April, 1985: superhumans exist! Do you know what your children are..?"I was used to eating alone..."High school sophomore Nate Charters is barely making it. His unusual appearance, hair-trigger nervous system, and over-active metabolism marked him as a target for the jocks and cool kids long ago, and it's not getting any better. Then, on Declaration Day, Nate is astounded as anyone by the existence of metahumans, and their audacious demand for autonomy... but there's also the continued unwelcome attention of his most annoying rival to deal with... and is a self-assured older girl really interested in someone like him?To top it off, who is the mysterious Dr. Brenhurst, and what's his connection with Nate's long-dead father?Life just got insanely complicated. It's time for Nate to solve the mystery of origins and find his place in a world of mounting uncertainty and peril. Is he part of a powerful new minority? Or just a misfit among misfits?He'd better find his answers quickly. A shadowy organization seems to know more about him than he could ever imagine. And they're closing in... BRAVE MEN RUN is the Parsec Award nominated fan favorite that helped changed the indie publishing landscape. Find out why tens of thousands all over the world are Team Nate!THE SOVEREIGN ERA READING ORDER0) Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: How It All Got Started (free online serial)1) Brave Men Run2) The World Revolves Around You3) The Sovereign Era: Year One4) Canary In A Coal Mine5) Pilgrimage6) The News From Bewilder PondABOUT THE EXPANDED EDITIONThis revised, expanded edition of BRAVE MEN RUN is definitive. It replaces the "orange" edition and the Swarm Press "green" edition. Make sure you've got the right story!About 65, 000 words.

Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era - The Sovereign Era, #1

Take a fun, critical, issue-by-issue tour of the first twelve issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, the comicbook that launched one of the most enduring characters in modern mythology. Along the way, learn valuable lessons about storytelling, storyworlds, and episodic fiction that will enhance the way you look at stories in all media... and change your perspective whether you're a writer, a comic book fan, or both!The first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book hit news stands in December of 1962. A half-century later, Spider-Man is a cultural icon and a central figure in the pantheon of modern mythological figures. Spider-Man, in all his incarnations, is also one of the most enduring-and valuable-fictional characters ever created. What's. well, amazing. is that nearly every persistent element in the storyworld of The Amazing Spider-Man was established in the first twelve issues of the original comicbook!In Reading The Amazing Spider-Man Volume One, the author of the popular, comicbook-flavored Sovereign Era storyworld examines the roots of the Spider-Man franchise with a critical (but light-hearted) review of each story in the first twelve issues while exploring the many lessons to be found in those first issues for writers and storytellers of all kinds interested in developing an enduring storyworld and creative franchise. Along the way, you'll have a lot of fun reading The Amazing Spider-Man!

Reading The Amazing Spider-Man Volume One

In this literary fantasy novelette, three exiled travelers, Kug, Agane, and Dennick, have traveled across the continent of Kaebrith, far from the home from which they've been exiled, searching for the healer who can cure Agane of a devastating illness. But an unexpected development forces difficult choices. Can they face the consequences of the past in order to have any kind of future?THE PERFUMED AIR AT KWAANANTAG BAY is a character-driven, literary, low fantasy set in The Shaper's World, the original storyworld introduced in the novel LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER. THE PERFUMED AIR AT KWAANANTAG BAY includes characters featured in LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER, but you don't have to have read that novel to enjoy this novelette... although your experience may be enhanced if you have.

The Perfumed Air at Kwaanantag Bay - The Shaper's World Cycle, #2

The Sovereign Era: Year One is an anthology of seven short stories set in the first year of the Sovereign Era, when the appearance of individuals with remarkable powers forever alters human destiny. ABOUT THE SOVEREIGN ERA: YEAR ONEPresenting a glimpse into the first year of the Sovereign Era! The seven stories in The Sovereign Era: Year One take place between the events depicted in the two volumes of the Charters Duology (Brave Men Run and Pilgrimage). The Sovereign Era began in April of 1985, when Dr. William Karl Donner revealed that super-powered metahumans existed, declared their autonomy, and demonstrated his ability to enforce that demand. Arrangements between Donner and the government of the United States resulted in the establishment of the Donner Institute for Sovereign Studies, a compound in central Montana where the "Sovereigns" could find refuge and learn more about themselves. Over the next twelve months, while the world struggled to deal with the political and social repercussions caused by the existence of the Sovereigns, the metahumans themselves mostly tried to find their place in the world. That's what these stories are about. FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS BY.Mur Lafferty | Jared Axelrod | Nathan Lowell | P. G. Holyfield | J. R. Blackwell | Matt Wallace | J. C. Hutchins Cover art by Jeffery Himmelman. 30, 400 words. THE SOVEREIGN ERA READING ORDER0) Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: How It All Got Started (free online serial)1) Brave Men Run2) The World Revolves Around You3) The Sovereign Era: Year One4) Canary In A Coal Mine5) Pilgrimage6) The News From Bewilder Pond

The Sovereign Era: Year One - The Sovereign Era, #3

The complete Sovereign Era story of Nate Charters! 162, 000 words, including Brave Men Run -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era Revised and Expanded Edition and Pilgrimage -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era. About The Books In This Omnibus CollectionBrave Men RunApril 18, 1985 - A startling revelation shocks a world already wound tight by the desperate tensions of the Cold War: super-humans exist... and they demand autonomy. Until that day, high school sophomore Nate Charters thought he was just an outsider and self-proclaimed freak. His unusual appearance, hair-trigger reflexes, and overactive metabolism could have made him something special, but his differences and low self-esteem  marked him as a target for the jocks and popular kids long ago. Now, just as his unique nature catches the eye of a self-assured older girl and the sinister attention of the enigmatic Dr. Brenhurst, Nate must solve the mystery of his origins and find his place in the world. Is he part of a remarkable, powerful new minority... or just a misfit among misfits?He'd better find his answers quickly. A shadowy organization knows more about him than he could ever imagine. And they're closing in... PilgrimageA year later, as the first anniversary of the Donner Declaration heightens the tensions between humanity and the Sovereigns, the fathers and sons from Brave Men Run must re-define who they are and who they will be as, all around, the machinations of allies and enemies reach the boiling point. Nate Charters struggles with a troubling revelation about his girlfriend and his increasingly tenuous control over his temper and his powers... while his father Andrew hopes to suppress his own bestial nature so he can help his distant son. Sovereign Byron Teslowski, sequestered with his people, trains to join the Sovereign defense force, but the influence of a fiery new friend forces him to question William Donner's motives... and Marc Teslowski, desperate to bring his family back together and restore his pride, falls in with the charismatic leader of an anti-Sovereign militant group. As Sovereigns from all over the world converge on the Donner Institute for Sovereign Studies for sanctuary and safety, Nate, Andrew, Byron, and Marc find their paths lead there as well. Will the forces aligned against the Sovereigns tear fathers and sons violently apart on Declaration Day?

The Charters Duology -- Two Novels of the Sovereign Era - The Sovereign Era

It's the Sovereign Era, when the sudden appearance of men and women with remarkable powers -- Sovereigns -- changes the course of history and threatens the balance of power in the late 20th century... but not every incident involving metahumans has global significance. Some stories are more... homespun. Harrison Wheeler's folksy "The News From Bewilder Pond" public radio show ran from 1974 until 1989 as a platform for Wheeler's stories of a fictional Nebraska town (based on the host's own boyhood Minnesota home). The broad cast of characters were as gently flawed as they were charmingly human. In 1987, Wheeler revealed that some residents of Bewilder Pond had been quietly... super-human... all along. In this partial transcript from an episode that first aired on Sunday, October 4, 1987, Wheeler spins a tale of a father with a singular gift who is determined to impress his adult son's new super-powered girlfriend. Is acceptance in the cards?"The News From Bewilder Pond" is a stand-alone short story set in Matthew Wayne Selznick's ongoing Sovereign Era cycle. You don't have to have read any other Sovereign Era works to enjoy it. But you should!  ABOUT THE SOVEREIGN ERATHE SOVEREIGN ERA is Matthew Wayne Selznick's ongoing alternate history series presenting a mosaic of novels and stories detailing how the presence of super-humans changed the last decades of the twentieth century and the future of humanity. THE SOVEREIGN ERA READING ORDER0) Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights: "How It All Got Started" (serial)1) Brave Men Run2) "The World Revolves Around You"3) The Sovereign Era: Year One4) "Canary In A Coal Mine"5) Pilgrimage6) "The News From Bewilder Pond"

The News From Bewilder Pond - The Sovereign Era, #6

"Reggie vs. Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf!" It's kind of a love story. with giant monsters! Fans of Godzilla and giant monster / kaiju films will enjoy this giant monster short story... It takes a kaiju storm to bring Reggie Samson back to his old hometown... and the girl he left but never let go. What connects all three? Reggie had better figure it out before Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf destroys them all!

Reggie vs. Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf - Daikaiju Universe, #1

Drawing on nearly two decades of experience and expertise coaching and mentoring new and upcoming independent authors, pioneering independent author, veteran self-publisher, and author services provider Matthew Wayne Selznick outlines the three essential elements all authors must establish before publishing your first book: your indie author infrastructure. With a strong focus on building a life-long community of readers, friends, and fans around your work, Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure spells out the tools, services, and technology required and recommended, as well as the philosophy underlying the engine of connection that is your indie author marketing infrastructure. From the Table of Contents Introduction What You'll Learn Why Listen to Me? The Three Elements Infrastructure: What Does it Mean? Why Does it Matter? What Are the Three Elements? Your Website Why You Need a Website Your Domain Name Your Host Your Software Your Mailing List What Is a Mailing List Why Do You Need a Mailing List Provider? Your Most Important Asset Bringing People into Your Community: The Value-Add Choosing a Mailing List Service Provider Your Social Media A Necessary Evil Create an Author Account ... Go Where Your Readers Live ... But Don't Be Everywhere Social Media Serves You Putting It All Together Getting Help Does some of that seem obvious? Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure goes beyond the rote common sense you'll hear in forums and user groups and gets to the why of it all... and, in many cases, why the lowest hanging fruit is not always the way to go. You can spend scores of hours scouring blog posts, podcast episodes, YouTube videos, and books to learn about the essential elements of your indie author marketing infrastructure... you can spend hundreds of dollars for one-on-one consultation sessions with the author... why not take an afternoon to read through Indie Author Marketing Infrastructure and give your self-publishing career a foundation and head start that will put you months ahead of the game?

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