For no particular reason...I think it's time to remind everyone of my Tales of Dystopia. https://books2read.com/u/4N8YZY
J Alan Erwine's Tales of Dystopia brings you six bleak futures that hopefully will never be possible. Are the stories dire predictions, or warnings of futures possible? It's the author's sincere hope that none of these stories will be taken as a blueprint for the future, but with the way the world seems to be going…he can't be too sure…
From the Nomadic Delirium Press Blog:
We know that quite a few people are struggling with money right now, and this includes readers and RPG players, so we’ve decided to lower the price of 28 of our e-books. For full details, check out our blog at https://nomadicdeliriumpress.blogspot.com/2025/06/were-lowering-e-book-prices.html.
This includes the games I've developed, anthologies I've edited, and even some of my own writing.
From the Nomadic Delirium Press Blog:
When we released The Complete Ephemeris 1.0 Tome as an e-book, many people asked why we didn’t release it in print. The simple answer is that the book was over 1200 pages, and almost a quarter of a million words…not something that we could print very easily.
Now, we’ve released the Tome as two separate books. The Complete Ephemeris 1.0 Game Master’s Guide and The Complete Ephemeris 1.0 Player’s Guide. Together, these two tomes contain every rulebook and supplement that was ever released for the Ephemeris 1.0 game.
The only book not included is The Ephemeris Encyclopedia Galactica, which was too large to include in either volume, and is still available as an individual title.
The Player's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBGXB9Y7
The Game Master's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB9F5FGK
Very happy to say that my bestselling title for May 2025 was my new novel Slave to the Stars.
Order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GTW1CZ
Order from DriveThruFiction: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/521193/
Order from another market: https://books2read.com/b/3Gg068
Tilmath was born a slave, but she was no ordinary slave. Unlike most humans, she was an Espari, a human capable of sensing the emotions of other beings.
Now, having escaped from her slave masters, the teenager finds herself on the run and about to meet some of the most interesting creatures she could ever imagine, and go on an adventure that she could never dream of. Using her poorly trained empathic senses, she tries to do everything she can to survive, but quickly learns that survival isn’t the most important thing for a slave girl escaping to the stars.
I've already had a couple of requests to write a sequel to Slave to the Stars. Um, what? I just finished that book, and even though the ending was open ended, I wrote it that way to show that life does go on for some of the characters. I didn't write it that way to lead into a sequel, but I guess people want what they want.
At the moment, my plan was to work on a couple of short stories that have been running around in my head during the writing of the novel, and when I did start on my 6th novel, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I'd been thinking about a Divided States of America novel, or a galactic empire novel, or a future Earth dystopia, or maybe even a sequel to A Problem in Translation, but I hadn't been thinking about a sequel for the new novel. Guess I need to consider that now...
For a limited time, you can download many of my titles, all of my novels, most of my collections, and a few short stories for half off at Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jalanerwine/link/50OFF, but this is for a limited time, so download today, and go ahead and follow me while you're there.
Being an independently publishing author is an expensive undertaking, and unfortunately, my printer is raising their costs for print books. I already have my books listed at a low price, so I don't really make much off of them, but with rising costs, I'm going to be forced to raise the prices on most of my print titles some time in June, so if you've ever thought about buying one of my print books, now's the time...https://www.amazon.com/stores/J-Alan-Erwine/author/B0035AMA0A
I've released a new cover for my collection, The Lies of Belial, and other stories. The original cover was the only one I've ever designed using AI, and I have hated it since the day it was released. I hated the cover, I hated the use of AI, so I finally changed it. Your can order the book at:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNY86S2S
Elsewhere: https://books2read.com/u/m2Kpxk
A while back, I made my novels available on itch.io. Now, my short story collections are also available there. Check out my page at https://jalanerwine.itch.io/ and be sure to follow me there.
From the Nomadic Delirium Press Blog:
Welcome to the first issue of Delirious Dice. This zine will be published biannually by Nomadic Delirium Press, and it will feature information for our four games: Ephemeris 2.0, The Divided States of America, Rocks on the Other Side, and The Battle for Turtle Island.
Each issue will feature a variety of things. You might find new weapons, skills, creatures, sub-classes, or anything else that might add to your current game play. We might even publish some short adventures or even some fiction. It will all depend on what we come up with. You might even get sneak peaks of some of the titles we’re working on. At the end of the zine, you’ll find guidelines in case you might be interested in submitting ideas or articles for future issues.
This zine will be divided into sections based on each game, and in some issues, one game might have a lot more material than another, but there will always be information that can be used in each of the games.
Order from DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/522905/
Order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F94TJZJQ
Order elsewhere: https://books2read.com/b/mYE1Vw
Now that my new novel is here, I'm making all of my novels, including Slave to the Stars, available to you for half off…but just for a limited time! Order from DriveThruFiction at https://www.drivethrufiction.com/saleguide.php?src=sgrc
You can also order each of them for half off at the following links:
Slave to the Stars: https://books2read.com/b/3Gg068
Echoes from the Deep: https://books2read.com/b/b5Y97p
A Problem in Translation: https://books2read.com/b/b6a1xx
Red Moon Rising: https://books2read.com/b/mKAaYE
The Opium of the People: https://books2read.com/b/4DnLZd
Or order at https://jalanerwine.itch.io/
All five of my novels are now available on itch.io at https://jalanerwine.itch.io/
I'm not sure if this was worth my time, but if the novels seem to sell there, I'll start uploading my short story collections as we
My new novel is currently sitting at #33 on the bestsellers list at DriveThruFiction. Check it out at https://www.drivethrufiction.com/top_100.php
Tilmath was born a slave, but she was no ordinary slave. Unlike most humans, she was an Espari, a human capable of sensing the emotions of other beings.
Now, having escaped from her slave masters, the teenager finds herself on the run and about to meet some of the most interesting creatures she could ever imagine, and go on an adventure that she could never dream of. Using her poorly trained empathic senses, she tries to do everything she can to survive, but quickly learns that survival isn’t the most important thing for a slave girl escaping to the stars.
Now that my fifth novel, Slave to the Stars, has been released, I'm faced with that let down that comes from finishing a novel. I spent months on this book (it was actually the fastest I've ever completed a novel), and now I'm faced with the reality of what's next?
I have numerous ideas for new novels, but which one do I really want to write? In addition to this, I'm faced with the fact that none of these novels have even been started. It takes so much work to write a novel. Ideas are great, but the work is very difficult.
So, today I sit facing a blank computer screen, trying to figure out what should fill the page. Sigh....
Would you like five novels for just $12? You can now download all five of my novels, including my newest title Slave to the Stars from DriveThruFiction at https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/468859/
You get The Opium of the People, Red Moon Rising, A Problem in Translation, Echoes from the Deep, and Slave to the Stars. These are five very different, but hopefully enjoyable novels. You're bound to find something you like.
From the Nomadic Delirium Press Blog:
A new review of Do You Really Want to be a Writer? by J Alan Erwine has been posted at Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1503357
"Written in an informal, chatty, style this short book by experienced writer and editor J Alan Erwine gives sound advice for the beginner."-we corrected the spelling errors...
My fifth novel, Slave to the Stars is now available.
Order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7GTW1CZ
Order from DriveThruFiction: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/521193/
Order from another market: https://books2read.com/b/3Gg068
Tilmath was born a slave, but she was no ordinary slave. Unlike most humans, she was an Espari, a human capable of sensing the emotions of other beings.
Now, having escaped from her slave masters, the teenager finds herself on the run and about to meet some of the most interesting creatures she could ever imagine, and go on an adventure that she could never dream of. Using her poorly trained empathic senses, she tries to do everything she can to survive, but quickly learns that survival isn't the most important thing for a slave girl escaping to the stars.
I recently learned of the passing of Laura Givens. That's her on the far left, next to me (Can't believe I was ever that young.)
Laura was an amazing artist, a great writer, and one of the best people that I've ever known. She did numerous covers for my books, the ones I've written, and the ones I've edited, and she was always wonderful to work with.
All the great memories I have of her art and her writing pale in comparison to the memories I have of all of the fun we had at cons. One of the first panels I ever did at a con was the Alien Archaeology panel at MileHiCon. I signed up for it thinking that it would be a discussion of how archaeology would work on other planets...boy, was I wrong!!!!
Laura was the moderator for the panel, and one of her improv partners was also on the panel along with MileHiCon guest of honor David Drake, and then the lesser types like me. What I thought would be a scientific discussion quickly turned into tales of sexual innuendo and double entendres as we "described" the various artifacts. Laura was a very outgoing person, one of the most outgoing I'd ever known. She could talk to anyone about anything. I, on the other hand, am one of the most introverted introverts that you'll ever meet. Talking to people has never been easy for me, and I was completely overwhelmed in this panel, but I ran with it, and we had the very large audience laughing their asses off for the full hour.
There are so many memories I have of the fun we would have at these cons, and it's an unfortunate reminder to me that I have neglected my friends so much over the years. I've shut myself off from the world quite a bit over the last few years, and as a result, I hadn't talked to Laura in years, and now I realize that I will never be able to again. Don't close yourself off from the world, people! We're only here for a very short period of time, and we lose friends so quickly and without warning.
Laura will be missed. I can't imagine ever going back to MileHiCon and not seeing her there...
