Location: United States
Member Since: Nov. 13, 2011
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Chris Mason


Biography

Chris Mason is a software engineer who would rather have been a writer, but he is addicted to coding and couldn't figure out how to support himself writing obscure novels. He worked as a programmer and programming manager for 18 years -- including 10 years at Microsoft, where he was involved with Word and Office for Macintosh. He has three software patents stashed somewhere in his closet.

After leaving Microsoft for good he founded GrowlyBird Software, which develops free Macintosh applications.

During his years in the wilderness he wrote five novels (among other things), which are available here.

He lives in Florida so he can go to DisneyWorld at a moment's notice. He and his wife are the caretakers of two dogs, two cats, and two parrots. He's seriously considering building an ark.

Because he's a workaholic curmudgeon with hermit tendencies, he doesn't engage in social media. But you can contact him at chrisfidget@centurylink.net.

Books

Brezlun    by Chris Mason
Price: $3.99 USD. 130970 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
For millennia the colonists of the planet Brezlun have lived in peace, in four utterly different cultures. The last of the starship’s androids, missing for centuries, returns to demand that a young woman join him on a quest, to travel the world and reestablish communication with the ship before he breaks down. But a fanatical sect of assassins threatens to kill anyone who attempts this blasphemy.
The Last Angel & Other Stories    by Chris Mason
Price: Free! 66750 words. Published on May 26, 2012. Fiction.
Thirteen short stories, mostly science fiction. A private investigator who relies on the biological computer in his head; genetically-engineered super-human starship pilots who just want to left alone; distant descendants of humans who lift up the last normal human being to become one of them; crab-like aliens whose children are larger than their parents.
Mrs. Bambi Knows    by Chris Mason
Price: $3.99 USD. 78720 words. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
The people of a small town want to kill the local paper’s advice columnist, who eavesdrops on their private conversations, writes the letters for them, and then answers them. But the columnist isn’t a woman: it’s a quiet widower with a young daughter. When the secret identity of “Mrs. Bambi” is revealed, his life begins to come apart, threatening his new romance and everything he cares about.
Wild Sands    by Chris Mason
Price: $3.99 USD. 48550 words. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Jason, overworked and stressed out by his job, on impulse makes a reservation at an oceanside B&B run by two women. One is quiet, musical, and a compulsive baker. The other is brash, aggressive, and athletic, and she snags Jason before he has a chance to decide whether he wants either of them. Is it sincerity or delirium that he needs? How can he wrest true love from the jaws of the Amazon?
Jazzberry and Fidget    by Chris Mason
Price: Free! 28490 words. Published on March 3, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
When eight-year-old Annie is visited by a fairy and a dragon, she thinks it's a dream. When she discovers that they're real, it's the best day of her life—until they tell her why they revealed themselves to her. If she can't convince her uncle to stop his proposed housing development, terrors may be unleashed. Can a little girl who's flunking out of school save the world?
Center Fire    by Chris Mason
Price: $4.99 USD. 127180 words. Published on February 28, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A ruthless female ex-Mossad agent helps an arms dealer steal three nuclear warheads and then double-crosses him. Before long she's being chased by the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia, vengeful arms dealers, and Mossad assassins. Her only hope for survival, and to stop the warheads from falling into the wrong hands, is to turn the chase around and become the hunter instead of the hunted.

Chris Mason’s tag cloud

action    child hero    children adventure    colony world    coming of age    destiny    dragon    fairy    female action hero    future    future history    humorous    music    nuclear armaments    other worlds    quest    romance    science fiction    short stories    sports humor    spy adventure    starship    suspense    thriller    triangle love story    women    world annihilation