First, here is a very crude prototype of what the cover *might* look like if it were named Fire, which it isn't, but if it were:
So now you know. ;)
The following looks to be what the title and frontispiece of my short story collection will be. It is designed to work as an introduction to a "branded" fictional universe accommodating an indefinite series of novels and occasional story collections that all relate to the concepts described below:
(cover)
Earth, Wind, & Fire:
Tales of Glass Worlds
by Robin Morrison
(copyright page)
Tales of Glass Worlds
copyright 2013 by Robin Morrison
1st Edition
(frontispiece)
The Glass Worlds:
Terraria: Tales of Earth
"They gave each other a smile with a future in it." Ring Lardner
Terraria is the realm of secular fiction. No elves, no ray guns.
Zephyrut: Tales of Wind
“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.” -- Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
Zephyrut is the realm where elves and angels are equally welcome. Bending rules is the rule.
Celestory: Tales of Fire
"The future ain't what it used to be." -- Yogi Berra
Celestory is the realm where ray guns and aliens have their rightful place. Rules are not bent, for science is all about the rules. Instead, they are expanded and exploited.
(Author's Note: The realms do not interact with each other, that is, they do not intrude on each other's plots. They occasionally make cameo appearances, but not in a way that threatens the rules of a given realm.)
(table of contents)
"The things we see are scarcely here,
A dance of fairy shrouds.
But that which holds the world is clear
As sky is without clouds."
Barnabus Jenquil, Intractus Cantus, 1807
Earth
1. Wanted: Alive
2. Lion's Den
3. Texas Hold 'Em
4. Ghost Story
Wind
5. The Blind Ghost
6. Still life
7. Air Mail
8. The Tale of Two Lamps
Fire
9. The Better Part of Himself
10. God Complex
11. Heart of Gold
12. Chat on a Hot Tin Roof
(Wild Card category)
13. Sight of Hand
A bit over 75k words.
The following looks to be what the title and frontispiece of my short story collection will be. It is designed to work as an introduction to a "branded" fictional universe accommodating an indefinite series of novels and occasional story collections that all relate to the concepts described below:
(cover)
Earth, Wind, & Fire:
Tales of Glass Worlds
by Robin Morrison
(copyright page)
Tales of Glass Worlds
copyright 2013 by Robin Morrison
1st Edition
(frontispiece)
The Glass Worlds:
Terraria: Tales of Earth
"They gave each other a smile with a future in it." Ring Lardner
Terraria is the realm of secular fiction. No elves, no ray guns.
Zephyrut: Tales of Wind
“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.” -- Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
Zephyrut is the realm where elves and angels are equally welcome. Bending rules is the rule.
Celestory: Tales of Fire
"The future ain't what it used to be." -- Yogi Berra
Celestory is the realm where ray guns and aliens have their rightful place. Rules are not bent, for science is all about the rules. Instead, they are expanded and exploited.
(Author's Note: The realms do not interact with each other, that is, they do not intrude on each other's plots. They occasionally make cameo appearances, but not in a way that threatens the rules of a given realm.)
(table of contents)
"The things we see are scarcely here,
A dance of fairy shrouds.
But that which holds the world is clear
As sky is without clouds."
Barnabus Jenquil, Intractus Cantus, 1807
Earth
1. Wanted: Alive
2. Lion's Den
3. Texas Hold 'Em
4. Ghost Story
Wind
5. The Blind Ghost
6. Still life
7. Air Mail
8. The Tale of Two Lamps
Fire
9. The Better Part of Himself
10. God Complex
11. Heart of Gold
12. Chat on a Hot Tin Roof
(Wild Card category)
13. Sight of Hand
A bit over 75k words.
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