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Gantean Reviews

Reviews are trickling in for The Gantean.

For those of you who like to read them (Dad?), here are links to a fewof them:

Amazon Review 1

Amazon Review 2

Amazon Review 3

Goodreads Review 1

Goodreads Review 2

Goodreads Review 3

Have you read The Gantean yet? If so, add your review to either site! There are still opportunities to win free print copies by participating in Luminous Creatures Press’s Summer of Super Short Stories contest.

I’m madly editing the sequel to The Gantean, calledThe Cedn...

Summer of Super Short Stories Week Three

Week three prompts are up at Luminous Creatures Press.Head over there to submit a story of 350 words.The line prompt is from my book, The Gantean:

“The truth is complicated“

Image credit: Crossed Fingers II by Katie Tegtmeyer flickr CC 2.0 Image has not been altered from its original form.

Summer of Super Short Stories, Week Two

Head over to Luminous Creatures PressThursday through Saturday for more flash fiction contest fun. We’re looking for stories of 350 words or less that make use of two prompts.

The line prompt, from The Gantean, is “I wanted more than silence”

The photo prompt is:

Image credit:Img_2296 by Ozalee Meg flickr CC 2.0

Image has not been altered from its original form.

Fresh Pulp: Pedal Zombies

With all this talk of fantasy books and flash fiction contests, there just hasn’t been enough fresh, straight pulp in my life lately.

PEDAL ZOMBIES is here to fix that.

My story, “Breeders,” about the coming reproductive apocalypse, zombie sex, and miraculous getaway machines (aka bicycles), is included.

Become a Kickstarter supporter if you dare!

Summer of Super Short Stories, Week One

Head on over to Luminous Creatures Press to write a story for theSummer of Super Short Stories!

My book, The Gantean, is featured. Lines from it serve asprompts in tandem with beautiful photos.

The first week’s line prompt is the very first line of my prologue: “Tell me a tale.”

And the photo prompt is this gorgeous forest scene:

Image credit:“My forest dream is still a dream” by Vinoth Chandar from flickr (CC 2.0) Image has not been altered from original form.

July Goals

Somehow another month flew by, and June was exceptionally busy in my world. Here were my goals:

1) Publish The Gantean.Whew! Yes! I did it! The Gantean is out in the wild, swimming through the great seas of Amazon. You can get it here.

2) Lineedit for Tamara Shoemaker’s Mark of Four. Yes, I started this and got in deep. I should be finished by July 4th.

3) FLASHDOGS!Super-check! I formatted four books, total. Two ebooks, SOLSTICE: DARK and SOLSTICE: LIGHT, and the two print versions as well....

Happy Bookday!

It’s here! It’s here! Today is the day! My book, The Gantean, is celebrating its opening birthday! You can get it in ebook form immediately on Amazon, and you can order print versions from either CreateSpace or Amazon. Local people can get exclusive signed and doodled copies at Flow in Fairfax. You can also gift the book to people you know via the Amazon ebook page! Buy one! Buy two! Buy twelve!

Thank you to everyone who read versions and offered advance reviews. One meaningful way to help a...

Author Interview: Emily June Street about The Gantean

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My interview with Tamara Shoemaker about The Gantean and other matters:

Originally posted on Tamara Shoemaker, YA Fantasy Author:

I’ve been excited for a long time to host Emily June Street on my blog. I’ve lived in a perpetual state of amazement for her as editor, flash fiction contributor, reviewer, book formatting genius, and now author. I’ve had the privilege to read two of her books (Velo Races and The Gantean) so far, and the way she condenses heavy story into few words rivets...

Spotlight: Emily June Street

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Here’s my interview about writing and The Gantean for Flash! Friday. Make a comment to enter to win a copy of my latest epic fantasy!

Originally posted on Flash! Friday:

I’m thrilled today to welcome Emily June Street to the FF mic.Why’s that name familiar??you might ask, only a moment before scrolling back through memory and blushing as you suddenly recall her neck-high pile of Flash! Friday HMs and runners up awards, and all the accolades she’s reaped for editing prowess both for t...

Flashdogs

The FLASHDOGS : SOLSTICE books are now out and available. Let the dogs out:

http://www.amazon.com/Flashdogs-Solstice-Light-II-FlashDogs-ebook/dp/B00ZYT1NZ8/

http://www.amazon.com/Flashdogs-Solstice-Dark-II-ebook/dp/B00ZYTUMIM

AND there’s a promo on the original anthology. It’s only $0.99!