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Now available for pre-order: Beyond World’s End (Collected Short Stories #4)

Beyond World’s End

Beyond World’s End

Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know.

This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes:

The Manchurian Paradox
A Fatal Rebirth
The Final Turning
The New Covenant
Hearken and Behold (by J.M. Wight)
The End of Elysium
The Promise of King Washington
Lord of the Slaves
The Other Side of Reality
Schrödinger's Diaper
Two Hours Ago
Welcome to Our Crazy Family

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Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know. This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes: The Manchurian Paradox We have met our timeline’s enemy and he is us. A Fatal Rebirth Nothing in this world should live forever—not even civilization itself. The Final Turning This is how the world ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper—thanks to me. The New Covenant To restore a fallen America, an ancient and terrible covenant must be renewed. Hearken and Behold (by J.M. Wight) “Hearken, oh ye hypocrites, and behold the desolation that is already come upon you!” The End of Elysium For the promise of paradise, the last civilization will surrender to the apocalypse. The Promise of King Washington When the aliens came, it wasn’t a military invasion: it was an economic one. (Again, Hazardous Imaginings, December 2020) Lord of the Slaves “Everyone secretly wants to be a slave. Those who deny it simply haven’t found the right master.” The Other Side of Reality What if your future self came back to give you advice, and all it did was confuse you? Schrödinger’s Diaper “Stays clean and dry until you’re free to change it!” …except not quite. (Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2022) Two Hours Ago A time machine without paradoxes, so long as it’s not abused. Welcome to Our Crazy Family Two genderqueer lesbians and a tranny have a rebellious daughter who does the unthinkable and decides to marry a Christian.
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Authors: Joe Vasicek, J.M. Wight
Series: Collected Short Stories, Book 4
Genres: Collections & Anthologies, Collections & Anthologies, Fantasy, FICTION, Political, Religious, Science Fiction, Short Stories (single author)
Tag: 2022 Release
Publisher: Joe Vasicek
Publication Year: May 2022
Length: Collection
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Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.

Other Books in the "Collected Short Stories"
Pilgrims and Time Travelers
In Times Such As These
The Stars Our Destination
The Solace of Truth
What Makes Us Human
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Patriots in Retreat now up for preorder!

For those of you who have been waiting for the next Sons of the Starfarers book, I have good news! Book 6, Patriots in Retreat, is now up for preorder and scheduled to release on January 19th, 2018. Check it out!

Patriots in Retreat

Patriots in Retreat

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Author: Joe Vasicek
Series: Sons of the Starfarers, Book 6
Genres: Military, Science Fiction, Space Opera
Tag: 2018 Release

Gulchina's betrayal has all but sealed the fate of the Outworld Confederacy. As world after world falls before the Gaian Imperial onslaught and the crew of the Merope-7 take losses of their own, a young Imperial agent must decide what she's truly fighting for.

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Book 7, A Queen in Hiding, is with the editor right now and should be up for preorder soon as well, with a release date in March 2018. If all goes well, book 8, An Empire in Disarray, should be out in May, and book 9, Victors in Liberty—the final book in the series—should be out in July.

Thanks for reading!

The Sword Keeper now up for preorder!

Great news! My fantasy novel The Sword Keeper is now up for preorder all across the internet!

This is the first book in a trilogy, and my first epic fantasy novel. I started writing it back in 2012, and have posted a few WIP excerpts over the years. I’m really excited with how it turned out, and I think you’re really going to enjoy it too.

So check it out!

The Sword Keeper

The Sword Keeper

$12.99eBook: $4.99
Author: Joe Vasicek
Series: The Twelfth Sword Trilogy, Book 1
Genres: Epic, Fantasy
Tag: 2017 Release

Tamuna Leladze always dreamed of adventure, but never expected to answer its call. That changes when a wandering knight arrives at her aunt's tavern. He is the keeper of a magic sword that vanished from the pages of history more than a thousand years ago. The sword has a mind and a memory, and it has chosen Tamuna for purpose far greater than she knows.

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First three chapters of Gunslinger to the Stars on InstaFreebie!

It is exactly one month before Gunslinger to the Stars goes live, but if you want to read the first three chapters, they are available right now on InstaFreebie.

If you’re unfamiliar with InstaFreebie, it’s a site where you can download free books by sharing your name and email with the author. Basically, you sign up for the author’s newsletter, and you get a copy of their book. You can browse by genre or author, too.

In addition to this giveaway, I’ll start posting short 300 word excerpts on my blog starting in about a week. I’m also going to publish a prequel short story in the next few days. And of course, you can pre-order Gunslinger to the Stars right now by following one of the links below!

GUNSLINGER TO THE STARS now up for pre-order!

Hi guys! Sorry to be out of the loop for a while. I have just made the pioneer trek of my ancestors, except in the wrong direction (from Utah to Iowa). Still getting settled in, but I should be more active from now on.

That said, I’m happy to report that Gunslinger to the Stars is now available for pre-order! It’s scheduled to release on May 19th, across all ebook platforms. For Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks, and Smashwords, you can pre-order your copy now!

I’m super excited about this book. It’s my first novel since May 2016, and if it does well enough, I’d like to expand it into a trilogy. Either way, it’s definitely taken my writing in a new direction, and I think you’re really going to enjoy it. If I had to pitch it in one sentence, I’d say that it’s Monster Hunter International meets Guardians of the Galaxy.

Just a short post for now, but I’ll be sure to let you guys know what I’m up to as I get back into the swing of things. Thanks for reading!

Gunslinger to the Stars

Gunslinger to the Stars

Not long from now, in our own Milky Way…

Sam Kletchka here, freelance gunslinger and interstellar privateer. This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe.

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The name’s Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you’ve heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet, and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time.

This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe. Not that it was easy, of course. I’ve looked death in the face so often, he’s practically an old buddy of mine. But when all your worst enemies are immortal, that’s a buddy you want on your side.

Stay frosty, my friends. You never know what you’ll find at the next star.

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Author: J.M. Wight
Series: Gunslinger Trilogy, Book 1
Genres: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Space Opera
Tag: 2017 Release
Publication Year: May 2017
Length: Novel
List Price: $15.99
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Other Books in the "Gunslinger Trilogy"
Gunslinger to the Galaxy
Gunslinger to Earth
The Complete Gunslinger Trilogy
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SSF-IV: FRIENDS IN COMMAND now available for pre-order!

Hi guys! Great news! Friends in Command (Sons of the Starfarers: Book IV) is now up for pre-order on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, Kobo, and iBooks! The ebook goes live on July 1st (which coincidentally happens to be the 152nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg), but if you pre-order it now, you can have it delivered automatically to your ereader of choice when it’s released.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll post some 300 word excerpts to give you guys a taste of it. This book has been a looong time coming, but I’m now confident that this is a book I can be proud of.

At 42,000 words, Friends in Command is more of a short novel than a novella. The later books in this series keep getting longer, and I suspect that trend will continue until the end. However, I can promise you definitively that there will be no more than nine books in this series. Even if the last book is the size of a freaking Sanderson novel (unlikely, but possible), there will only be nine books, and each book will cost no more than $2.99 for the ebook version ($5.99 for the omnibus editions).

So yeah, check it out!

Friends in Command

Friends in Command

The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands.

The Imperials are back, and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn't going to stop them. But they aren't the only enemies of the new Outworld Confederacy. Together, Aaron and Mara must face a threat from within.

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The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands.

The war for the Outworlds is on. The Imperials may have lost the first round, but they’re back—and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn’t going to stop them.

When Aaron recieves a captain’s commission in the new Outworld Confederacy, Mara is his natural choice for second in command. But Mara never expected to live past the first few battles. She only joined the resistance to avenge her father, and fears the monster she’s starting to become. The only thing she has left to live for now is her friends.

The Imperials aren’t the only enemy in this war, though. The friends must face a threat from within in

SONS OF THE STARFARERS
BOOK IV: FRIENDS IN COMMAND

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Author: Joe Vasicek
Series: Sons of the Starfarers, Book 4
Genres: Science Fiction, Space Opera
Tag: 2015 Release
Publication Year: July 2015
Length: short novel
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Joe Vasicek

Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.

Other Books in the "Sons of the Starfarers"
Brothers in Exile
Comrades in Hope
Strangers in Flight
Captives in Obscurity
Patriots in Retreat
A Queen in Hiding
An Empire in Disarray
Victors in Liberty
The Complete Sons of the Starfarers
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Print, pre-orders, and points of business

For those of you who are reading the Sons of the Starfarers series, I have a few updates and points of business that I think you may be interested in.

SSF I-III (thumb)First, Sons of the Starfarers: Omnibus I-III is now up for pre-order on most of the ebook sites. It will go live on November 1st, but the print edition should be available on Amazon and CreateSpace about two weeks before that. All I have left to do for the print edition is the typesetting, but that takes a lot of time, so I’m shooting for October 15th to have the print edition ready.

Now, here’s the interesting part. Amazon has a program called MatchBook where people who buy the print edition can get the ebook edition for cheap or free. For the omnibus edition, I’ve set the discount ebook price for $.99, which means that if you buy the print edition, you can get the ebook for just $.99 extra.

The big question is how this applies to pre-orders. If you pre-order the ebook and buy the print edition before the ebook comes out, will Amazon charge you the full $5.99 or the $.99? I don’t know yet, but I plan to ask an Amazon representative to clarify. Because if ordering the print version while the ebook is still on pre-order means that you get the ebook at the discount MatchBook price, I will do everything I can to get the print version out in time so you can do that.

For links to the omnibus, keep an eye on the front page: I haven’t added it to my blog yet, but I plan to do that shortly. Or you can just go over to your favorite ebookstore and search for “sons of the starfarers omnibus.”

Finally, I’ve decided to drop the price for Brothers in Exile (Sons of the Starfarers: Book I) from $2.99 to $0 and make it permanently free. The trick now is getting Amazon to price match with the other retailers, since you can’t technically set the price of an Amazon book to $0 (you have to mark it down on a competitor and let them know). So if you have a few moments to help, I would appreciate it! Just follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Amazon page for Brothers in Exile and look for the link that says “tell us about a lower price.”
  2. When you click the link, it should bring up a submenu that asks you where you saw the lower price. Click on “website.”
  3. Where it asks for the URL, copy and past either the link to iBooks, the link to Nook, or the link to Kobo (or all three!).
  4. Where it asks for the competitor’s price, enter “0” and click “submit feedback.”

That’s it! If you could take a few moments to do that, I would greatly appreciate it. And if you haven’t read Brothers in Exile yet, here’s a great way to get it for free!

For those of you waiting for Friends in Command (Sons of the Starfarers: Book IV), I’m happy to say that progress is coming along very, very well with that one. I hope to have it up for pre-order before the end of October, and the tentative release date will be January 3rd. It’s going to be a bit of a crunch to get it all done in time, but I’m really eager to write this story and I think I can get the first draft done in the next couple of weeks.

That just about does it. Back to writing!

STRANGERS IN FLIGHT coming out soon! (and other updates)

SSF-III (thumb)So, I have great news! Sons of the Starfarers, Book III: Strangers in Flight will be coming out in just a couple of days. Everything is squared away for the release–all I need to do is finish approving the edits, write a teaser for the next book, and put the ebook together!

This will probably be the last time that I publish a book without putting it on pre-order first. From now on, I want to have the next book out on pre-order before the last one is released, so that my readers can pre-order the next book while it’s still fresh in their minds. Also, this will give each book a firm release date, so that readers know when the next book is going to come out.

Until now, there’s been no advantage in holding a book until it’s ready to be published. Smashwords and the iBookstore started allowing pre-orders about a year ago, but since most of my sales are on Amazon at this point, I held off from taking advantage of that option. Perhaps that was a mistake.

In any case, now that Amazon allows pre-orders, I plan to retool my publishing process in order to make that a part of how I do things. However, since I’m still writing Book IV: Friends in Command, that means that it probably won’t be until Christmas when that book comes out. I don’t want to upload anything less than a finished product for pre-order, so I need to build up a queue in order to get things going.

However, the first Sons of the Starfarers omnibus should be available for pre-order in just a couple of weeks. All I really need is the cover, and my cover designer is already working on it. So if you haven’t bought the first book yet, or don’t mind waiting until October, the omnibus should be a few bucks cheaper than buying all three books individually.

In other news, I’m back in Utah, getting into the swing of things after a lengthy family vacation. I’ve got a bunch of short stories on submission now, which should be interesting if/when they get picked up by the magazines, but that’s more of a long-term thing (and besides, I still have a lot to learn when it comes to writing short stories–it’s much harder in some ways than writing novels!). There’s a couple of other side projects that I have simmering on the back burner, but right now, Sons of the Starfarers is definitely taking most of my focus.

That just about does it for now. I’ve got some chili cooking on the stove, so I’d better get back to that and then finish those edits. Later!

Almost back from vacation

So I’m in Massachusetts now, getting ready to head back to Utah by way of my sister’s in Iowa. I spent the last week on Cape Cod for family vacation, which was a lot of fun! Cape Cod is one of my favorite places, and it was good to sit back and take a break from things.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. While on the beach, I reread Nancy Kress’s Beginnings, Middles, and Ends (an excellent writing book), and in the evenings I tinkered a little with a short story in the Star Wanderers universe. I also sent out several short story submissions, and even received a couple of rejections. I’ve got seven stories out on submission right now, and I hope to push that number even higher before the end of the summer.

But short stories aren’t the main focus. The main focus right now is Sons of the Starfarers, specifically, getting Strangers in Flight published. The final draft is currently with my editor, and the cover art is ready to go. Check it out!

SSF-III (cover)I am definitely looking forward to getting this book out. But if you haven’t read the other books in the Sons of the Starfarers series yet, I would advise you to wait until the first omnibus comes out. I should have that up for pre-order by the middle of September, and I’ll price it slightly lower than all three books put together.

I’m not sure when the fourth book will be out. At this point, all I have is a rough outline. However, I expect that it will be out before Christmas. I don’t think it will take more than a couple of months to write, and I’m really excited to write the fifth book, so once I get started I expect it will go quickly. The title for book four is Friends in Command, and it will be primarily from Mara’s point of view.

That just about does it for now. I’d better get back to packing so that I can get some sleep before the night is over. Take care!

KDP now allows pre-orders!

So I got an email recently from Amazon Publishing, about how they now allow indie writers to do pre-orders! That means that I can upload a book on Amazon 90 days before its publication date, and it will have its own page and everything.

Honestly, I’m not sure how I’ll use this new tool, because I tend to publish things as soon as they’re finished. I don’t want to upload anything except a finished product for pre-order, on the off-chance that something comes up and I can’t have it ready in time. However, since I already have ongoing series (such as Sons of the Starfarers) where people are waiting for the next book, I want to put those books up as soon as they’re finished.

It’s a marketing tool that I’ll have to learn and experiment with. Right now, the biggest value I see is in launching new series, so that people who buy book 1 can immediately pre-order the next couple of books right after finishing the first one. Of course, that means I actually need to write the first few books before publishing the first one, but that’s probably a good idea anyway.

What I’ll probably do is arrange my publishing schedule so that I’m publishing books not as soon as they’re finished, but between 30-60 days after. The pre-orders will give me a buffer and allow me to release the books on the same day across every retail channel. It will help to keep things organized and create more consistency, so that you all know what to expect.

In the short term, though, that means I need to write a lot more in order to create this buffer and have books lined up for regular releases. In other words, I need to get to work!