Short story subs - repost

We've just had the third quarter for these short stories, and everyone who has subscribed should have had them by now - do let me know if not, as I know cyberspace has devoured some copies! If you signed up for the whole thing, you should have had 9 stories by now, or 3 stories per series if you signed up for one.


We are very close now to the limit for Chen - but there are a few subs still available. And do please pass word on - a number of people have bought the year's set, or some of the stories, as presents for others.

You will find a PayPal button at the end of this post. I would like to thank those of you who have already signed up for your support - it is greatly appreciated, and it's also been great to hear from you.

I'm directly marketing a small quantity of limited edition short fiction online. I'll be writing a series of 4 short stories (one per quarter) set in one of 3 worlds. So that's 3 new short stories per quarter:


What will I be getting?: Country houses, airships, opium and a dodgy Imperial Russian love interest.

She did not think that Zhukov was trying to kill her, but would she be expected to keel over immediately, or take faint? Given their location, she thought it might be the second option: the first seemed too obvious by far. But a woman who had drunk a little too much, being escorted to her cabin by an attentive gentleman…far more likely.
Her next move wasn't subtle at all. She stared past the Russian's epauletted shoulder, with widened eyes and parted lips, and gave a little gasp. He only turned for a second, but it was enough for Mary to decant the bulk of her drink into the nearest pot plant. When he turned back, she was unsteadily replacing the glass on the table top.


Cygne: another alt universe, this time Elizabethan. Except that the power on the British throne is a faery queen and the ruling classes, including Lord Cygne, are magicians.

What will I be getting?: demons, shape-shifting governesses, the more unusual elements of the ancient bestiaries, and a singularly vain protagonist.

After a month and a half of peasants squatting in my Great Hall, drinking ale for hours at a time and chatting about the weather or the local totty when they should have been mending the roof, I rebelled, stormed into the hall with the shambling black shape of a conjure-shuck at my heels and threatened woeful things if the roof was not repaired forthwith.
I should have done this before, but one never likes to affront the locals; you never know whether they might appear at your gates one winter midnight, all pitchforks and low muttering and flaming brands.
I suppose they have to make their own fun.

Inspector Chen: Well, you are hopefully familiar with this one by now!

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I'm doing a limited run of 100, for each story.

Cost: £5/$8 per story. If you sign up for 4 (one series) over the course of a year, I'll call it £18/$30.

3 stories (one of each) per quarter: £15/$24.

The whole deal (12 short stories): £50/ - depending on the USD rate, this is from $78 to $90.

You can do it through Paypal (NB - this is still setting up repeat payments for 2011 but as soon as I hear back from Paypal I will fix this. I obviously won't be expecting everyone to pay twice!)

Stories will be sent as a Word attachment or a PDF.
Interested?: email me on: mevennen(at)hotmail.com.





Short Stories
Chen £18.00
Cygne £18.00
GP £18.00
All 3 series £50.00