I’m tempted to write an action book similar to David Drake’s work or John Ringo’s Kildar series. The main character is a bit larger than life and the action fast and rough. The language is coarser without going totally nasty, …
Archive | Ramblings
Odd thoughts and commentary.
An Ohio trip – w/pix
We visited friends in Ohio who have a hard time visiting us because of their health. I spent a couple days with no writing time, but very rewarding for giving me a different perspective than what surrounds me here in …
Success with free book offer
I’m happy to report that I moved over a hundred copies of “Common Ground and Other Stories” this weekend. My report doesn’t break down which were free and which paid, but most were free. I was informed you had to …
New book up – “April”
On Amazon/Kindle. I’m off B&N Nook at least temporarily while I try Amazon’s lending program to Prime. Click image for link or http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077EOE2C
April is actually the first book I wrote although I published others first. I tried publishing April …
>FREE< Kindle download this weekend, 2/11-2/12 >FREE<
My new collection of short seven short stories. “Common Ground and Other Stories”.
Sat. and Sun. Pacific time at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050YYVHY
…
“Eddie” A stand alone short story
“Eddie“
By
Mackey Chandler
I remember the first time I saw Eddie. We didn’t really meet. I was in the cafeteria trying to eat breakfast and there was the usual parade of people with problems, or petitions, or …
A new stand alone short: “Breakfast of Champions”
Breakfast of Champions
By
Mackey Chandler
Secretary of State for the United Americas the honorable Lewis Poule examined the urgent message printout with distaste. The third alien race known to Humanity in Survey System 8423, three hundred odd light years …
New stand alone short – “A Mother’s Son”
A Mother’s Son
By
Mackey Chandler
Theodore looked out the narrow port of the ballistic express and watched the glare of the sun disappear behind the curve of the earth. He’d be on the ground six hours before it managed …
Ball and Chain – A stand alone short
Ball and Chain
Mackey Chandler
“It’s this damn Slump,” Tim Kirkland grumped. “There’s no market for even Earth mined materials, how can Luna possibly develop an economy without exports? If it wasn’t for defense they’d have probably pulled back …
Godzilla sort of scene – snippet
This is from late in April past where I will snippet chapters. It deals with Home making war on North America. I hope I get the epic disaster flavor right-
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Martin Crain was seven hours into his work day. …