So, I am in this anthology: Mech: Age of Steel
From the publisher: “Growing up there was only one thing I loved more than giant monsters and that would be giant robots! The anthology will feature a diverse array of tales from some of the genre’s finest talent … and each story will be accompanied by a piece of interior art by either Frankie B. Washington or Oksana Dmitrienko.
“The Mech: Age of Steel Kickstarter campaign will launch in Q3/4 2015 and feature stories from some of the genre’s finest talent.”
Mysteriously, they include me in that category. Considering who else in this thing, that’s incredible:
- Kevin J. Anderson & David Boop
- Jody Lynn Nye
- Graham McNeill
- Peter Clines
- Jeremy Robinson
- Martha Wells
- Jeff J. Mariotte & Marsheila Rockwell
- Ramez Naam & Jason M. Hough
- Gini Koch (writing as J.C. Koch)
- Matt Forbeck
- Anton Strout
- Bill Fawcett
- C.L. Werner
- James Ray Tuck, Jr.
- M.L. Brennan
- Timothy W. Long
- Jennifer Brozek
- Kane Gilmour
- Paul Genesse
- Patrick M. Tracy
- Andrew Liptak
- Steve Diamond
Just FYI for now – get ready to support the kickstarter so I will actually be paid for this thing. Otherwise I will find you and burn your house down.
Thanks Jeff… Conflicted I am.
On the one hand, I’m a huge supporter of your work. On the other hand, I’ve vowed never to support anything that Kevin J. Anderson touches, since he and Brian Herbert decimated, destroyed, and made a mockery of the Dune-iverse that Frank Herbert created.
I suppose I can swallow my vindictive rage this one time. I would like to say that enough time has passed since I stopped buying anything in the new Dune-iverse to torment myself with but those wounds are deep and they still bring pain. As Lancelot says in the movie Excalibur, “It is the old wounds that have never healed.”
Since that man is only a small part of this group of impressive writers, I’ll participate.
Hey Jason – I understand completely, and appreciate your support! Also, I’m kind of proud of the story I wrote for this one! But do follow your conscience, and you’ll get no reproach from me.