Read an e-book week

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
Smashwords is currently having a sale to encourage people to read e-books, and you can save up to 50% on a wide variety of NDP titles, so order early, and order often at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nomadicdelirium

A reivew of The Divided States of America Bundle #1

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
Eamonn Murphy at SF Crowsnest has done a review of The Divided States of America Bundle #1, which features stories from Mike Morgan, Tyree Campbell, Debby Feo, and J Alan Erwine. Read it at https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/the-divided-states-of-america-bundle-1-e-book-review/

February recap

Smashwords site updated
Back issues for $1
I sold a drabble
The Fifth Di... March 2018

The Fifth Di... March 2018

The March 2018 issue of The Fifth Di... is now available...
The March issue of The Fifth Di… takes a walk on the dark side with Lachlan Walter, Robert N Stephenson, Rik Hunik, and Gustavo Bondoni bringing you stories of the darker side of humanity.
You’ll be taken to a bleak future where the poor are taken advantage of, a future where a branch of humanity comes back to Earth, but the encounter doesn’t go anything like people might have expected, a future where immortality brings a terrible consequence, and an effort to explore the universe that is brutally sabotaged. If you like fiction that warns you about the dangers of the future, this is the issue for you.
http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/blog/product/the-fifth-di-march-2018/
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/797138
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B3ZHMC1

I sold a drabble

I sold a drabble to Alban Lake Publishing's 10th Drabble Contest, Alien Brothel. For those of you that don't know what a drabble is, it's a story of exactly 100 words...no more, no less. It's not an easy feat to pull off.
As the e-book editor for ALP, I've been reading the Drabbles for many years, but I never sat down and wrote one, but then I came up with an idea for this one called "Learn to Read." It was 110 words when I finished...that meant cutting 10 words, which is not easy with such a small word count. Still, I managed, and the story will appear in the anthology in early April.
To give you an idea of what a drabble is, this post is more than 100 words, now imagine a complete story that's shorter than this post...

Back issues for $1

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
Back issues from 2013, 2014, and 2015 of The Fifth Di..., The Martian Wave, and Spaceports & Spidersilk are now available for download for just one dollar!!!
You can download them at http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/blog/shop and https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nomadicdelirium. They should also be available for this price at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all other on-line retailers. If they aren't yet, they will be soon.

Smashwords site updated

I've updated my Smashwords account so that the majority of the titles that I've released through other publishers now appear with my individual stories and collections. This includes anthologies, collections, magazines, novels, and RPGs and their supplements.
Check it out at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jaerwine

January recap

The Union Man and other stories
A review of the December issue of The Fifth Di...
New Year, New Game Sale
Pay what you want

Pay What You Want

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
If you like to read your fiction in PDF format, DriveThruFiction now has several of our titles available at a "Pay What You Want" rate at
This includes stories, anthologies, RPG titles, back issues of magazines and more...so stock up and save today.

New Year, New Game sale

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
DriveThruRPG is currently having a huge sale to introduce people to new RPGs. If you haven't tried the Ephemeris RPG or the Battle for Turtle Island RPG, now is your chance, and the savings are great. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/rpg_newyear.php?manufacturers_id=2805&filters=0_0_0_0_0_44298#selectpub

A review of the December issue of The Fifth Di...

Read a very good review of the December issue of The Fifth Di... at http://sfcrowsnest.info/the-fifth-di-december-2017-e-mag-review/

The Union Man...and other stories

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:

The Union Man...and other stories by Eamonn Murphy is now available!

The Union Man and other stories brings you three stories from Eamonn Murphy.

An interrogator (torturer) for MI5 is accused of a murder, a murder he couldn’t have committed, but where his investigation takes him will not only change his life, but it will forever change the world.

Happy is a drug that has been legalized in England, but no one can expect the consequences of what that legalization will mean, except for one man, and no one want to listen to him, because everyone wants to be Happy.

Finally, a brief story that is a twist on the princess and the frog tale.

http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/blog/product/the-union-man-and-other-stories/

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/777958

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078X9C4Y3

December recap

Future Syndicate II
Mars Station Beta
In case you blinked
The Fifth Di... 2017 bundle
A Poet Explores the Stars
Smashwords sale
E-book sale
2017 in review

2017 in review

2017 was a down and down year. There were some ups, but they seemed like mere molehills compared to the mammoth valleys that were the downs. Every year I think, "Well, the next year has to be better than this one..." and the next year basically says, "Hold my beer."
If I had one quote I would like to send 2017, it would be from Mr. Spock in Star Trek VI. I would say, "Go to hell."

E-book sale

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
The week between Christmas and New Years is the biggest week for e-book sales. So, for all of you that received e-book readers over the holidays, Smashwords is having a massive sale, and we at Nomadic Delirium Press are proud to be a part of it. You can download most of our titles at significant discounts...in some cases, up to 75% off, and we've even made a few titles available for free!
Go to https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nomadicdelirium, and start downloading and reading today!

Smashwords sale

Now through New Years, Smashwords is having a massive sale on e-book titles. All of my collections are available for 50% off, and I've also made a few of my individual stories available for free that are normally 99 cents. So check out the sale today at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jaerwine.

A Poet Explores the Stars

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:

We’re looking for poems about the exploration of space. The poems can be about our solar system, other solar systems, black holes, or anything in between. We publish a lot of fiction about the exploration of space, but now we want the poet’s point of view.

All poems must be at least 20 lines in length. While experimental structure is ok for print, this collection will be both print and electronic, and experimental structures do not translate well to electronic formats, so preference will be given to poems with traditional structures.

We will accept no more than two poems from each poet, so please send us your best, and we are not looking for reprints for this collection.

Payment will be $5 per poem and one contributor’s copy.

All submissions should be sent to editor (at) nomadicdeliriumpress (dot) com. The subject should be “Poet Explores submission.” We prefer attachments, but you can paste your submission into the body of the e-mail.

If you have any questions, please send them to the address above.

The Fifth Di... 2017 bundle

You can now get all four 2017 issues of The Fifth Di... for just $6!
Go to http://nomadicdeliriumpress.com/blog/product/the-fifth-di-2017-bundle/ and download your copies today. Don't worry, if the download doesn't work, we'll e-mail you your copies.
You can also order through DriveThruFiction at http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/228574/The-Fifth-Di-2017-bundle-BUNDLE

In case you blinked

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
Just in case you blinked over the last few days, we've announced several new projects that are looking for submissions...
We're reading for Nomadic Novellas, which is obviously a call for novella length stories: http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com/nomadicnovellas.htm
We're looking for crime fiction for Future Syndicate II: http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com/futuresyndicateii.htm
We've also started a new shared world collection called Mars Station Beta: http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com/marsstationbetaguidelines.htm
In addition, The Fifth Di... is once again open to submissions and The Martian Wave is again looking for poetry submissions.

Mars Station Beta

From the Nomadic Delirium Press blog:
We'd like to introduce you to our newest project...Mars Station Beta. This will be a shared world project, much like The Divided States of America.
The year is 2052. It has been two years since the unexplained destruction of Mars Station Alpha, and now the human race has decided to go back to Mars, but on an even more massive scale.
Mars Station Beta is made up of ten different modules that are all interconnected with each other and around a central lab/recreation area. There are a total of 50 colonists on the station with another 50 on their way from Earth. The base is a multi-national project, funded by the largest nations on Earth, with representatives from all of those nations, as well as a few of the best and brightest from the “lesser” nations. While nationalism is still an issue, it’s not as big of an issue following the short duration World War III that swept the Earth in 2022.
Mars Station Beta has been established in Elysium Plantia. Mars Station Alpha had been established in Argyre Planitia, but so far, no one has visited the station to try to determine what happened to the 20 colonists. All that is known is that their final transmission was, “I can’t believe there are…” Before that transmission, there were no signs of problems with the base.
Mars Station Beta is commanded by Roger Anderson, a hard-nosed military man from the United States. While he is a fair leader, he has little patience with the scientists on the base because they don’t have the same type of discipline as the military members.
The second in command is Vasili Andropova, a former member of the Russian military, who has now devoted herself to the pursuit of genetic research. She tolerates Commander Anderson, but she has little patience for his sense of discipline.
Writer’s Guidelines
If you’d like to contribute to Mars Station Beta, we’re looking for individual stories of at least 2,500 words.
How we will publish: This will not be an anthology (at first).  We will be publishing each story as an individual e-story, and these stories will be distributed to all of the usual sales markets.
Pay: This will depend entirely on how the story sells.  We will be doing a 50/50 split with each author of the profits from the story, with royalties being paid on our normal quarterly schedule.  If this project takes off, we will be doing a print anthology, or possibly many print anthologies, and then there will be further payment at that point for reprint rights.
Rights: We are looking for first rights on any story.
Price of stories: The pricing of stories will depend on their length. Stories from 2,500 words to 5,000 words will be priced at 99 cents.  Stories that are 5,001 words to 10,000 words will be priced at $1.49, and stories that are over 10,000 words will be priced at $1.99.  Obviously the longer the story, the higher the royalty, but we prefer quality over length.
Overall theme: We are not looking for an overall theme to the stories.  We want quality stories.  Stories should be about characters other than the two commanders. It’s fine to include them as background characters, but we’d like to see stories about the other characters. If you’d like to share character or story ideas with other writers, we can set up a private Facebook group for this project that will allow everyone to throw ideas out and play off of each other’s ideas.
All stories should be sent to editor (at) nomadicdeliriumpress (dot) com with the subject line reading “Mars Station Beta Submission.”