Jason Adams and the Brain Squirrels
All about Jason, his writing, travel, and whatever else crosses his mind.
Thank you for stopping by to read my sweet holiday story Andrew and Shichi-Go-San! Alas, the free week is over, much like the holiday season for 2020.
Click here for more information about the WMG Holiday Spectacular, including my story, three by Kari Kilgore, and a bunch of wonderful holiday tales by some of my favorite writers.
Thank you for all of your fantastic support, and see you in 2021!
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Hey, everyone!
I wanted to let you know about the upcoming Holiday Spectacular from WMG Publishing. This is a great way to read some good stories during the holidays! Subscribers get a new short story in their inbox every day from November 26, 2020 through January 1, 2021. Plus more for Valentine’s Day and Halloween next year.
Kari Kilgore and I both have stories in the winter holiday calendar. Kari also has one in the 2021 Valentine’s Day calendar, and I’ll have another in the 2021 Halloween calendar.
Rather than me blathering on, I’ll simply ask that you check out all the details on the project’s Kickstarter page. While you’re there, consider chipping in a buck or two for this fantastic endeavor. You’ll help it get out in the world, and you’ll be supporting a bunch of incredible writers.
And who knows? You might just find your next favorite author, and have a new story to re-read time and again.
The squirrels have donned their Sherlock hats and have magnifying glasses at the ready for a brand new series of mystery anthologies “So Criminal, It’s Good.” Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem features stories by yours truly, Kari Kilgore, and a whole slew of incredibly wonderful writers. I’ve enjoyed every story so far, but I promise I’m not getting any…er…ideas.
Issue Number 1: Private Eyes, introduces Kari’s Appalachian tale “The Definition of Crime,” with a private detective coming home to investigate a tough missing person case.
In Issue 2 – Thieves: In “Bobby and Pete,” we meet a mild-mannered shopkeeper and the homeless man who teaches him that those who steal don’t always deserve a trip to the slammer.
Issue 3 – The Chase Begins: Two Las Vegas homicide detectives encounter “Fresh Blood and Old Music” on Fremont Street.
Kari also contributes stories to Private Eyes, Thieves, and The Chase Begins, and we both return for Issue 4: Sins of the Father, due out in November.
I hope you’ll venture over to www.MCM-Magazine.com, where you can learn more about our fabulous writer Syndicate and be the first to know about upcoming issues.
We’ve all been stuck at home for a while, and I don’t know about you but I’ve about run through all the stuff I already have. In the spirit of helping folks stay entertained, I thought I’d let you know about Spiral Publishing’s Thursday Escapes! They’ll be sharing a different story from me or Kari Kilgore on their site free each week. Just our way to try to help folks stay entertained while we’re all staying safe.
First up is Kari’s Contemporary Fantasy story Intentions. Check back next week for my (somewhat) hard-boiled Space Opera story Sunlit Dispositions.
Happy reading, and here’s more about Intentions!
Angela Garcia builds websites to help make other people’s dreams come true.
Now one of her childhood dreams waits, ready to come to life.
Sometimes procrastination feels like the safest choice.
And sometimes your intentions make all the difference.
Welcome to Intentions!
Intentions brings all the flexibility and customization you’ve ever wanted to your website and your life, and even more than you’ve imagined.
Our easy-to-configure plugin lets you design and implement anything you can dream up.
Not even the sky is the limit!
A lot has been happening for yours truly and Spiral Publishing. Kari and I went to the WMG Anthology Workshop last month, and had a blast.
For those who don’t know, the Anthology Workshop is an annual get together of writers and anthology editors. Between the regular eight stories for the various anthology calls, Kickstarter rewards, and other workshop stories, we both went with eleven new tidbits and watched while seven editors discussed, argued over, and occasionally stole from each other.We sat with forty two other writers and sweated, cheered, and applauded as each story came up. Kari sold five, I sold four, and we both have two more in consideration.
So yeah, I’d call that a success!
On the home front, I’ve recently published four new short stories standalone, and collected these four and three of my previously published stories into a new collection, Tales from the Squirrel Garden, Volume 1. This collection also includes a short piece not published anywhere else, a delightfully dark story called Swift’s. The whole collection contains stories of a darker bent than some of my other work, but rest assured. In at least two of the stories, things turn out well for the heroes.
I really enjoyed the challenge of organizing and publishing a collection. There’s a bit of a learning curve when it comes to compiling multiple works into a single volume, but I had a great mentor at home to help me through the challenge, and I’m plumb tickled with the result.
Keep an eye on the Brain Squirrels. We’ll be announcing a couple of publications in Pulphouse Magazine in the next few months, as well as a couple of stories in a couple of Holiday Spectaculars. Vague, I know, but more shall be revealed when the moment is opportune.
And finally, Zortea wants me to remind you all that in this time of uncertainty, it’s important to relax.
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Thank you for stopping by to read my sweet holiday story A True Family Holiday! Alas, the free week is over, much like the holiday season for 2019.
Check out this post on Kari Kilgore’s site (yes, I am indeed lazy) for more information about the WMG Holiday Spectacular, including my story, two by Kari Kilgore, and a bunch of wonderful holiday tales by some of my favorite writers.
Thank you for all of your fantastic support, and see you in 2020!
