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Pitching trades; planning on pitching to space-related podcasts (including "Space and Things") and publicationsTwo of the blurbists--one of whom is an admin of the "Space Hipsters" Facebook group--said this was the best book of the series.Much shorter and faster read than the most recent book in the series.Stephen Walker (author of Beyond) helped with research and is reading it for blurb consideration.Past titles have a small but enthusiastic following--the author sometimes receives Facebook messages from random strangers gushing about the books.Well-researched (the author tracked down transcripts of interviews with the relatively-obscure main character, and read a wealth of sources to reconstruct a Soviet lunar mission) while still being literary and lively

ON NEWTON'S 3rd LAWIt's not just a law of physics; it's a cosmic imperative.THE OBSTINATE CANARYA prideful young opera singer confronts his girlfriend's objections to his lack of success, as she threatens to leave him for a vacation with another man.WONDER IN ALICELANDWife witnesses husband's deathbed declaration of love to his dear Alice. But Alice is not his wife's name.TREACHERYOld age tragically strips us of all our youthful virtues. Does it leave us anything in compensation?HOW TO SCORE HOT CHICKSA step-by-step guide. Never fails.RUNNING MIRRORA starfleet officer becomes a criminal on the day of his retirement - the best day of his life.MAKING IT RIGHTAn aging rocker returns home to right an ancient wrong.THE TALE OF DANNY LARUEAn Angel in a dream reveals to a young man that he has an appointment with Death that very night.MY SATURDAY MORNING COFFEEA true story of courage and heroism in the face of catastropheLOVE STORY WITH FLUTEA fable set on a modern Indian reservation about the love of a boy for an older girlNUNA failed nun uses her body to redeem herself.ROYAL DELUSIONHe thinks he's the King of Denmark, and it's off to the asylum.BLOWING SMOKEA lout schemes to trick an elegant, worldly cigar expert out of his vintage Ferrari, by betting his own wife against the expert's skills.THE HYPOCHONDRIACChill. You never know what's going to get you in the end.DEVOTIONFour kinds of devotion - superficial, naïve, vocational, and true - are explored in this tale of intergalactic intrigue.HEY! I NEEDED THE BOOKS.Refusing to do without. A true story.THE OTHER MARYA naked woman in church heralds a life-change for a young priest.STUMBLEBUMWhat's left when everything has been taken away from you?THE MURDEROUS HOUNDS OF SATANIt's not like he wasn't warned.ROUGH SWEET KISSESPutting Love in perspectiveTHE TWILIGHT OF IGGY FLYNNAn Irish assassin arranges his final hit.BLOCHYFACE GRAMPAA precious life-lesson from a cruel schoolyard prankGRAMPA'S TERRIBLE TEETHHow far can empathy take us?AMBROSIA, OR, WRITE WHAT YOU KNOWA man reclaims a lost love through a desperate schemeON NOT PLAYING CHESSHow about we negotiate first?CASTLE QUEENSIDETwo lifelong rivals play a final bloody matchINTENSIVE CAREA sick man's life-changing deliriumENEMY OF THE PEOPLEA look forward to a perishing republic

NEW EDITION FOR March 2023This book is intended as an introduction to the species of art music which bears the misleading appellation of Classical Music. It contains brief summaries of the most important creators in the artform over the past millennium, the forms it uses, as well as a recommendation for a core collection, notes on how to collect and where, how to stay current, and other topics associated with experiencing fully the art of what we have come to call Classical Music. It is not an encyclopedia (nor a music dictionary, which I recommend as an adjunct to this book.); it is a primer.The book shall be updated regulary (expanded features, new composers, technical details, new distribution schemes change quickly).

The social order is crumbling, and a northern Michigan man (John Wheelwright) flees disaster to find refuge with his family in the Upper Peninsula. But the U.P. has become a savage wasteland of criminals, resistors, and a paramilitary empire controlled by a sadistic colossus ("X" - Xavier Blount). When John arrives at the family farm he discovers that X wants his father's land, now, or total pillage will result.The novella is full of combat and romance set in the emerald jungle of the Michigan Upper Peninsula.

Song of Blood and Ashes by Gerald Brennan is a Vampire novel set in Ireland and Ann Arbor, Michigan. An ancient Vampire finally creates a protégé after centuries of searching for the one. Blinded by her beauty and innocence, his choice was unwise. She is desperately in love with a 'mortal' who does not reciprocate her affection. Her twisted and depraved appetites provoke a most horrifying catastrophe. A tale out-of-the-ordinary, and a unique addition to a timeless genre.

In late December of 1941, two parachutists dropped into occupied Europe on a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, an SS leader whom one contemporary called "the hidden pivot" of Nazi Germany.Six months later, they succeeded.This is the definitive telling of this oft-forgotten story--its fascinating background, its thrilling climax, and its tragic consequences. It draws on diverse resources and influences, including Plato's Republic, Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, the writings of Czechoslovakian president Tomáš Masaryk, Jaroslav Hašek's The Good Soldier Švejk, Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, and even Camus' The Fall and Bukowski's Ham on Rye. In doing so, it creates something wholly unique--a powerful meditation on the subjective nature of history, and on the ways we distort the past in order to preserve it as memory.

October, 1967. Yuri Gagarin sits atop a Proton rocket, ready to launch. After several turbulent years in the public eye, he's been chosen in secrecy to captain the Soviet Union's latest space spectacular: the first manned flight around the moon. The second story in the Altered Space series, Public Loneliness is a detailed and imaginative look at a country and a space program with a curious schizophrenia regarding publicity and secrecy. Based on extensive research, it's also a lively and literary story that references familiar classics (like Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea) and forgotten landmarks of Soviet socialist realism, while also touching on universal themes of adventure, alcoholism, heroism and shame. It's a compelling look behind the massive posters at the all-too-real man who led the human race into space.

May, 1970. After a one-month launch delay, Apollo 13 lands in the Fra Mauro Highlands of the moon¿and then the trouble starts.The first in a series of what-if stories from the golden age of space exploration, Zero Phase was written based on meticulous research, and with assistance from two Apollo astronauts: Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who visited the Fra Mauro Highlands¿and Captain Jim Lovell, who was supposed to. Dramatic, detailed, and finely written, this novella is a must-read for space aficionados and literary enthusiasts alike.The titles in the Altered Space series are wholly separate narratives, but all deal with the mysteries of space and time, progress and circularity. Each one is an ens¿ of words in which orbits of spacecraft, moons, planets, and people allow us fresh perspectives on the cycles of our own lives.

April, 1972. Three legendary astronauts embark on man's boldest space voyage yet-a yearlong mission to fly past our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus.Island of Clouds, the first full-length novel in the Altered Space series, is a gripping space epic based on NASA mission proposals from the late 1960s. Touching on literary and cultural influences ranging from Borges and Bukowski to Solaris and Star Trek, this story of exploration also offers a literary probing of the dark reaches of human nature: alcoholism, capitalism, authority, fatherhood, and the ephemeral nature of desire.Each entry in the Altered Space series is a wholly separate narrative, but all deal with the mysteries of space and time, progress and circularity. Every title is an enso of words in which orbits of spacecraft, moons, planets and people allow us fresh perspectives on the cycles of our own lives.