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New Fiction Hot off the Virtual Presses

W00T! New Fiction, hot off the virtual presses for your reading pleasure. Auntie Sybil’s Solarpunk, just published by Euphemism, tells the tale of a very old woman, a group of children, and Auntie’s recollections of the scary days of the Ollies. The genre is Solarpunk as a parable.

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Mash the big orange button, and you’ll be whisked away to Euphemism, the creative arts journal of Illinois State University. Not only will you find my short story Auntie Sybil’s Solarpunk, but also a host of great reading on offer. Best of all, Euphemism is a FREE read. That’s right, Friends and Neighbors, NO paywalls. What are you waiting for?

Or maybe you don’t trust buttons? Maybe you’ve been reading Terry Pratchett (good idea!). No worries, mate. Here’s the link:

https://euphemism.illinoisstate.edu/21-1/

Auntie Sybil Knows…

The oligarchs and their thugs aren’t fooling around, folks. Auntie Sybil knows what the hell she’s talking about. The fascists are on the march. They want to control what our children learn in school. It’s a simple formula: control the kids of today, control the thoughts of tomorrow. Here are some simple steps you can take to resist these self-appointed censors: Support your local library. Read banned books. If you have kids in school, attend the school board meetings. These sonsofbitches want to control your thoughts and beliefs. Please, don’t fall for it!

We need stories now more than ever, stories crafted by human beings, not computers. So, how will you know when a new story breaks? Glad you asked, Friends. Read On! Drum roll and… Meanwhile, don’t miss any upcoming stories. You can stay tuned for all the latest by following the MEF blog:

https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/whats-new-in-marcos-world-the-blog/

And finally, with your indulgence, allow me a blatant book plug. Yes, I know, pesky artists wanting to get paid for their work. Will they never learn? Well, probably not. Even writers need to eat. So how about another dose of literary fiction? Thanks!

Broken Luggage Collected Flash Fiction

Broken Luggage: Two dozen flash fiction tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning.

A man's life condensed into the broken luggage that will contain it. A young woman alone in the Sonoran Desert. Memories of dangerous eggs, thunderstorms, and a gunshot man. A character tours his self-made hell. Another steps from between the pages. Parables of sand and migration A labyrinth into new love, and the remembrance of love past. These two dozen flash stories tell swift tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning.

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About the Book

Marco Etheridge is a writer of fiction, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His stories have been published in reviews, journals, and magazines in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. Broken Luggage gathers twenty-four of his best flash stories into one collection. A man’s life condensed into the broken luggage that will contain it. A young woman alone in the Sonoran Desert. Memories of dangerous eggs, thunderstorms, and a gunshot man. A character tours his self-made hell. Another steps from between the pages. Parables of sand and migration A labyrinth into new love, and the remembrance of love past. These two dozen flash stories tell swift tales of love lost and love found, of darkness at the end of life, and light at the beginning. Unforgettable characters struggle against the tides and pressures of an impersonal world, and against the burdens they carry within. There is joy and despair, defiance and acceptance. The inhabitants of these pages learn who they are, and sometimes, who they are not. Welcome, Reader, to the world of Broken Luggage.

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Genre: Short Stories
Tags: Recommended Books, Short Stories
Publisher: Marco Etheridge Fiction
Publication Year: 2022
Format: Paperback & eBook
Length: 137 Pages
ASIN: B0B3CSJR2C
ISBN: 9798833773079
List Price: $8.95
eBook Price: $2.99

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