Fahrenheit 451

“The books are to remind us what asses and fool we are. They're Caeser's praetorian guard, whispering as the parade roars down the avenue, "Remember, Caeser, thou art mortal." Most of us can't rush around, talking to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book. Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

 Interesting article in the Huffington Post

Are There 5 Reasons to Stick With Major Publishers?
No, There Are Zero Reasons

 
Respectfully, there aren't five reasons to go with New York. Actually, there are zero reasons.
If they can't do a good job with Hillary Clinton's new book, and that release is generally viewed as a flop, why would they do any better with a book written by a mere mortal?
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michaellevin/are-there-5-reasons-to-st_b_5569189.html

Finally signed a contract for my short story 'Copenhagen Assault.' With Pro Se Productions.
They had been sending me emails about the contract. Which I have never received. But finally, one got through so now its just a matter of editing the piece so the Editor is happy with it. I have no idea when this will be released or what the final name of the anthology will be called.
It started out as a Pulp-alternative edition. But they are running with so many new titles with all sorts of New Pulp and Genre Fiction. That it could easily morph into another form entirely.
But as any Author will tell you, as long as it gets into print I will be very happy.

Anyway looking forward to working with these guys. As they seem to be very passionate about what they do. And what they are doing is producing a great platform for a lot of new writers to cut their teeth on the New Wave Pulp and Genre Fiction that Pro Se Productions is producing. This could be the new Golden Age of Pulp. Who knows:D~

The Exploding Typewriter

Here is an interesting interview with Tommy Hancock covering the start of Pro Se Productions. Worth a listen as these guys are passionate about what they are doing.

In the age of self-publishing when anyone can be a writer and the gatekeepers no longer matter, the question of whether or not publishers are still necessary is often raised. Tommy Hancock, editor-in-chief of Pro Se Productions, returns to the Exploding Typewriter to discuss these very topics. Listen to Tommy as he explains what Pro Se offers its authors, how they put out their books, and whether or not publishers are still viable. Perry and Tommy also discuss the current state of New Pulp, some of the problems it faces, and some of the ways it can expand beyond its current boundaries.

/http://typewriter.percivalconstantine.com/2014/07/13/episode-015-publishers-with-tommy-hancock/

 SHADOWS & LIGHT

Andrew Scorah has put together an anthology of fine writers called Shadows & Light. Where all  money from sales will be going to Women's Aid. They are a key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children

I have had a short story called "The Summer of Penny Walsh" accepted for this edition. 
Its the story of youth and summer and a girl. It happened a long time ago. When the summer school holidays where hot and seemed to stretch on forever. I am sure every man and boy has a Penny Walsh story.This is mine.

It always gives me a buzz to be included with some excellent writers and make a noise for a great cause.

Here is the line up of Authors so far for the Charity Anthology:
SHADOWS & LIGHT

A Ballard Tale:  
Andrew Scorah

Placebo:
Andrew Vachss

The Battered Wife:
Graham Masterton 

Quits:
Seumas Gallacher
 
The Valley of the Shadow:
David Edgerley Gates
 
Daylight:
Keith Dixon
                                                                                         
Williams of the Yard in:                                                       
The Foxborough Case:
Andrew Peters 

The Deaths of Andrea Ford:
David Monk             
 
Across the River:
Samuel Dickens
 
The Dare:
Juliet B Madison
 
The Other Wife:
Absolutely-Kate Pilarcik

The Last Girl on Earth:
K.A Hambly
 
The Summer of Penny Walsh:
Frank Sonderborg
 
Finding The Phoenix:
Caitlin O'Connor

Black-Eyed Susan:
Thomas Pluck
 
The Blues Detective:
The Affair of the Precious Packages:
Andrew Peters

All Mine:
George Beck  

Emily’s Valentine:
Gerry McCullough
 
Killing in the Name of:
Aidan Thorn 

The Princess The Fox & The Crow:
William Rose

The Scent of Pancakes:
Tina Bausinger 

The Man Behind the Curtain:
Paul D. Brazill

Doreen’s Tomorrows:
Gay Ingram
 
East Meets West:
Jane Morris

The Visit:
Dana Wright

Heaven’s Scar:
Caitlin O’Connor

Jane Unbound:
Kerry E.B. Black

Ellie:
Marie Bishop  

Almost Christmas:
Rayna L Stiner 

Floorboard Hoofbeats:
Cass McMain
 
An Irish Story:
Roderick Craig Low
 
Accounts Payable:
Hector Duarte Jr

The Same Old Story:
Kevin Holton
 
Little Brother:
Cath Bore

Through Two Unblackened Eyes:
Linda Bonney Olin

Now on sale through Amazon:

Shadows-Light-Benefit-Womens-Aid-ebook/dp/B00MCY6CYK/

 Story in The Big Adios - Yippee ki-yay

Just had my story "The Kid at the Crossing" accepted by The Big Adios
Now online at the home of great western stories on

About the Big Adios

The Big Adios was a digital magazine for those who dream of the freedom

and uncertainty imbued within the mythology of the American West.

We aim to tell big tales of men who live by their wits

and the cadence of their walk.

Of women who are cunning, smart and willing to endure

what any man has to set before them.

These are stories of spirit more so than

location or time, the American West is timeless as are its stories.
No its all gone to the big wagon train in the Interweb Sky.
But you can still get access to my story via the Wayback Web Archive Machine -
 

https://web.archive.org/web/20140310123725/http://thebigadios.com/2014/02/the-kid-at-the-crossing-by-frank-sonderborg.html

Feed Back:

K.James:
Kid at the crossing, would like to see more from this author, realistic.

Bruce Harris :
Tense and plenty of action. Nicely done! 

I have had a Christmas story "The Sanity Clause" accepted by David Barber for the esteemed   THRILLS,Kills "n" CHAOS

Once again chuffed to bits to be included with some excellent writers

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A Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year to everybody

Thrilled to be included in the new Pulp Modern  # 6 JFK Edition

My story "Kingslayer" has passed through the eye of the editorial needle and 
will be included with a host of other great JFK stories in the new
Pulp Modern #6 JFK Issue

Here's the line-up for the JFK issue of PULP MODERN: Terry Alexander Joe Clifford Ken Goldman Ross Peterson Rob Pierce Eryk Pruitt Chris Rhatigan Mav Skye Frank Sonderborg

Joe Clifford sets up the entire issue with a story where things are, appropriately, not at all what they seem.  
Sort of like what happened back in 1963.  
Then we get some 'straight' realism stories, including a piece by Rob Pierce that (in my humble opinion) should be nominated for a spot in the next Best American Short Stories collection.  
Ken Goldman then cranks up the 'what the hell?' factor with his story that leads into Chris Rhatigan's outrageous contribution and a story by a "new" writer named Mav Skye. 
The whole thing ends with Frank Sonderborg's meditation on presidential assassinations and the car that Kennedy died in. 
Hopefully the fiction in Pulp Modern #6 will live up to the fiction in the Warren Report... Editor Alec Cizak;


Pulp Modern is published by Alec Cizak and Uncle B. Publications


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As the whole JFK thing goes into Hyper-drive its published and on Amazon
Just in time for the 22nd November 2013 Anniversary

Get it here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pulp-Modern-Issue-Six-1

Which of course, is the day, 50yrs ago in Dallas, Camelot was extinguished.
Or so the legend goes. 

5***** Amazon Review for Pulp Modern #6 JFK

One of the most unique journals I've read in a long time.

 These stories are tied together by the event of JFK being assassinated. What could have been an endless parade of conspiracy stories is actually a neatly woven tapestry of tales approaching the subject from a multitude of angles. Joe Clifford's story is possibly the most paranoid, all the while commenting on the paranoia surrounding the event. Very clever. "November 1963" is a very literary story that makes some subtle commentary on the connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and the gun 'culture' that has sprouted in his wake (at least, that's how I read the story). Chris Rhatigan goes crazy bizarre in his story and Mav Skye takes things, literally, out of the stratosphere. This is one of the most unique journals I've read in a long time.

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