Hit the archive for my terrible indie book reviews. I mean the reviews are terrible, although sometimes they are terrible reviews of terrible books. Fun either way, check it out. In the mean time, I’m steaming ahead with a sci fi comedy short story series.

It’s time for our plagiarism-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off heroes to visit future Earth. Writing this one, I can see why they ignore it so much on actual Star Trek. Once you’ve established a space opera setting as table stakes, it’s hard to make boring old Earth interesting. But wait. There’s always corporate espionage! Every good series needs a bottle episode or two, and so does mine. Yet There Is Method In’t is free for the next few days on Amazon. And remember: those five stars count the same even if you’re doing it out of pity.

This is where I hawk my sci fi short stories, and check out the archive for the indie book reviews I used to write. Two unfunny products in one!

Well, I did it again. Like William Shatner, I have learned nothing from my previous failures, and wrote another short story in the Resourceful series. Let me walk you through my process. Step one, take an episode of TNG that I like. Step two, take another episode of TNG that I like, or DS9, or the Animated Series, or Futurama, or maybe a Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett story that I’ve forgotten I read and erroneously think I just came up with. Step three, smash them together and sprinkle in a few poorly thought out original ideas. Step four, shape the details around the needs of the main cast. Step five, behold what I have done and lament. But wait, you can lament too! And unlike me, you won’t have to lose your dignity, self esteem, or hard earned cash, because The Way To Dusty Death is free for the next few days.

In this latest installment, the crew of the Resourceful must overcome a disaster that has crippled the ship and isolated them in small groups. Will they find a way to work together to save the ship? Yes, of course they will because it’s a series and it doesn’t stop after two stories. But how will they do it? Does the cat survive? Is there a cat? These are questions that can only be answered by spending a couple hours of your life reading… The Way To Dusty Death!

UPDATE! It looks like someone pre-ordered The Way To Dusty Death. That’s fantastic for my ego, but I feel bad that someone paid $2.99 for a book immediately before I put it on free promotion. If that was you, you can return the book within seven days for a refund, and snag the free version by October 6.