http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress A blog about a writer's fiction and truth, which are equally strange Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:06:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My new e-book, Dicks, is now on sale for the Kindle e-reader!  It's an adults-only comedy and a wild ride, and I hope you'll check it out right here.  If you don't own a Kindle, I'll have Dicks up for sale in other formats in just a day or two.  ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1797 Now you can listen to one of my stories as a podcast!  "Dionysus Dying" is available as part of the Theme and Variations audio anthology.  This is the second edition of the anthology, which is dedicated to musical themes.  "Dionysus Dying," read by yours truly, is a jazz tale about two fallen stars ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1793 Now the truth can be told!  I've been keeping this news under wraps until I was sure it would pan out, but at last it's time to lift the curtain!  Here's a clue: This is the cover image for Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant 2010 #1, coming soon from DC Comics.  ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1789 Last month, I started writing a long-planned mystery novel.  Built up quite a head of steam, too...but then other tasks interrupted that project.  One task, in particular, absolutely couldn't wait:  I had to complete extensive revisions to another novel by the end of the month in order to stay on ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1787 Runion Maelstorm knew he was about to run out of toast, which was one of his biggest fears, so he made the final slice last.  He took tiny bites around the edges every day, the smallest nibbles he could manage.  That way, he got to enjoy the fabulous taste of ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1783 Smidgen the Snack Cake is now a podcast!  That's right: the wickedest snack cake around has hit the podcast big time.  My story, "The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake," is featured on Escape Pod episode 242, which you can link to right here.  If you give it a ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1781 Finally!  After months of working on shorter projects galore, I have finally put my nose to the grindstone and gotten started on a new novel!  It wasn't easy, either.  There were lots of voices clamoring in my head, trying to warp the process.  Fear and his pals kept trying to ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1777 And when the sun had beaten down long Enough, burning every last bit of humanity Out of his melting head, every bit of everything but Roasting agony, waves of heat curling off Distorting the air around him like ripples in a pond, Marking the life and hope streaming out of him In silvery capitulation of the ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1774 One night, Desdemona invented a new literary form.  The days of the novel were through; their tens of thousands of words were too long for fleeting attention spans.  Short stories, though a fraction of the length of novels, were also passe.  Flash fiction, even at 500 to 1,000 words, had ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1771 You can listen to one of my stories on the Drabblecast podcast!  The story, "Snowman's Chance in Hell," is a way-out twisted fable set in the time when snowmen ruled the Earth and built meat-men for entertainment.  The story first appeared earlier this year in Edison's Frankenstein from PS Publishing ... http://www.robertjeschonek.com/wordpress/?p=1766