Tag: Publishing
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3. One Way Trip
He missed the sound of her violin the most, he decided as he trudged across the hill’s ridgeline. He paused to readjust his backpack and listen to the wind, which was the only sound that could be heard out here other than his breathing and the occasional bird. It was beautiful, he regretfully admitted: the…
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2. The Club Fairy
David spotted her across the bar even before the bass dropped. The way she had flowers lackadaisically braided through her long red hair had caught his attention early. The way she laughed too loud despite appearing to be the soberest member of her party had kept him turning his head. And the way she danced…
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1. When a Flower is Enough
He set his suitcase down and stepped out of the taxi. His vacations were always far too short and far too infrequent. He paid the fare and turned back to look at his sad apartment complex. The sepia-colored four story building glared down at him, uncaring. Its faceless exterior drained the color from him, ignorant…
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Coming Soon: When Hope Burned White
When Hope Burned White is a collection of 10 short stories that explore ideas of hope, isolation, frustration, loneliness, and taking control of the little things when there is nothing else. When life burns you down to coals, this is what’s left. Each story is about a page in length. They are more emotionally charged…
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New Year’s Goals
As we finish out the holidays, many people will be making New Year’s resolutions. I love the idea of working toward personal improvement every year, but New Year’s resolutions have never worked well for me. That is why about seven years ago, I started writing New Year’s goals instead. About this time every year, I…
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Works in Progress: 2023
I have always been afraid of announcing new projects because “What if I don’t finish it?” Well, it’s come to my attention that it is going to happen anyway, and some people actually care. So here are some of the projects I have been working on this year outside of Hypersonic Express and NaNoWriMo. Part…
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Of Teeth and Dreams
A short story of whimsical horror in time for Halloween. The Dream Fairy leaned over the old wooden headboard and touched their hand to the tip of their long beak of a nose in anticipation. They held a golden butterfly net in one hand and stared down at the toddler below them. The toddler with…
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Inspiration: Martha Wells
Martha Wells recently became one of my favorite authors. She has been publishing books for the past 30 years, mostly covering fantasy and sci-fi, but I didn’t hear about her until the more recent success of Murderbot Diaries. The Murderbot Diaries started as a series of novellas that follow a self-aware SecUnit (android) on a…
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Inspiration: Andy Weir
If you know who Andy Weir is, it’s likely because of the film, The Martian, which is based on his book. What many people don’t know is that he was a programmer and self-publishing author of fanfiction before he became a best-seller. In fact, he self-published The Martian before hitting it big. He is the…
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Hypersonic Express Digital Copies
Thank you all for going on a journey with me for as much of the past 11 weeks as you were able. Flashes of the Hypersonic Express, Volume 1 is now complete. Each of the 10 flash fiction stories are available under Projects, along with the history and process of how the collection came to…
Grant Pearson 