Coming Soon: “A Child Weeps in Moscow” by Lawrence Dagstine

Posted on December 25, 2012

COMING SPRING-SUMMER 2013

to Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook, Sony eReader, Kobo…

Coming to e-Dagstine.com Download Center, coming to eBooks & Kindle (and as a chapbook).

In the vein of George Orwell’s 1984

“A CHILD WEEPS IN MOSCOW”

A Novella by Lawrence Dagstine

Alien possession meets alternate history, in this communist tale set in 1923 Russia, about a boy named Abraham (Abe), whose parents suddenly disappear one day. Like many of the adults throughout Russia, they are being taken away in the night by a special police force put together by Lenin’s “new” government, a government put together after the arrival of spacecrafts with biomechanoid origins and higher intelligence and influence. Aliens the citizens simply call, The Invaders!

Klara Izolyev, Abe’s teacher, tells the boy that the only way he can learn the truth about the Invaders is to go to Moscow. There he will learn what they really want on Earth, what role they play in the current socialist movement, and possibly find his missing parents and sister. There he will fight starvation, arrest, combat homelessness, and meet an even more influential figure. Arkady, the leader of a Moscow street gang, whose parents have also been taken away. Together they will all journey to find the people they once loved, discovering just why the aliens are so interested in helping Lenin.

Official soundtrack for… Mysterious Lady of the Caribbean (teasers):

Also coming in 2013, and a MUST READ!

For fans of Weird Tales & Pirate Fiction

“THE MYSTERIOUS LADY OF THE CARIBBEAN”

A Novelette by Lawrence Dagstine

Coming Soon to: New Releases, eBooks & Kindle

Coming Soon: “Family Reunion by Lawrence Dagstine”

Posted on October 19, 2012

Only five to six months away till the release of Family Reunion, my suspense novella — an “exclusive” eBook available for download in 2013 — for you readers of horror and suspense out there. Now if you thought Norman Bates was a creep, wait’ll you meet Howard. Better yet, ask yourself this question: how far would you go to get your family back? It’s the plot that will keep them guessing. So if you like alternative genre stories about marriage, divorce, relationships, children, adoption, and the like (what I call Family Dynamics; my particular niche), then you’ll definitely want to be here next spring. Cover art by Bob Veon.

Coming in 2013

Coming to Amazon, coming to eBooks & Kindle

If you do like such stories, be sure to check out some of my old science fiction and horror within the same category, tales from real-life experience, tales like Visitation Rights, Our Family Awaits, Planned Parenthood, and For the Love of a Corpse.

Coming to Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Kobo, and via booksellers like Smashwords!

– DIGITAL STORYTELLING: WHERE THE FUTURE IS NOW! –

OG’s Speculative Fiction, Mid-Late 2010… (3rd Acceptance!)

Posted on June 28, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I grabbed my third acceptance to the long running speculative fiction/science fiction magazine on the Web — available as a free PDF Download to read and eventually purchase on LULU as a magazine for cons — The Opinion Guy (aka OG’s Speculative Fiction). This would be my second acceptance in one year to them, and they’ve featured some very talented and familiar names in the science fiction arena. Both short stories and poetry. Matter of fact, this third credit comes right after my 2nd, and bolstered me up to the 400 credit mark. Editor is Seth Crossman, and he also provides an Internet site full of informative articles.

Lawrence Dagstine RETURNS to OG’s Speculative Fiction

Third Acceptance – Click on the link(s) for some free reading in PDF format

MAIN HOMEPAGE:

www.theopinionguy.com

Previous Dagstine Stories:

https://lawrencedagstine.com/2010/03/25/ogs-speculative-fiction-march-2010-2nd-acceptances/

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Aoife’s Kiss #35, December 2010… (12th acceptance!)

Posted on February 10, 2010

Hello, and congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl 44. Here was a place that went through a lot five years ago, and I can’t think of a team and city that deserves it more. Yes, I was rooting for you guys while I was in Atlantic City. Now on to SF, Fantasy, and the Post-Apocalypse. I just watched The Road last night; what a terrible movie that was. Don’t fear, I’ll have a better story than that coming to the December 2010 issue of Aoife’s Kiss (What, better than the Cormac McCarthy you say?). Published quarterly by Sam’s Dot Publishing, Aoife’s Kiss is edited by Tyree Campbell. This will either mark my 12th or 13th acceptance into the magazine’s print and former Web component. A lot of stories are being held onto at the moment, so I’ll know more over the course of the year. Check out a few sample issues below with stories of mine in them. And speaking of roads, we’re on the Road to 400 credits!

Sam’s Dot Publishing Main Homepage (updated monthly):

www.samsdotpublishing.com

A Few Sample Issues Featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine

Available for purchase or subscription via The Genre Mall

CLICK HERE: www.genremall.com

Personally, I recommend trying out either the June 2009 or September 2009 issues. Both had decent stories, the issues sold out and they were bestsellers more than two, three times over. Those two issues in particular had to be reprinted over three times! All available at The Genre Mall: www.genremall.com

Aoife’s Kiss Issue #22

Aoife’s Kiss #24

Aoife’s Kiss #25

Aoife’s Kiss #29

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Aoife’s Kiss #30 [Bestseller]

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Aoife’s Kiss #31

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Steampunk Tales #6, Second Acceptance… (coming soon!)

Posted on January 21, 2010

The Golden Age makes its return in digital format. So does the Industrial Revolution, Neo-Victorian Horror, and lots of other spooky historical tales. Come one, come all to Steampunk Tales! Where many adventures, horrors, and mysteries await. Some of the best short stories by short story giants and rising stars in the field. On my eBooks & Kindle page you too can order my brand new stories alongside many other talented authors within the Steampunk genre. And at a very affordable price. Behold the future of fiction magazines! Read them anytime, anywhere! Previous editions have featured such authors as Jay Lake, Catherynne M. Valente, G.D. Falksen, Jillian Venters, Phil Brucato, Brenda Cooper, and myself, among others.

Lawrence Dagstine Coming to Steampunk Tales Issue #6

**His Scariest Horror Novelette to date!!**

Also appearing in Steampunk Tales #2

For your iPhone/iPod Touch, PDF, and KINDLE

Also check out Lawrence Dagstine in Issue #2:

https://lawrencedagstine.com/ebooks-kindle-dagstine/

www.steampunktales.com

Penny Dreadfuls * Victorian Pulps for your readers!

(*Also available as a PDF, Kindle, or through Mobipocket*)

Sample look at Steampunk Tales:

Featuring:

10 pieces of exciting steampunk pulp fiction at an unbelievable price.
Featuring a true A+ lineup of award winning authors.
Stories run 4,500 – 11,000 words each! (totaling over 600 screen pages using the default font and font size)
The Steampunk Tales Reader on (iPhone/iPod Touch) features unique retro-futuristic Victorian styling never before seen in an eBook reader!

Other New Entries: “eBooks & Kindle” and “Magazines”

Nova Science Fiction, Spring 2010… (Eight Acceptances!)

Posted on December 21, 2009

My 7th and 8th acceptances to the long-running print mag, NOVA Science Fiction, will be coming your way next year between Issues #25 and #26. However, now that NOVA is going into its eleventh year and looking to thicken its pages and increase their circulation(s), I might have two stories in one issue again. Previous issues would be No. #24. Yes, I’m in it. Stay tuned in 2010 for a Dr. Who convention with NOVA SF in the dealer’s area (and a lot of famous Brits), and a time traveling story of mine within their pages.

NOVA SCIENCE FICTION – Late Spring 2010

Issues #25 to #26 – Going into its 11th Year!

SUBSCRIBE NOW – SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

www.novascifi.com

RECENT ISSUES – RECENT ENTRIES – DR. WHO CONVENTION INFO:

https://lawrencedagstine.com/2009/11/20/nova-science-fiction-24-november-2009-now-available/

Submit Material Via Snail Mail:

NOVA Science Fiction

17983 Paseo Del Sol

Chino Hills, CA 91709

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Tales of the Talisman, Late Fall 2009… (coming soon!)

Posted on August 10, 2009

COMING NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

SNEAK PREVIEWS – COLLECTOR’S ISSUE

TALES OF THE TALISMAN Issue # 5.2

featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine

Third appearance; Subscribe now:

http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/

PRE-ORDER NOW:

http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/bookstore-v5.html

Edited and Published by David Lee Summers

(formerly Hadrosaur Tales for you old-schoolers)

Details: Karen Anne Mitchell introduces us to a Taiyiha-a woman who has been made into the ultimate lover by aliens-and a lonely man who faces his own inner demons. Join Lawrence R. Dagstine as he shows us the lengths a werewolf must go to adopt a child. Danielle Ackley-McPhail gives us a glimpse into the life of a lonely man and the solace he receives from a humble visitor. J Alan Erwine will show you a dark future where a soldier who has seen too much is treated as a criminal. This issue includes eleven stories and eleven poems guaranteed to sweep you away on wings of the imagination. Don’t miss the autumn 2009 issue of Tales of the Talisman!

FIVE YEARS RUNNING! STAY TUNED!

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M-BRANE SF: Issue #9, Fall 2009… (coming soon!)

Posted on June 27, 2009

Slowly catching up, slowly getting there. My second of three Mars-related stories will appear in M-BRANE SF around the Fall. Issue #9. This is my 2nd appearance with them. They’ve recently released print versions of issues #1 through #5, and No. #6 may already be out. They are also available via PDF subscription (very affordable!), which I highly recommend checking out. The publication features many forms of scifi, non-fiction, and analyses of the genre itself. It has a retro-60’s feel. Sort of like the pulps. They’ve featured many familiar names in the SF short fiction arena.

M-Brane SF

M-BRANE SF is not only a PDF and print publication but a regular science fiction news source, too. One of the ideas they’re juggling around right now is a ‘Shared World’ theme, which might be of interest to genre lovers.

Direct Link to Shared World Project:

http://mbranesf.blogspot.com/2009/06/shared-world-project-summary-so-far.html

Previous Issues Featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine

M-Brane SF Issue#2

ORDER HERE:

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/m-brane-sf-%232-print/6647886

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PDF/SCI-FI NEWS BLOG

www.mbranesf.blogspot.com

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The Martian Wave, Issue #1… (coming soon!)

Posted on June 12, 2009

It’s no secret that over the last ten years some of my earliest science fiction works first appeared in venues such as The Fifth Di… and The Martian Wave, or on the Sam’s Dot Publishing roster in general (they’re also the publisher of my debut collection, Fresh Blood). Over the years, The Martian Wave has provided a home to such prolific talents as Bruce Boston, Rick Novy, Kristine Ong Muslim, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Justin Stanchfield, Scott Virtes, Terrie Leigh Relf, and David Lee Summers. And that’s only the tip of the list.

THE MARTIAN WAVE

Edited by J. Alan Erwine

Published by Sam’s Dot Publishing

www.samsdotpublishing.com

I’m pleased to announce that in just a few weeks from now The Martian Wave is going to finally be a print magazine focused around good, hard, interplanetary SF and space opera. I’m talking tales of other worlds and alien life — and I’ll be in their premiere issue with… Well, what else? Something about Mars! This also begins a three-story arc of Mars-related shorts I wrote due out between 2009 and 2010. So stay tuned!

I’ll provide ordering information and cover art when the time comes (love the new logo, by the way). Naturally, this magazine will be available through The Genre Mall.

THE GENRE MALL:

http://www.genremall.com/contents.htm

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Nova Science Fiction, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010…

Posted on April 21, 2009

Do you like science fiction related to the planet Jupiter and its four moons? Good. Nova Scifi will be publishing me for a Fifth and Sixth time in their print venue between this year and next. They’ve been around for a number of years and are very popular in smaller press/religious Scifi circles. NOVA SF is edited by Wesley Kawato. They DO NOT accept email subs, but they will look at snail mail. If you want to break into this market, it is recommended you have some kind of background in science or follow the guidelines to a tee. If you get the cover and headline story, you get more. They love religious SF, Hard SF, and themes related to Time Travel. Religious there, too.

NOVA SCIENCE FICTION – Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

Stories FIVE and SIX coming soon…

Nova Science Fiction

SUBSCRIBE HERE: www.novascifi.com

ARCHIVE/PAST ISSUES: http://www.novascifi.com/issues.html

On another note, I’m going to miss print. Now that everything is becoming digital… Oh yeah, did I forget to mention the Next Generation Genre Magazine? Stay tuned… There’s a LOT in the pipeline. From editing opportunities to a second collection to the magazine of the future!

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Lawrence Dagstine: “Dagstine does Egypt…”

Posted on February 12, 2009

Ancient Egypt that is! Minus the Scifi novella, a look into one of five upcoming projects between 2009 and 2010 that should wet any reader’s appetite. This should give my fans and peers a look into what I do for inspiration and, at times, research. From the ashes of a New Yorker’s mind, a non-fiction and fiction tale is born. Think of an article or story like a work of architecture — Like any building, it needs a foundation drafted, then crafted, in order to stand. A good story can also be like a work of art. Colorful and priceless, depending on the artist. With any dedicated and enthusiastic study, life experience also plays a major role in creation.

Lawrence Dagstine does Egypt

Whether it’s freelancing pre-dynasty non-fiction or fantasy, alternate history or occultist horror, Dagstine will do it! That’s for sure. The hints to one of my next tales sits on this screen — well, rather yours — in front of you. Will it have lots of mummies and real mystery? Will it involve Cleopatra? Will it showcase ancient gods and pyramids in an adventure the likes you’ve never read? I guess you’ll have to wait and see…

Lawrence Dagstine does Egypt

By the way, there’s tiny scarabs and children’s remains — mummified, I might add — in that tomb behind me (just kidding). Coffins such as these were used by pharoahs or kings for royal pets, such as cats. Lots of times they were mummified and buried with their owners. Personal belongings were included for their long journey into the next world.

Sound juicy so far? Well, you better stay tuned then…

Lawrence Dagstine

Sam’s Dot Publishing: Cover of Darkness 2010…

Posted on February 9, 2009

I’ll have a new, almost-novelette length zombie thriller appearing in a future edition of Sam’s Dot Publishing’s Cover of Darkness. An “Annual Magazine-Anthology”, they’re mostly known for their tales of horror and dark speculative fiction. Sam’s Dot will also be releasing my collection FRESH BLOOD, many future issues of Aoife’s Kiss with stories of mine in it, and lots of other great publications between now and 2010. So stay tuned.

COVER OF DARKNESS 2010

Published Annually by Sam’s Dot Publishing

www.samsdotpublishing.com

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AVAILABLE AT THE GENRE MALL:

http://www.genremall.com/contents.htm

Previous issues have featured Bram Stoker winner Scott Nicholson, LL Soares, Cathy Buburuz, David Kopaska-Merkel, Kristine Ong Muslim, Angela Albee, Tamara Wilhite, Tyree Campbell, J.J. Steinbeck, Kate England… And many other fine talents…

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Tales of the Talisman, September 2009… (3rd acceptance)

Posted on October 12, 2008

I’ll have a brand new tale coming your way in a year from now. I know, I know. A long way off. David Lee Summers will publish me for a third time in the September 2009 issue of TALES OF THE TALISMAN (formerly Hadrosaur Tales, for you old-schoolers). You won’t want to miss it. Even though it’s a good ways off, I can’t recommend this magazine enough.

Previous Issues featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine

ORDER HERE: www.talesofthetalisman.com

If you’ve been with me thus far, then don’t go anywhere. There is a lot in the pipeline between now and New Year’s Day. Regardless of economic collapses or doomsday scenarios, there will be scifi magazines and horror publications galore. And speaking of science fiction, I have an Interview over at former Gamepro freelancer, Johnny Guerrero’s new review spot. Read it here:

MY MOTHER WAS A TREKKIE!

www.mymotherwasatrekkie.blogspot.com

Tales of the Talisman Website:

www.talesofthetalisman.com

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Aoife’s Kiss #29, June 2009… (9th acceptance)

Posted on August 18, 2008

I’ll have a brand new story coming to the June 2009 Issue/Edition of AOIFE’S KISS. Published quarterly by Sam’s Dot Publishing. This would be my 9th print acceptance with Sam’s Dot (Aoife’s Kiss, Sounds of the Night, and Beyond Centauri). On top of that, this will also be their 8th Anniversary Issue – though a long way off, it’ll be a biggie, and you’ll want to pick it up. I may also appear in the online version, come anniversary time. Still, expect me in a couple of issues well before that.

You can also view previous issues of Sam’s Dot magazines by going here:

http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/purchasecenter/magazines.htm

Previous Issues featuring Lawrence R. Dagstine: