This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Comfort and Joy.”
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This story was first published in The Raleigh News & Observer’s Sunday Reader, December 2002.
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Riverrun Alley.”
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This story was first published at MarsDust, July 2003. Watch for cameos from creatures and people from some of my other stories and novels!
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Takedown.”
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This is the second of my sports-related stories, both of which harken back to my teaching days in the midwest. Ah, the old days…!
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Home Court Advantage.”
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Parts of this story are based on actual events, but I’m not saying which parts. Enjoy!
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This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Death in the City.”
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This story is my homage to Sherwood Anderson’s story “Death in the Woods.”
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Breathing Trouble.”
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This was one of the first stories I wrote after moving from Nebraska to North Carolina, and it’s my way of making sense out of both worlds… It was first published at The Pedestal Magazine in December 2000.
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “The Brotherhood of Trees.”
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This story was first published at Aeon Speculative Fiction, February 2006. It was named an Honorable Mention story in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror, volume 24. The ebook cover is by Zone 1 Design.
“The protagonist and his partner are depicted with compassion and pathos, and not the over-the-top camp behavior many other authors use to depict gay characters. This, coupled with the neat backstory and polished prose, makes this a tale worth reading.” —Jason Fischer, Tangent Online
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This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “The Disillusionist.”
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Ah, this is one my favorite stories! It was first published in Would That It Were, August 2003, and it was an Honorable Mention story in the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror vol. 17. It was also reprinted in Gunning for the Buddha. I thought it would be a nice tale to tell before Halloween…
“A very thoughtful exploration of the place of illusion and truth, with nice special effects.” — Tangent Online
“About three quarters of the way along I realized I was picking up hints about the identity of the deputy, which caused my interest in an already creepy, thoughtful, sensorily complex story to zing. My favorite of the collection.” — SF Site
This week’s Free Fiction Friday story from UnWrecked Press is “Tiny Disaster.” (I know it’s a Monday, but I wanted to get this story out there in time for State Fair season!)
This story was a finalist for the 2004 Brenda L. Smart Award for Short Fiction, and it was first published in The Raleigh News & Observer’s Book Pages, September 2007.
Now that October is here, I thought I’d announce my last ebook bundle of the year, just in time for the best fall holiday ever.
Halloween Six-Pack:
eBook available from: Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble.
Michael Jasper 