The New Guard Machigonne Fiction Contest

The New Guard is now accepting entries for its Machigonne Fiction Contest. $1,000 for an exceptional work of literary and/or experimental fiction. Submit up to 7,500 words: anything from flash to the long story. Novel excerpts are welcome if the manuscript functions as a stand-alone story. We do not publish illustrations. Judged by Novelist and Essayist Rick Bass.

The deadline is July 18, 2012 (midnight/postmark). Entries are $15. International submissions are welcomed.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Book Brief – The Second Internet Café, Part 1: The Dimension

The Second Internet Café, Part 1: The Dimension Researcher
by Chris James
Genre: Science Fiction
95,000 words

“If you don’t have an imagination, stop reading now. But if you can sense the alternative realities you create every time you act, or omit to act, then I offer you a challenge: pit your imagination against my reality. Follow me to worlds you might have dreamed of, but never knew existed. Until now.”

Lucas Hunter has the best job in the universe: exploring and investigating alternative realities. But from the first trip he realises something is wrong. A strange American is chasing Lucas across the continuum; from Soviet Warsaw in 1944, to Muslim-dominated Europe in 1911, and on to Nazi-controlled England in 1967. Lucas soon understands that his superiors have betrayed him, and the world is on the brink of the first trans-dimensional war.

This title is available from Amazon US, Amazon UK, Smashwords, and Barnes and Noble. Continue reading “Book Brief – The Second Internet Café, Part 1: The Dimension”

Sneak Peek – Space Junk by Kathy Rowe

Space Junk

Book Two of Dar’s Adventures in Space

If it weren’t for bad luck, freighter captain Dar Meltom would have no luck at all.

Stalled by fate, and with a cargo of Jamaraian Rum, Dar is captured by Soothian pirates and pressed into slavery in the treacherous and deadly mines on the unstable planet Versith 5. He wonders what will kill him first: the mines, or the planet exploding.

Princess Parnela Vischof of Kruelis, desperately wants to free her people from the barbaric and ruthless Versithians who are raping her planet of thidium—a mineral they need to survive. Her only hope is the mysterious device known as the Plexus, now stolen from the Versithians. If the device is not delivered, her planet will be laid to waste.

Teamed up with Parnela, Dar uses his unique abilities to hunt down the pirates and retrieve the Plexus. Dar and Parnela face warring species, unstable planets, pirates, and their own growing attraction. But can they save their two species from extinction?

This title is available from Amazon, Smashwords and in print from CreateSpace. Continue reading “Sneak Peek – Space Junk by Kathy Rowe”

Week 27 Flash Fiction Challenge Poll

The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition.

On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM (Pacific Daylight Time) Thursday

Choose your favorite entry from the week 27 flash fiction challenge:

  • Dick Waters (54%, 13 Votes)
  • R E Sheahan (13%, 3 Votes)
  • Brian Beam (8%, 2 Votes)
  • RG Bud Phelps (8%, 2 Votes)
  • Patricia Lapidus (4%, 1 Votes)
  • Paula Friedman (4%, 1 Votes)
  • Michael Boggia (4%, 1 Votes)
  • A. L. Kaplan (4%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 24

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