrass - with the link to the right.  Enjoy the weekend and see you in seven!

Some nice words from Horror Novel Review about Necro Publications / Bedlam Press and Welcome to GreenGrass

The folks over at Horror Novel Reviews posted a great article about my publisher Necro Publications / Bedlam Press and the announcement for my book's release. Check out the link for the site!  Necro has been a staple in the horror community for like two decades and they're only gaining steam - putting out over twenty titles this year alone.  

http://horrornovelreviews.com/2013/12/03/necro-publications-expands-their-sci-fi-imprint-bedlam-press-with-welcome-to-greengrass/


It's a great feeling to see some press for the book and always appreciated. 

Stein Snippet #8

          Here we are at another edition of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday.  I hope everyone here in the states had a great Thanksgiving and survived whatever Black Friday shopping they were inclined to do. Kind of appropriate to share a snippet filled with zombie hordes in lieu of the masses of rampaging shoppers this season is noted for.  Which one would you rather face?  This week’s installment has Annie being pulled away from her hungry attackers but is she going from the proverbial frying pan into the fire? Guess we’ll have to find out. Check all the previous snippets for the full back story – I’ve edited them all with the Stein heading to make it easier.  Check out all the great writing snippets over at the main site – SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com – you’ll be glad you did.
          Annie turned to run but realized she was still at the alley’s end when she felt a hand ratchet down on her shoulder. The fabric of her coat pulled tight around her neck and her breath was cut short.  Her body was jerked back, dragged across the ground towards the remains of the dumpster.  She gasped for air as the zipper of her jacket bit into her throat.
          “No, wait.”
          Twisting, Annie helplessly watched as the zombie in the orange jumpsuit clawed its way through the mass of body parts and stumbled towards them, hungrily reaching for her.
          Her unsuspected rescuer raised his hand at the lumbering mass and uttered, “Mine.”
          The frothing corpse stopped, sniffing the air surrounding them before turning away.
          “How?” Annie asked, watching the zombie absently stumble away, as she was pulled into the darkened remains of the trash container._________________________________________________________________________          Poor Annie! Is she rescued or trapped – again. We’ll find out soon enough.  If you could, leave a comment before you leave – they are immensely appreciated!  AND – check out my new novel – Welcome To GreenGrass – available now over at Necropublications.com and all major eBook retailers.  I just posted a new video trailer for it-check it out here– http://youtu.be/pySEgjZ8R3o        See you in seven!

WelcomeToGreenGrass Book Trailer

Video book trailer for Welcome To GreenGrass!!