Tuesday, May 17, 2016

What Went Wrong: Release Day


A new speculative fiction anthology is out today from Lit Select. It's called What Went Wrong, and is available at Smashwords in all kinds of formats for epub and Kindle. It is supposed to be up on Amazon itself soon. The stories run the gamut from SF to horror. I have a story in it called "Electric Love 'N Blue," which is primarily SF. The underlying concept of the collection is: "well-laid plans that go awry." This kind of broad concept led to a lot of variety in the tales, which I think is a pretty cool thing.

Here's the first paragraph of mine:

"Mistakes. Always mistakes, Ray Grant thought as he reviewed the Hollister file one more time with his Cerebral Symbot. If people were more like this Symbot, more like machines. If they just did what they were supposed to."

Of course, you know no one ever does what they are supposed to. Well, hardly ever. And in my story, even the ones who try to do so don't necessarily succeed. 

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There are some other blogs around announcing this today as well, and doing a far more creative job than I have. Here's Jan M. Flynn, with samples and an interview with her, and the humorous (or is it) take of N.O.A. Rawles. Also see Gloria Weber.

Hope you get a chance to check them out.


6 comments:

  1. Awesome! Can't wait to read.
    Congrats!

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  2. Aimlesswriter, thankee!

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  3. Congratulations, Charles. This looks like a good collection.

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  4. Hey, congrats! Sounds like a fun bunch of stories. :)

    Angie

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  5. Charles--although we have never physically met I do believe I can call you and Lana friends. Well my friend I do believe that among all the writers I know, your publishing credits are far and away not only the most diverse but also the most prolific. 30 years ago, before the publishing world changed forever (it seems), you would be as well regarded as Lovecraft or Bradbury.

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  6. Prashant, what I've read so far has been great.

    Angie, it is.

    Mark, I definitely call you a friend. I sometimes day dream about having gotten an earlier start in the writing biz.

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