Writers of the Future Honerable Mention!

I am so stoked I can finally tell you guys about this. I submitted a SCI-FI story to Writers of the Future and received an honorable mention!

Honorable Mentions:
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Matthew Mayner of Idaho
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This is the coolest thing that has happened in my writing career so far.

I know this isn’t just a “thanks for submitting” award, because my first story that I submitted didn’t get one.

They’re going to send me a certificate in the mail and everything. Sweet!

I know it’s not the same as winning but if my story “Battlefield Pickup” was trash I know I wouldn’t have gotten an honorable mention.

So without further ado, here’s “Battlefield Pickup.”

Elementary of the Dead: Chapter 3

BRAAAAAINNNNS!

AttackWatch.com *Facepalm*

Readers, you probably already know that this blog isn’t a political blog, it’s a blog where I share some of my fiction and occasional opinions with you.

Well I heard about AttackWatch.com on the radio and just had to share.

It doesn’t take a genius if you read my stories to figure out I’m a conservative man. I like stories about regular people taking up arms to defend themselves. So it may be obvious to you that I am no fan of Obama.

So what is AttackWatch.com, well its a little website where you can go and tell Obama about people being mean to him. That’s right. If someone says something bad about him you can get on the website and let them know. Now before you Obama supporters get all uppity and say, oh well maybe this website was just setup by people who support the 44th president. Fans is you will.

Nope. Right on the bottom of the website it says…

Copyright © 2011 by Obama for America

It’s also linked from barackobama.com

And a simple whois search tells us…

Administrative Contact:
Admin, Domain admin@barackobama.com
Obama for America
233 N Michigan
Chicago, Illinois 60601
United States
+1.7732356930

So yup the president is feeling insecure, and he needs your help to let him, or his staff, know when someone complains about his lack of experience, his bowing to foreign leaders, or Marxist ideology. It’s like twitter for tattle tails.

So what happens when you click on “Report an attack”?

Well you’re greeted by this little form.

Spy on your neighbors for the President

So let’s take a look at some of the options in the “Attack Type” drop down box shall we?

TV Interview
Public Statement
Forwarded Email
Rumor
TV Ad
Video Ad
Radio Ad
Robocall
Website/Blog

So let me get this straight Mr. President, you are paying people, taxpayer dollars, or campaign contributions, to create and run your little website for people to get on and say. “Teacher teacher, Timmy says you’re a poo poo head!”

Come on Mr. President if I were you I’d fire the idiot who came up with this idiotic idea. Actually if I were you I’d probably think it was an awesome idea and promote the mail room boy who came up with this to the Minister of Truth.

With all due respect this smacks of the Hitler Youth being told to spy on their parents. Hey I’m not one to invoke Godwin’s Law but man I don’t see how I couldn’t make that comparison. It’s so blatant. The president’s men are encouraging people to report any dissenting opinions.

All thought criminals must be reported to the Inner Party!

September 11th 2001

Has it really been ten years since that horrible day? A lot has happened in my life since then. I graduated from college, had kids, changed jobs several times and began writing. Wow.

So I guess this is where I’m supposed to say something inspiring.

The second best thing we can do to the terrorists is be happy and live productive lives.

The best thing? Well I’m not sure but it probably involves bacon grease and high explosives.

Elementary of the Dead Chapter 2

If you’ve been looking for another chapter in the epic zombie world saga “Elementary of the Dead” look no further. In this installment you’ll find something more dangerous than zombies.

Enjoy.

Elementary of the Dead Chapter 2

New Short Fiction: Elementary of the Dead

Elementary of the Dead is a short story that starts three years after a world wide outbreak. Mrs. Kate Morris a young redhead is the first grade teacher at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary (Yes the name is intentional, it adds to the irony.)

As is required of all school employees Mrs. Morris open carries a Glock 22 and has a Sig 556 leaning up in the corner.

The students learn their ABC’s of survival. “A” being ammunition.

The school also has snipers on the payroll and Mrs. Morris has taken a liking to one.

Today the walls get breached and the horde makes it onto the school grounds but they’re not here to play.

I have to say this pic kinda inspired me.

Monster Hunter Alpha Book Review

Copper Lake Michigan, the middle of nowhere on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

All was quiet and peaceful until the Alpha (psst he’s the bad guy) found what had been hidden a mile beneath the surface for sixty years. Earl Harbinger, veteran Monster Hunter and all around bad ass strolls into town, along with a couple of government goons, some mercenary monster hunters and a Russian Werewolf.

Things are going to get messy.

Those big things with the metal claws? Yeah they are as bad as they look.

The bullets and fur fly as Earl ends up in the middle of a massive pack of zombie werewolves hell bent on taking the entire town. The snow is stained red as the body count climbs faster than the interest rate on a college students delinquent credit card.

Along the way Earl bumps into a redheaded cop named Heather who isn’t about to let some measly werewolves destroy her town. Not if she’s still got a shotgun and an attitude to back it up.

Did I mention the Russian Werewolf? He’s not exactly an old friend, but he is trying to reconnect with Earl, just at a few thousand feet per second.

When facing monsters if at first you don’t succeed, get a bigger gun. Well Earl Brings one. A Carl Gustov 84 millimeter anti-tank weapon!

It's a really big gun.

Yes he does shoot monsters with it! Why? Well because Earl only has two rules for monsters to follow.

1. Leave Humans alone.

2. Stay off my bad side.

Yep you guessed it. Some monsters kinda broke both the ever living hell out of those rules.

I’m not sure how but the Monster Hunter series just keeps getting better. I found myself turning pages at two in the morning saying, “Just one more chapter.” And if you love action, and monster killing, you will too.

Pick up Monster Hunter Alpha today, or Earl will kill a kitten.

He probably won’t but why take the chance?

Monster Hunter Alpha

So I finished this slice of awesomeness this weekend. It was epic. It’s a little different than the previous two MHI books but in my humble opinion it’s better.

Full review to follow.

Chapter 15 Should Be in Your Inbox

That is all, carry on.

Still Here

Hey guys, I’m still here. I’ve just been busy. I think I’ve hit a roadblock with Alone: Psi-Mage. It’s okay, now that I understand how my “Writers Cycle” works I think I know how to deal with it.

I’ve been molling over a short story idea now for a few days. The tentative title is “Military Working Humanoid.”

I’m not going to say anything more than that other than it’ll be a sci-fi story with the protagonist as one of the a fore mentioned “Humanoids.”

I’ve got some ideas but it’s still a bit rough. I guess we’ll see when I start typing.