tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149477182026-05-06T15:34:51.782-05:00A left-handed blog chronicling the adventures of writer E. D. Jones.Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comBlogger1372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-82473373362762444582025-01-13T14:17:00.001-06:002025-01-13T14:17:26.265-06:00

 I've created a Substack where I will publish my debut novel, AWOO: The Association of Werewolves and Oppressed Otherlings.Chapter 1 is up now for your reading pleasure, and new chapters will drop weekly.Subscribe today!https://writesinister.substack.com/p/awoo-chapter-one?r=8bv4w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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 I like this scene.“Guys?” Rex said, pointing at something. Emily looked at the something. At first, she couldn’t really understand what she was looking at. It was like one of those Magic Eye posters. She saw the grass median strip between the gas station and the road, and it was just a grass median strip. But then, something three-dimensional materialized, made out of the negative

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 Not quite sure what to make of this one, so I'm just going to put it here.The BookflyBy E. D. JonesThe bookfly mended its wing with a page out of an old book of fairy tales, moistening and attaching the page with delicate webbing extruded from a pouch in its cheek by the dexterous movements of a fore-palp. It wouldn’t be able to fly, not yet, but the makeshift repair would serve as a start.

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I've just finished watching Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, and the words "For Ivan" pop up in big text over the Ghostbusters theme playing triumphantly in the background as the movie fades to black.  If ghosts were real, I think Ivan Reitman would be angrily haunting that film set right now and trying desperately to get anyone's attention and tell them the sad truth:This isn't a good

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I'm not sure I can consistently keep up both a Facebook author page and this blog.  I'm keeping both, but if you don't see a lot of action here for a while, check Write Sinister on Facebook.  I'm more likely to post there for now.  Stay sinister, my friends.  

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Cubes and SpheresThe blue robots had always carried the spheres.  That was how it was, and it had been that way since anyone could remember.  The blue robots carried spheres, and the red robots carried cubes.  Both spheres and cubes were equally essential to the functioning of the machine, and with each assigned their role, everything ran smoothly.  Until one day, a blue

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I keep rereading "Ferryman," the story that I've sold to publishers twice now. Not to toot my own horn, but I daresay it's a damn good story. Best I've ever written, by a long shot. If you'd like to hear the story read out loud, you can do so here: https://fictionpodcasts.com/.../ce51cb39-9d54-503d-ab12...By the way, I got my edit requests back from the publisher (I really like saying that)

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Werewolf Astronaut hit 50,000 words today, with at least another 10,000 left in the story.  I'll get this draft done soon.  It needs a lot...just a whole lot of editing to get it ready to send for publishing.  Going to be a while before I'm ready for that step, but it will happen.

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 I had a five day weekend over the Christmas holiday, and I spent a goodly amount of time working on The Werewolf Astronaut.  I'd been extremely stuck on the novel for quite a while until I realized I'd basically written myself into a corner, so I had to backtrack and refocus the plot.  Now that I've done that, the novel is moving forward.  I'm about to hit 50,000 words on

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 Hey, Not a Pipe Publishing has accepted two of my short stories into an upcoming anthology of queer sci-fi!  As part of that, I’m now on their website!  Check me out!   http://www.notapipepublishing.com/our-authors#/ethan-d-n-jones

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 Sinister friends!  I’ll be reading my short story “Don’t Count the Boxes” on Sunday, Aug 14 at 1:30pm central time on the discord server of the podcast Good Friends of Jackson Elias.  Join here and go to ”pickup games signup” for details.https://discord.gg/656P4p6J

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And then it was the next morning.  The Morning.  The time machine was finally, really, actually ready.  I’d gotten all the calculations right, and I knew exactly what I was doing.  I’d also seen more than enough time travel movies to know that I needed to start small, go incrementally, so I decided to start with a twenty-four-hour trip into the past.  I closed my eyes,

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 First round results are in, and my cosmic horror story "Don't Count the Boxes" got 3rd place in its heat.  Exciting!  Definitely a story on par with or possibly better than "Ferryman."  Going to have to find good places for both stories (and others) to be published.  Mulling a short story collection.  Been mulling a short story collection for quite a while, actually

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Read my latest review on cultofwhatever.com!

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 My most recent article on cultofwhatever.com is live.  This time I'm going into my five favorite tabletop RPG podcasts and why you should listen to all of them.  Check it out!  

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 Here's my review of Picard Season 2 Episode 4, The Watcher.  Hell of an episode.

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 It's a right cracker of an episode.  Read my review here: https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2022/03/star-trek-picard-s02e03-review-assimilation/

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 I'm writing reviews of the new season of Picard for CultofWhatever.com.  See my latest review here: https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2022/03/star-trek-picard-s02e02-review-penance/

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An excerpt from The Werewolf Astronaut (working title). In this excerpt, a brave lycanthrope hunter named Angela is doing some research in a bookshop owned by the descendant of a famous author, who might have some mad arcane secrets to share...*** As if on cue, Lovecraft reappeared, holding what was clearly a very old tome, bound in brown leather. He set it down in front of her without saying a

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Weird fiction fans, check out the podcast The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.  Fascinating in depth analysis of weird writers especially those central to or influenced by Lovecraft.  Hosted by some of the Call of Cthulhu rpg writers.  

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 Listening to Abstract Void and working on my novel about a werewolf and a cyborg and a vampire and some aliens and a bunch of other stuff that happens.  The music of Abstract Void has become a kind of soundtrack for this novel, which melds magic, monsters, and science fiction in a similar way to how Abstract Void melds synthwave and extreme metal.  I'm even using the band as

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 The first round of the NYC Midnight short story competition is underway, and I'm in it as always.  My prompts are: horror, superstitions, and a treasurer.  And of course, being me, I've gone all kinds of Lovecraftian madness on this thing.  I'm actually pretty proud of it.  Can't share it here because I want to see how it does in the competition - which I'll

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 Here's the story I wrote for NYC Midnight back in 2017 that was published in the anthology On Loss.ResolutionI dropped my equipment in the back and slammed the van’s door, staring at the faded sign: S. Mackle and D. Gerson Exterminating.  Then, underneath, in smaller letters: If It Scurries – Never Worry!  I hated that rhyme, but Dave had insisted on it. I put my hand on his

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If you're interested in having me write for a project of yours - anything, really - drop me a line at sinisterblog@gmail.com or just fill out the form that's right over there *points.*  I'm flexible on rates, but if you're paying a pittance, I'm likely to say no.  Some things I can do:-Write anything-No, really-Except for screenwriting - I mean, I'm sure I can, but I never have

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 Hi FODs,Thanks to Ben and Adam for running my P1 today!  The timing couldn't be better, actually.  I'm definitely looking for new freelance writing gigs, and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about my skills, rates, and experience.  Below you'll find some examples of short fiction stories that I've written, and I have a portfolio of professional freelance

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