The Heart of the Beast

The Heart of the Beast

After a strategic spaceship carrying enough warheads to blow half the solar system to pieces disappears into nothing, Captain Mark Sanders is appointed with the suicide mission of tracking it down and destroy it.

But as the hunt moves to the outer regions of the universe, the boundary between reason and madness becomes flimsy, and he starts to doubt his orders, wondering about the real purpose of the runaway pilot he’s after.

 

It’s a Sci-Fi Novelette of about 10,500 words.

Enjoy!

 

M.

KINDLEAPPLEDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDS
(Nook and Sony coming soon)

 

Here’s the link for my Italian readers: Il Cuore della Bestia *

 

KINDLEAPPLEDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDS
(Nook e Sony in arrivo)

 

* I commenti in italiano sono benvenuti!

 

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Hugo Awards 2013 Nominees

“The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and were officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards until 1992. Organized and overseen by the World Science Fiction Society, the awards are given each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955. Over the years that the award has been given, the categories presented have changed; currently Hugo Awards are given in more than a dozen categories, and include both written and dramatic works of various types.”

(Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. “Hugo Award“)

 

Please find the complete list at the link below.

Huge congratulations to all the nominees!

http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/

 

M.
 

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Alligator’s Moat

Alligator's Moat

In this second adventure, Re-Life Associates salesman James Cricket will have to sort it out with a disgruntled father, a daughter who wants out, and a hostile planet peopled with scary and dangerous beasts.

It’s a Sci-Fi novelette of about 11,000 words.

I hope you like it!

 

M.

KINDLENOOKDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDSSONY
(Apple coming soon)

 

Here’s the link for my Italian readers, Palude Alligatore

 

KINDLEAPPLENOOKDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDSSONY

 

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Corporate Restructuring

Corporate Restructuring

Welcome to Rockett Spacemotive!

Frank Rockett, brought back from death to try and save his firm from bankruptcy and the lead of an idiotic board of administrators, comes to terms with his better untold past, and even does some good.

It’s a Sci-Fi novelette of about 11,000 words.

I hope you like it!

 

M.

KINDLEAPPLENOOKDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDSSONY

 

Here’s the link for my Italian readers, Ristrutturazione Aziendale

 

KINDLEAPPLENOOKDIESELKOBOSMASHWORDSSONY

 

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Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World.

For all of you interested in both Science Fiction and Fantasy, don’t miss this exceptional Coursera Course, helmed by Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, Eric S. Rabkin.

This is the second session of the course originally scheduled back in July 2012, will present the same content as the previous edition and will be as mindblowing as the first one was.

Don’t miss this chance to explore this fascinating chapter of the human endeavor; it will officially start next January 28, Monday, so get a move on and book your spot!

Did I say already it’s totally free?

Sign up here: http://www.coursera.org/course/fantasysf

M.

 

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