“Road Trip” is Available in Forbidden Future: A Time Travel Anthology

I know it has been a while since I have posted here, but for those who were patient enough to stay with me, I have some great news. My second professional sale and first time travel story, “Road Trip”, is now available in Forbidden Future: A Time Travel Anthology published by The Masquerade Crew. The story features four friends driving to a college party who take an unexpected detour into the future. It is one of nine stories in the anthology and it is available for purchase in the USA, Canada and the UK.

“Road Trip” already has a review up:

The story has good character analysis, and a believable story line. The ending is unexpected. This was one of my favourites. -Moonwalker

What a great way to start the weekend. If you would live to review “Road Trip” and the rest of Forbidden Future contact me at ahwupdate at gmail dot com. I am also available for guest blogs and interviews.

Thank you once again to everyone who continues to support my dream of being a writer. I won’t let you down.

Cover Reveal: Forbidden Futures

Check out the cover for Forbidden Futures, published by The Masquerade Crew and featuring my short story “Road Trip”:

 

“Road Trip” follows the adventure of four friends driving down to Central Illinois for a college party when strange, yellow clouds ruin their plans. Suddenly they find themselves in a Heartland gone to seed, being chased by religious fanatics and manipulated by a mysterious government agency. As time warps around them, can they make it back home or will they forever be trapped on an endless road trip?

If you are interested in supporting the anthology, check out the fundraiser The Crew are running on their blog.

Beta Readers Needed by The Masquerade Crew

The Masquerade Crew is looking for beta readers to help select the final stories for their time travel anthology. My short story “Road Trip” is one of the submissions you might get a chance to read if you volunteer. Find out more information here.

Has “Road Trip” found a home?

Nothing official yet, but The Masquerade Crew recently posted on their blog the list of short stories submitted for their time travel anthology. My short story “Road Trip” is listed, but what is most important is this line near the bottom:

I don’t have any plans on rejecting any story as long as the author is willing to work with the team: me, beta readers, and editors.

Sounds good to me and though I hate to jinx it, hopefully you will all get the chance to read my foray into the future very soon.

Writing Update 9/28/12

I know I say this all the time, but I need to get better about updating this blog. New goal is at least once a week.

Alright big news: Down in Dixie is coming along nicely, but I have decided not to submit it to Abaddon Books. I wrote it as a love letter to the alternate history genre and it is that indeed. Sadly I doubt anyone would actually be interested in publishing such a reference-heavy story set in a niche market. So instead I am going to spend more time on it, flesh it out and making it novel length. I might actually submit it to a publisher, but I will most likely be self-publishing this bad boy.

Speaking of self-publishing, it has been over a year since I wrote “Collapse Theory” and I have yet to find a publisher for the story. I like the tale too much to shelve it so in the near future (hopefully this October) I will be self-publishing it. It will get me acquainted with the process, which will only help me when I finally decide to publish Down in Dixie. Stay tuned for a brief excerpt from the short story just so I can hear from you whether it is a good idea or not.

I just submitted my new short story “Road Trip” to The Masquerade Crew for their upcoming time travel anthology. Wish me luck! In the meantime I am starting working on a really short story (max word count is 2k) for The Were-Traveler’s anthology featuring zombies in alternate history settings. My tale is tentatively titled “Revenants in Warfare” and will be a short excerpt from a much longer scholarly (and, of course, fictional) tome. I am really looking forward to writing this tale. Those who know me or else have read some of my fiction, will understand how much the zombie genre has had an effect of my writing. Ever since I stayed up late during a sleep-over to watch Night of the Living Dead I have been obsessed with the walking dead. Hopefully the lead up to Halloween will put in the right mood to write this horror story.