I, Alden Loveshade, contributed the story “Orange Sun, Grey Sky” to this fantasy/horror/science fiction collection available 25 February 2020. The story follows a female exchange student on a planet where gender has been eliminated.
“Study abroad! See new places! Meet new people! In our exchange student program, you can literally study anywhere or anywhen you can imagine. We’ll send you to new planets. We’ll send you to new dimensions and realms of existence. We’ll send you through time itself! Read this exciting anthology packed with twenty-two tales of science fictional and fantastic exchange students.”
Edited by Sheila Hartney and published by David Lee Summers, it features stories by Roze Albina Ches, Jaleta Clegg, Ken Goldman, Paula Hammond, Sheila Hartney, Chisto Healy, Joachim Heijndermans, Sean Jones, Tim Kane, Alden Loveshade, Tim McDaniel, J Louis Messina, Jennifer Moore, Brian Gene Olson, David B. Riley, Katherine Quevedo, Holly Schofield, Jonathan Shipley, Lesley L. Smith, Emily Martha Sorensen, Margret A. Treiber and Sherry Yuan.
Note for GURPS fans: the galaxy in which my story is set was used in home, online, and Strategicon convention games.
Reserve (or purchase on 25 February 2020 or later) your copy in paperback or ebook form at the following:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1885093896
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0851SFVLV
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1005851
Congratulations Alden! I recognized some of the writers other than you too! I’ll buy that!
Congratulations Alden!
Jolly good show!
It’s finally coming out that’s great! I look forward to it!
If it has a story about an intergalactic truck driver, I’ll buy it.
That’s great Alden! Glad to see the book’s finally out!
Author Deby Fredericks has a blog post dealing with sexism and gender issues at https://wyrmflight.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/conflicted/
Marvelous! I’m going to order the book now!
Know two of the authors, don’t know you, but will get it.
In the current news, ironically, exchange student programs are being threatened:
https://apnews.com/07bc13f8cc9074b9481d0d3803d4e3cc
So how much did you pay the editor to include your crap?
That’s wonderful, Alden! I hope it does well and I look forward to seeing it!
I just finished reading the whole thing. It has some great stories! Didn’t you say there might be a sequel? I’ll buy it.
I’m glad you liked it!
It’s of course possible another anthology will be put out by the same company. But I actually have no say over that. If another one is planned, I will post a notice about it!