Fantasy Short Stories Book Four Now Available

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Four

Now available in digital and in print format from Amazon, as well as via Kindle Unlimited

Fantasy Short Stories Book Four

Fantasy Short Stories is an anthology series featuring amazing stories by new and established authors from around the world.

In Book Four:

Familiar by Charlotte Platt

A Man of His Word by Gustavo Bondoni

Entomophilia by Agrippina Domanski

The Unutterable Cleaner by Sergio Palumbo

Class Pet by Trisha McKee

Artificial Dream by Katherine Dawn Manalo

Of Moths and Men by Neil A. Hogan

Now available in digital and in print formats, as well as via Kindle Unlimited

Fantasy Short Stories Book Four Digital

Fantasy Short Stories Book Four Print

Enjoy more fantasy with Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Three

Other books in the series

Each issue will feature stories exploring fantastic and magical realms with interesting characters and compelling stories.

If you’d like to be updated as to when the next issue is released, please subscribe to our mailing list.

If you’d like to write for the series, please visit our submission guidelines page for details.

Thank you for your interest in Fantasy Short Stories.

Neil A.

Sisland. Science Fiction Weekly #34

My search for the lost Siren Island had ended, and I planned to end my life there. But when I landed, suffering from cancer with not many hours left to live, I found that there were other things at stake besides my inevitable death.

Find out more in Sisland. Story #34 in the Science Fiction Weekly series. Available in digital format from Amazon.

Sisland. Science Fiction Weekly 34

Some rambling from Neil A. Hogan

This simple short story, with the predominant theme of cancer, is dedicated to a few people. My birth mother, who I finally met in 2004, died from cancer in palliative care at the age of 49. (She adopted me out before I was born. The 70s wasn’t the place for a single teenage mother.) I only saw her awake once, though I spoke with her a couple of times on the phone before she died, and I was able to be there briefly during her final hours. It was difficult to meet her before then as I lived in another city and couldn’t get away from my work and other responsibilities without months of planning and saving. I thought she would live longer than she did as she seemed strong when I met her. I thought she would be fine. I had originally planned to visit again three months after that time.

This story is also dedicated to a friend who had helped me set up a business in the 00s, and worked with me on it for a few years, who died in 2019 from cancer at the age of 33. I hadn’t contacted him for over a year and only learned he had died a couple of days before the funeral, which I couldn’t attend as I had moved to another city and couldn’t get away from my work and other responsibilities without months of planning and saving. I had thought he would win his fight as his Instagram and Facebook pages were full of happy selfies. I thought he would be fine. Unfortunately the cancer reached his brain and he died just four weeks after his last post. I had originally planned to visit again three months after that time and reconnect then.

My dad has prostate cancer. I haven’t visited him in a few years as I have moved to another city and it’s difficult to get away from my work and other responsibilities without months of planning and saving, but we’ve had a few Skype calls and he’s looking good for his age. I’m sure he’ll be fine. Hoping to be able to visit him within the next few months.

Getting Old

I am learning of the sad reality that approaching fifty years old means more and more of my family and friends are dying for one reason or another. Having met thousands of people over the years, it’s now simply impossible to attend every funeral. I’ve already had to miss five relatives’ funerals just in the past five years. When my mother died in 2016 from a heart attack, one of her closest friends who she’d known for over fifty years wasn’t able to attend her funeral due to distance and cost and her own health. It helped me to understand that the funeral is not that important. It’s being with that person while they’re still alive that is.

Science has proven we are genetically predisposed to live for 38 years (CSIRO) and anything past that is a bonus. No wonder a lot of people have a mid life crisis at that time. They’ve suddenly found that they’ve been given an extra life. Like being given a new set of regenerations. So, if we’re all predisposed to live until 38, then that explains why there is an uptick of funerals after that time. It might also explain the increase in life insurance premiums.

Plan Forever

Speaking of which. Check out another site I’ve been working on. Life Insurance Articles. I’ve owned the domain www.PlanForever.com for over 10 years and I had developed a software program for it that can enable you to look up the day of the week for any period in the past 2020 years and future 7979 years (up to the year 9999)! I’m not a programmer. I designed it and worked with a programmer to put it together. Great for time travel writers who like to be a bit more accurate. (NB: Due to a change in the Gregorian calendar in the 1700s, the software program isn’t entirely accurate for dates before then.) Unfortunately the underlying PHP program that it is based on is no longer current and so I have to shut the software down on the 16th January. If you wish to check out the century planner, or just to find out what day your 100th birthday will be on, you can visit the site and click on ‘Plan System’

To make the site pay for itself, I’ve converted it into a Life Insurance Articles repository, and am collecting reproducible articles for it from around the world. I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to writing one myself. We’ll see.

Delays

My friend dying late last year knocked me for six. I just could not write anymore after that. I took a few weeks off from writing, for reflection. #34 is the last story in the science fiction weekly series for now. I do have another one that I had started a few months ago but I’m not in any mood to finish it just yet. I’ve also delayed Stellar Flash Book 4, Fantasy Short Stories Book 4 and Alien Dimensions #19 for another month. I’d prefer to write with a better frame of mind. I’ll post again when I get back to things. Apologies to anyone who is waiting on a reply from me. I’ll start replying to emails next week.

Oh, and, Happy New Year!

Science Fiction Weekly Season 3!

Science Fiction Weekly is back. The first five or so stories you’ll have read in Alien Dimensions or Fantasy Short Stories, or even in Hoganthology. This will be the first time they’re released individually. I’ll be making each one free for 5 days starting with #27.

#27. The Secret of Bimini

Drago and the rest of the scientific expedition are on a mission to investigate an underwater temple in the Bahamas. But a sudden storm appears throwing their little boat off course.

They soon figure out that the question they should be asking isn’t ‘where’ they are, but ‘when.’

Now available for Kindle, and in Kindle Unlimited – Download here: The Secret of Bimini

Hoganthology, Alien Dimensions #19, and The Robots of Atlantis

Well, it’s been a busy few months. Quite a lot of writing and reading is involved in the creative writing degree I began this year, and that means not much time to work on anything else.

Having said that, I will get a break from the course between November and February, so I’ve set that time aside to begin work on Alien Dimensions #19 and The Robots of Atlantis.

Though, one of the things that I really want to do with Alien Dimensions is make sure that writers who contribute get something back. This is currently US$10 for a story for the rights for 2 years. It may not seem like much, but on a writer’s income, it’s no longer possible for me to pay that in advance and hope that I get it back through sales of the book.

So, instead, I’m trying something new. I’d like to raise some funds for the next issue of Alien Dimensions, so I’ve put many of my science fiction and fantasy stories into one volume called Hoganthology (the title is a homage to Piers Anthony’s ‘Anthonology’) There are over 47 pieces in Hoganthology. If printed, it would run to about 800 pages in a 5″x8″ book, but it is currently listed on Amazon as having about 600 in ebook form (depending on your device.)

In Hoganthology you’ll find the following:

Section 1 – Short Stories

A Little Matter
The Opposition
Gravity Locked
Still in Beta
Ancient Alien Dinosaurs
Japanese Martian Robot Souls
Oh My God It’s Full of Stars
Alien UFO Disclosure
Pyramids of the Moon
The Hydrofluorons of Krakon 7
Phases of the Moon Base
Interrelations
Surviving Mars
First Interdimensional Contact
Time Sheets
Mate
Robot Solitude
ExtraForestrial
Work After Death
Neko Girl
The Galaxy’s Driving Force
The Old Boys’ Club
Cosmic Joke
The Manipulator
Strange Lands
Layers
Life Choices
Moon Mine
The Secret of Bimini
Tutor Who: Heaven Cent

Section 2 – Flash Fiction

Child Safe
Evolution
Inter-View
Pocket Monsters
The Language Tutor
Controller
Gene-Reality
Rejuvenation
The Exchange
The Ugly Side of A.I.

Section 3 – Children’s Fiction

Alien Alexander – Alien Characters #55
Alien Hannah – Alien Characters #57
Alien Christopher – Alien Characters #60
Alien Alexis – Alien Characters #61
Alien Joseph – Alien Characters #62
Alien Daniel – Alien Characters #64
Alien Saya – Alien Characters #80

Section 4 – Space Opera Poetry

We’ve Been Wordsworthed, We’ve Been Poeed, and We’ve Been Quite Possibly Frosted
An Ode to Space Opera

Bonus Section – Excerpts

Alien Frequency – Chapter 3
The Andromeda Effect – Chapter 61
Temporal Incursion – Chapter 5
Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Cretaceous City – Dinory 1
Ida and the Planet Invasion – 2: Arrival
Gabriel and the Resurrection of Maldek – 3: 10:00am
Tiara and the Comet Apocalypse – Channel One

Bonus Section – The Future

The Robots of Atlantis (Preview) – Wednesday 22nd October 2053
Stellar Flash 2135 A.D.
-Plot Synopsis
-Notes on Location
-Character Biographies
-Extract 1
-Extract 2
-Some lines I’m working on

And more!

So, if you can spare some dollars, or you’re on Kindle Unlimited, it would be great if you could check it out. Find out more here: Hoganthology: Digital

The hope is that sales and page views can raise about US$200 to get started on Alien Dimensions #19. If you know of anyone who might be interested in this ebook, feel free to forward the link or this blog post to them.

Many thanks

Update. Working on the printed version now. 824 pages for US$32.95! Coming Soon!

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Three Now Available in Digital and in Print Formats from Amazon

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Three
Fantasy Short Stories Book Three is now available, featuring amazing stories from authors around the world.

Fantasy Short Stories Book Three Digital

Fantasy Short Stories Book Three Print

In Book Three:

Mutual Animosity
By Katherine Dawn Manalo

Alzheimer’s Apocalypse
By Olga Werby

Bull Sessions
By Gustavo Bondoni

The Assassination of Stonewall Jackson
By Rob Darnell

Home at Last
By Angela Hicknell

The Secret of Bimini
By Neil A. Hogan

Fantasy Short Stories Book Three Digital

Fantasy Short Stories Book Three Print

New Fantasy Short Stories Video
For the first time, I’ve created a simple video ad for the book. You can see it when you click through the links and scroll down. I hope to go back at some point and create video ads for the other editions of Fantasy Short Stories, as well as Alien Dimensions.

Alien Dimensions
Fantasy Short Stories’ sister publication Alien Dimensions has another issue out. Issue #18 is available from Amazon in Digital and in Print formats:
Alien Dimensions 18 Print
Alien Dimensions 18 Digital

Fantasy Short Stories Book Four
Submissions will open for Book Four at the end of this year, with a plan for the book to be out by February 2020. I’ll send out an email when submissions are open again, probably around December. This is also the same for Alien Dimensions #19.

Science Fiction and Fantasy News App
If you’re looking for an app that updates you on science fiction and fantasy news, including book news, check out the new aggregate app I’ve created. It draws from several sources around the world. 
And best of all, it’s free. Check it out on Google Play. Available for Android.
Science Fiction and Fantasy News

I hope you enjoy Book Three.

All the best

Neil A. Hogan

Fantasy Short Stories Book Two. Available in Digital and in Print.

Fantasy Short Stories Book Two is now available.

Fantasy Short Stories Digital Version

Fantasy Short Stories Print Version

Featuring amazing stories by authors from around the world

In Book Two:

Foe by Francis W. Alexander

Fresh Start by Gustavo Bondoni

Flypaper by Tom Howard

The Backup by Hannah Steenbock

Layers by Neil A. Hogan

Enjoy more fantasy with Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Two

Fantasy Short Stories Book One is still available

Available in digital and in print formats

Fantasy Short Stories is currently planned to be released every few months, so you’ll always have something fantastic to look forward to.

You’ll find Fantasy Short Stories on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited

Each issue will feature stories exploring fantastic and magical realms with interesting characters and compelling stories.

If you’d like to be updated as to when the next issue is released, please subscribe to our mailing list.

If you’d like to write for the series, please visit our submission guidelines page for details.

Thank you for your interest in Fantasy Short Stories.

Neil A.

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Two is available for pre-order!

Happy New Year! I’m very pleased to announce that the ebook of Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Two is now available for pre-order here . The release date is 8th January 2019. The ebook version will become available around then (USA time) and the print version not long after. Pdfs will be emailed to contributors within the week of release.

More about Book Two

Fantasy Short Stories is an anthology series featuring amazing stories by authors from around the world.

In Book Two:

Foe by Francis W. Alexander

Fresh Start by Gustavo Bondoni 

Flypaper by Tom Howard

The Backup by Hannah Steenbock

Layers by Neil A. Hogan

Enjoy more fantasy with Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book Two

I’ll have more news about Alien Dimensions #17 due out in February, very soon!

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One is now available

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One is now available

I’m so excited that the ebook for this title has made it out in August.

  

Amazon Digital  Amazon Print

Find out more here: Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One

About Book One

Featuring amazing stories by authors from around the world

Bedwyr and Caliburn after Camlann
By Patrick S. Baker

Back into the Cave
by Isaac Teile

Over and Over
By K. L. Hallam

Honor Among Thieves
By Gustavo Bondoni

Travelogue
by Vonnie Winslow Crist

Life Choices
By Neil A. Hogan

A Matter of Vanity
By Julie Goodswen

Fantasy Short Stories Book One

If you’d like to be updated about Fantasy Short Stories, you can subscribe to the mailing list here.

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One Coming Soon

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One Coming Soon

Fantasy Short Stories is a new anthology series featuring fantasy short reads from authors from around the world.

Book One is due out in September 2018

If you’re a fantasy writer, and would like to have one of your stories considered for Book One, please visit the submissions page here to find out more:

Submission Guidelines Fantasy Short Stories

Fantasy Short Stories grew out of the sister publication Alien Dimensions, now in its 15th issue. With so many fantasy stories submitted to a predominantly science fiction publication, it was necessary to give them their own title. And so, Fantasy Short Stories was born.

I’ll keep you updated via the site at Fantasy Short Stories as well as on the blog here. I’ll be revealing the first three writers for Book One soon.