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Game Seven
I'm pleased to reveal that my short story "Game Seven" will be published in the anthology Across the Universe later this year.
The theme of the anthology is "The Beatles—What if?" What if Brian Epstein hadn't managed the band? What if George Harrison hated sitar music? What if Ringo had been the true star of the band all along? What if the Beatles had been aliens? Or magic users? Or zombies? Or American?
Other authors who are scheduled to appear in the anthology: Spider Robinson, David Gerrold, Jonathan Maberry, Alan Goldsher, Cat Rambo, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Gail Z. Martin, with notes by Janis Ian and Nancy Holder.
The theme of the anthology is "The Beatles—What if?" What if Brian Epstein hadn't managed the band? What if George Harrison hated sitar music? What if Ringo had been the true star of the band all along? What if the Beatles had been aliens? Or magic users? Or zombies? Or American?
Other authors who are scheduled to appear in the anthology: Spider Robinson, David Gerrold, Jonathan Maberry, Alan Goldsher, Cat Rambo, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jody Lynn Nye, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Gail Z. Martin, with notes by Janis Ian and Nancy Holder.
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‘Across The Universe’ Table Of Contents Reveal!
The book is on its way! That is, our alternate “what if” Beatles anthology Across the Universe, which I’m co-editing with Michael Ventrella, has been sent to our fantastic publisher, Fantastic Books.
The ETA for publishing is December, and here is our Table of Contents:
There are two reprints, Spider’s “Rubber Soul” and Gregory Benford’s “Doing Lennon,” both of which approach a similar topic … in very different ways.
Ranging from trippy fantasy to hard science fiction and zombie apocalypse mash-up, the stories in this anthology send the members of the Beatles on wild adventures through alternate timelines and universes. In Allen M. Steele’s “Come Together,” artificial intelligences named for each of the Fab Four identify so strongly with their namesakes that they jeopardize their space probe’s mission when they begin to fall out with one another, mimicking the breakup of the band. An idealistic George Harrison tries to teach transcendental meditation to Richard Nixon with disastrous geopolitical results in Sally Wiener Grotta’s “The Truth Within.” Gregory Frost’s “A Hard Day’s Night at the Opera” plugs the band members into the plot of a Marx brothers movie to hilarious effect. It’s clear that each of the 25 contributors are true fans, filling their tales with references to Beatles history and, in the case of David M. Gerrold’s “The Fabtastic Four,” so many song lyrics that readers will be tempted to sing along. Beatles aficionados and fantasy fans will enjoy this affectionate, speculative homage. (Dec.)
I have to run my son to work but I'll be back later to give this proper attention.
Thanks Bev!
The story itself was very clever. Your language, word choices, characters were well placed throughout the story, subtle little references that didn't intrude on the story, but added to it. You had my full attention, I loved the humor. Really nicely done.
I'd love to see you read more of your work. That would be great!
I bet it has a lot of great stories in it.