Writing for the Love

WHAT IF OUR FIRST EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENCOUNTER WAS WITH HUMANS RETURNING TO EARTH? Experience first contact…with us. The Alvarium Experiment is proud to present award-winning and accomplished authors in  Return to Earth , now in print as a single anthology available on Amazon. Explore all ten unique short stories that blend science fiction with fantasy, suspense, mystery, romance, and history. RETURN TO EARTH ANTHOLOGY BUY NOW ON AMAZON About "AOB," a Return to Earth short story by Bria Burton In "AOB," Aona, an Alien-Operated Bot (AOB), suffers a malfunction that could jeopardize her mission on Earth and could lead to the extinction of an entire species from another planet. About Return to Earth Return to Earth  is the second project of the Alvarium Experiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors. The stories do not need to be read in any particular order; each story is an entry point into the overall story.  Ret...

AUTHOR VICTOR DIGENTI (AKA PARKER FRANCIS) Our featured author today is Parker Francis , author of " The Strange Case of Lord Byron's Lover ", a short story in The Prometheus Saga . " The Strange Case of Lord Byron's Lover " is available for FREE on Kindle today, 3/16 - 3/20, so be sure to download your copy! Welcome, Parker. Tell us, what inspired you to launch / join the Alvarium Experiment? Ken Pelham contacted me prior to the 2014 FWA Conference to ask if I’d be interested in joining other writers in a what he said was “a cool idea” called The Alvarium Experiment. I’m always open to cool ideas and asked for more details. Ken sent me two working papers I call the Prometheus Bible , an incredibly well thought-out concept with a spec sheet and working arrangement for the consortium of writers. Ken and Charles Cornell had obviously given this a lot of thought, and I was both impressed and intrigued. Though I didn’t write SF, I spent much of my waste...

From The Stiletto Gang Blog, used with permission Past, Present, Future—and Free Download of My Austin Starr Short Story By Kay Kendall Once upon a time I believed my dreams would all come true when I wrote a book. With that accomplished, of course I wanted to have it published. And then when I held it in my hands, I knew I would be ecstatic. Those dreams did indeed come true. With lots of hard work, more than I ever imagined would be necessary, my debut mystery was published two years ago this spring. Now I have its sequel coming out this summer. The goal posts keep moving, however. I am now striving to juggle more than one writing project at a time.  Today I will share with you how I’m doing in that regard. CURRENT PROJECT – Free download! Last month I published a short story that bridges DESOLATION ROW with its sequel RAINY DAY WOMEN. The story is “ Strangers on a Plane,” and through March 6, you can download it FREE on Amazon .  You don’t n...

THE PROMETHEUS SAGA An alien probe landed on Earth at the dawn of man. It can change its appearance, from male to female, to any race. The home planet is watching through the probe's eyes. The probe observes us, and sometimes it acts. How the alien probe interacts with humanity throughout history is interpreted differently in each of the thirteen short stories by the award-winning authors of the Alvarium Experiment . Experience The Prometheus Saga today. Each story is $0.99 in the Kindle Store. If you'd like a suggestion about where to begin, here's my contribution: " On Both Sides " by Bria Burton.     ABOUT THE PROMETHEUS SAGA The Prometheus Saga is the premier project of the Alvarium Experiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors. The Saga spans the range of the existence of Homo sapiens . The stories do not need to be read in any particular order; each story is an entry point into the overall story. The P...