Short story subs - repost

First of all, thank you so much for your support. If there is anyone out there who has paid for stories but not received them, do email me asap. WE ARE NEARLY AT THE LIMIT, especially for Chen - but there are a few subs still available.

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.

Short story sale - limited edition
I'm trying a new approach this year: 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:

GARNET PARK: Set in an alternative mid 20th century in which World War Two has been mainly fought in Asia and featuring Lieutenant Mary Greaves. I've always wanted to write a Sayers-esque aristocratic female sleuth, and Mary is it.

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

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.</ljcut>


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.

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. Long-term customers will get something collectible in hard-copy at the end of the year: I'm working on that, but it is likely to be a copy of A Glass of Shadow, which is a new hard copy short story collection coming out with New Con Press.

Interested?: email me on: mevennen(at)hotmail.com.





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