[Bonus Post] Short Story Release! 4 Star Stories
My short story, “Queer Eye for the Dead Guy” is alive and well and ready for reading on 4 Star Stories. David and Mary Gray are so good to take stories from me, and I try not to overwhelm them.
This story is one of my “perserverance” stories. I originally wrote it for Julia Manadala’s Hell of an Anthology. I made it to the final cut and was then bumped for Mike Resnick…whatcha gonna do?
At the time id didn’t have a fantastic title (titles are not my strength), until I had a lovely conversation with Aaron Allston at ConDFW (EONS Ago) and he popped off with this current title.
This is a story where a couple of characters took control of their own story and lives. I wanted Debris and Detritus to be more like Tim and Al from Home Improvement, they didn’t want to go there.
I don’t even want to count how many years this has taken to see the light of day, but now it has and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Tags: 4 Star Stories, Aaron Allston, Fantasy, fiction, humor, Julia Mandala, science fiction
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- "Operators are Standing By" – Rayguns Over Texas
- A Bubba in Time Saves None – The GodDaddy
- Baen's – Redheads Chapbook
- Baen's – ROTA Apocalypse Now!
- Baen's Yard Dog EBook Bundle – Redheads and Tracy Morris
- Chicken Soup for the Coffee Lover’s Soul
- Flush Fiction – "Some Bunny Loves You"
- I Should Have Stayed in OZ – Not in Kansas Anymore
- International House of Bubbas – "Ivan the Bubba"
- More Stories that Won't Make Your Parents Hurl – "The Pack"
- Perfectly Plum – includes my essay, "The Fast and the Furry-ous"
- Redheads of the Apocalypse – Kindle Edition
- Redheads of the Apocalypse: Apocalypse Now!
- Tarbox Station
- The Astronaut Stole My Sharpie and Other Stories – Kindle Edition
- The Astronaut Stole My Sharpie and Other Stories – Print Edition
- The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse
- The Four Redheads: Redheads in Love!
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