Scott M. Sandridge

A Work in Progress

Writerly Update 11/20/09

Since my day job cut me down to two days a week, I decided to turn the crappy situation into an opportunity to get more writing done and more submissions out. I’m currently at 31,000 words on Emperor of Vangaard, and 1500 words on a nonfiction article. In the past two days, I’ve sent out two queries and seven submissions.

I’ve also recently came up with ideas for about fifteen or so articles to write.

What can I say? I’m getting sick of dealing with crappy day jobs again. >(

November 21, 2009 Posted by smsand | Writerly Updates | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fear and Trembling Update: “The Mime”

“The Mime”
by Kevin Forest Frasure

Tease:

I still remember the day I met the Mime, like it was yesterday.


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November 18, 2009 Posted by smsand | Uncategorized | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fear and Trembling: “Toxic”

“Toxic”
by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley

Tease:

A dark view of the creative process.


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November 11, 2009 Posted by smsand | Fear and Trembling | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fear and Trembling Update: “Interment”

“Interment”
by Adrienne J. Odasso

Tease:

Livid spirit, they chased you
through trees, swift as deer, down the dark.


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November 4, 2009 Posted by smsand | Fear and Trembling | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Best Epica Song Ever

And combined with the coolest fan-made video I’ve ever seen. And yes, it’s a 13-minute long song. What else would you expect from a band called Epica? ;)

Epica – Kingdom of Heaven (Part 1)

Epica – Kingdom of Heaven (Part 2)

October 29, 2009 Posted by smsand | News & Rants | , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fall of the Republic, Volume 1

October 27, 2009 Posted by smsand | News & Rants | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Chimeraworld #6 (new world disorder) available now from Chimericana Books

Chimeraworld #6 (new world disorder) available now from Chimericana Books
In the near future, the world awakens to the corporate threat of the New World Order: a leaderless resistance defeats the global elite.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 13, 2009 – Chimeraworld #6 (new world disorder)
Chimericana Books
http://www.lulu.com/chimericanabooks

It’s becoming more and more obvious that Corporate Profit and the monetary system that drives it allows mankind to commit the most unholy crimes ever fostered upon humanity.  Corporate Profit is control.  Corporate Profit is secrecy.  Corporate Profit is ruthless.
But without ‘money’, there’s no method for generating a momentum to continue to push technology as far as it will go under a military-industrial agenda.  Who says so? And also, there’s the ‘Sword of Damocles’ threat of Eugenics associated with the corporate agenda.  I personally find the Eugenics pill the most difficult to swallow but history is telling us that’s where we’re headed so that the Banking Elite can enjoy their planet.  
And that’s what they truly believe, that it’s their planet, that they have the right to it.  Not anyone else.
So, cancel Money (most of it’s fiat money anyway, based on debt and tending to hyper-inflation), cancel Profit, cancel Private Ownership and Patents, cancel Countries, cancel National Insurance numbers because all these invented concepts increase the likelihood of our demise as a planetary species – our mass murder.  
But how can such a liberated civilisation contribute to the proper use of the planet’s resources.  What is the aim of a planet of willing intelligent people helping the world be a better place? Where’s the fun in that?
We need to seriously consider the possibility that Progress can exist without Corporate Profit, that we as a people can cooperate on Free or Open Source projects that help mankind to live in creative harmony.  Take away the incentive, release the guilt; destroy the agenda, secrecy and horror of controlled corporate contemporary life.

Oxford, UK-based artist/writer Mike Philbin has been at the helm of the Chimeraworld series from Chimericana Books from its inception five years ago. It was intended as an antidote to the dull, grey horror-genre franchise that has stained our retail shelves in lieu of good horrific escapism. The ‘genreclectic’ themes have been:

#1 twenty three bizarro tales
#2 twenty three tales of total madness
#3 twenty three tales of spiritual decay
#4 twenty three tales of traffic mayhem
#5 twenty three misfit tales.

Yes, there are twenty-three writers from all over the planet in each issue of Chimeraworld. A unique feature of Chimeraworld #6 (twenty three tales of leaderless resistance) is that You The People are an active part, this year, and space is given for YOU to note down how you helped affect a real change on this planet.
Military industrial complex, detention camps for dissidents, rfid chip global tyranny, false flag terrorism, biochemical attack, martial law on our streets, total surveillance state, the suppression of knowledge is power . . . following a mass awakening, the global elite are annihilated.

Chimeraworld #6, contains stories depicting the world after the coming revolution, as mankind returns to a life stripped of Capitalism and Mass Media Propaganda. A world without the Google-fuelled glare of the bankers dictating every move you make. A world of travel, a journey through real freedom. An uncensored world of chaos, uncertainty and anarchy. A world of social and spiritual enlightenment; no money, no banks and no business loans.
This is the story of how yourself and your family get by once everything you know about Modern Society has been eradicated, when the Global Elite’s power grab has been exposed and has failed in spectacular fashion. What was your part in the revolution and how did you contribute to new world disorder?

Chimeraworld #6 is a testament to the awakening of mankind, stories about immersion in the galactic melting pot – hardcore experimentation, dimensional travel, body-swapping with alien races, DNA bartering, galactic superheroes, real cultural exchange. New morality, new belief systems, new family, new social life, no more wars, creativity is king, liberation from the daily grind. Stories from Alex Severin, Tina Starr, Paul Pinn, Andrew Hook, Danny O’Connor, James A. Stewart, Arley Sorg, Robert Guffey, Sheri Fresonke Harper, Justin Oldham, Thomas Henry Dylan, Mitchell Warren, C. C. Parker, Jeff Drake, Tim Lieder, Aaron Polson, Scott M. Sandridge, John Walters, Peter Diseth, Kevin James Miller, Richard Marsden, J.W. Ocker and You The People.

Chimeraworld #6 comes out from under that stomping corporate jackboot and shows the six billion free people of this planet how they won!

Chimeraworld #6 (new world disorder) is available now in American trade paperback format 6″ by 9″ trade paperback from Chimericana Books.

Cover art: Ben Newman
http://bennewmanart.blogspot.com
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Chimericana Books was started in 2004 by Oxford, UK-based artist and writer of genreclectic stories/novels Mike Philbin.

October 27, 2009 Posted by smsand | Writerly Updates | , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fear and Trembling Update: “Renunciation”

“Renunciation”
by Jade Smith

Tease:

He ran his tongue along the edge of his newly sharp teeth. Kill what you love—


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October 27, 2009 Posted by smsand | Fear and Trembling | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Fear and Trembling Update: “Shades of Stone”

“Shades of Stone”
by Adam Colston

Tease:

The marble was the finest quality and he was a skilled sculptor, but then she moved within the stone.


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October 20, 2009 Posted by smsand | Fear and Trembling | , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Messiahs War II Excerpt in Alley of Horror 2009: Campfire Tales

An excerpt of the upcoming podcast novel, The Messiahs War, Book II: Emperor of Vangaard, can be heard on Alley of Horror 2009: Campfire Tales, courtesy of Imagination Lane. Enjoy!

October 15, 2009 Posted by smsand | Writerly Updates | , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments