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Constable Jennifer McLean has been sent on a routine mission to investigate an honest gun seller in her precinct in Mars City. But when she gets there she soon discovers that he might be dealing in technology not allowed on Mars.
Where is he getting the spacer stuff from?
What has happened to the missing 47 residents?
And will Jen be able to arrest her suspect before he escapes?
Find out more in Phase Shift. #33 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads Series.
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TBH I had a lot of fun writing this. Quotes from Doctor Who “Are you interested in lepidoptera at all?” Always one for the obscure! And weaving in ASIO and ASIS as well as playing around with genetics… Yeah, it’s a weird one. I’ve also snuck it in as an Easter egg in Hoganthology, so anyone who gets that now will have a surprise at the end. Then again, maybe they’ll have a disappointment at the end. I hope not!
Stellar Flash IV is so far behind schedule that I don’t think I can catch up to my projected release of May 2020. I’ll do my best, but so many crazy things have happened in 2019 that I’m tempted to take 2020 off and just retreat from the world for awhile. We’ll see.
In other news, it had been a half-a-life-long dream to release Hoganthology. And now that it is out there, I thought a collection might be eligible for a Hugo Award nomination. Nope. No collections are accepted. So, if you’re a member or supporting member of CoNZealand and wish to nominate Hoganthology, maybe nominate Temporal Incursion instead? Or even one of the Science Fiction Weekly Short Stories released in 2019 that are in it?
You read something better? Oh. Okay. Fair enough. Let me know the title in the comments and I’ll check it out.
Of Moths and Men is available in digital format from Amazon
Fanged moths, enlarged animals, and now something was affecting his team of lepidopterists. With an Australian government department involved, and attacks on the rise, Bruce is tasked with finding a cure to whatever climate change has brought the world this time.
But can he reverse the effects of something that had previously been dormant for over 13,000 years?
Find out more in Of Moths and Men. #32 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads Series
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When an ethereal voice begins calling Karol from her bed, she has to investigate. She quickly finds herself in a hidden underground cavern being shown images of the past by a ghost.
What is really going on?
Why does the apparition need her to see this?
And what is she going to do when she finds out the real truth?
Find out more in Layers. #31 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads Series.
Available for Kindle from Amazon
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On the 28th November 2015, the BBC broadcast an episode of Doctor Who called Heaven Sent, starring Peter Capaldi. It was a very different kind of Doctor Who story in that it was almost completely carried by Capaldi, apart from a wraith-like creature that silently chased him the entire episode. Not only was it a mystery, a horror, a convoluted time conundrum tied up in a shifting puzzle box maze, it was well shot, well executed with amazing detail that kept you not only guessing while watching it, but rewatching it in your head long after the episode had finished.
So taken with this story, I not only watched it about twenty times, (on ABC iView, among other places), but I also wrote a short story as a homage to it about the underlying cycles across time that we sometimes end up in. I released this in issue two of Alien Dimensions in November 2016. I don’t know whether it was this story, or simply a coincidence of timing, but that issue shot to the bestseller list on Amazon for two weeks.
But I didn’t want to stop there.
Once the creative bug had been born, I wanted to do other things in relation to Heaven Sent, so I then downloaded and rewrote Stephen Moffat’s script and put together a short video starring myself, emulating as much as I could. I also hired Genelyn Javier, who did many of the illustrations for my Alien Characters series, to create an animated theme tune and a wraith-like image for my character to run away from. It’s called Tutor Who Heaven Cent, and you can watch it online here:
For the full effect, you should watch Doctor Who: Heaven Sent first before watching my embarrassing fan video.
When watching Tutor Who Heaven Cent, please use headphones and have your hand on the sound control. As it took me two years to make, each time I added a scene in Movie Maker I had trouble getting the previous sound levels to match, so apologies in advance.
In 2019, I reviewed the written Tutor Who Heaven Cent story and realized that an almost completely new story was needed. One based on the video. The new version is now available from Amazon, and closely follows my script, the final video being a cut down version.
If you’d like to read the original version, you can find it in the Alien Dimensions Boxed Set
And, if you’re a Doctor Who fan, then I challenge you to find over 37 Easter eggs that I wove into the video, and over 50 that I included in the new written version.
Many thanks for your interest.
Neil A. Hogan
23rd November 2019
Doctor Who’s 56th anniversary
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After Karil’s suborbital descent, Jrok takes her to investigate the surface of this dwarf planet.
But what are the black pools that dot the surface?
Why have eight observation modules mysteriously disappeared?
And how can something so active be so empty of life, with not even a strand of DNA?
Find out more in Strange Lands. Science Fiction Weekly #29.
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Check out Moon Mine on Amazon via Kindle Unlimited.
Several scientists are mysteriously called to a meeting to discuss the idea of mining the moon. But they soon discover that this is not a simple market research event.
With the CEO’s revelation too shocking to ignore, can the team of scientists put aside their differences and find a solution?
Find out more in Moon Mine. #28 in the Science Fiction Weekly Short Reads Series. A short story of about 6700 words.
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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.
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
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In this 800 page collection of Neil A. Hogan’s stories you’ll discover ancient space battles, alternate dimensions, sentient dark matter, dinosaurs, robots, galaxy movers, planet-sized aliens and more. Expect many twists and turns along the way.
These stories throw you into many of universes of an SF craftsman – mad, mind-bending, marvelous and always alien. Find out more here: Hoganthology
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!
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Sci Fi News Bytes 7 is now available. News on Way Station, Resident Alien, Battlestar Galactica 2020, War of the Worlds, Lost in Space, and more.
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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!