You read that right—the title of my new book is the same as my website. (I guess I’m just that pretentious. :P)
The familiarity doesn’t end there, though. This book is a collection of “unpublished” short stories spanning my entire career. I put quotation marks on “unpublished” (I did it again!) because many of these stories have already been posted here on my website. I learned at a Gen-Con writing seminar that stories posted on an author’s website are considered published. I may have tom rethink how often I post stories on here, then.
Regardless, I wanted to have this book finished in time for Gen-Con last week, but CreateSpace, the website I use for my self-published stuff, kept being nitpicky about the cover. It took me too long to make it happy. (I still had great sales at Gen-Con, though).
What’s the theme of this collection? I’ll let the back cover copy explain:
From the mind that brought you
Pandora’s Box & Ninjas and Talking Trees
comes…a little bit of everything.
- An amnesiac cybernetic vigilante confronting the man he once called “comrade”—after he was murdered by him.
- A pro-wrestler accosted in the ring by a mysterious hooded figure the night before his brother takes him to court.
- A living gargoyle who protects a young wayward woman from her persecutors—and a demon.
- Santa Claus’ race with a flying saucer on Christmas Eve.
- A young man flying a hang glider through a ruined city to save his stranded twin siblings from a giant monster believed to be an angry god.
You’ll find these and other fantastical things in this, the first short story collection from Nathan Marchand. This anthology spans the vast breadth of the universe and genre. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and then you’ll do both again. Herein you’ll find adventure, drama, tragedy, and…ninjas (because they make everything better).
Prepare to enter…
The Worlds of Nathan Marchand
That pretty much says it all.
Barring any more unforeseen hiccups, the book will be available on Amazon within the next few days. The eBook should follow soon afterward.
Sidenote: Speaking of eBooks, I’ve been making eBook versions of some of my other books lately. 42: Discovering Faith Through Fandom is now available as such. The next will be Ninjas and Talking Trees.
