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Edward M. Grant
Biography
Edward M. Grant is a physicist and software developer turned SF and horror writer. He lives in the frozen wastes of Canada, but was born in England, where he wrote for a science and technology magazine and worked on numerous indie movies in and around London. He has traveled the world, been a VIP at several space shuttle launches, survived earthquakes and a tsunami, climbed Mt Fuji, assisted the search for the MH370 airliner, and visits nuclear explosion sites as a hobby.
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Books
Robo-Zombie
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 7,570.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: June 27, 2015
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Horror » Undead
Darren's Robo-Rat project would have saved many lives. If the zombie apocalypse hadn't got in the way.
Now he's trapped on a roof in Saskatoon with his boss, while the girl he loves fights zombies far below. But Rob the zombie, a case of electronics, and a cordless drill may offer a chance to rescue her after all...
A 7,500 word science fiction horror short story. remotely-controlled zombies.
Warlock's Brew
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 7,930.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: June 27, 2015
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Frank has finally finished the time machine in his garage. But the expedition to the future with Uncle Jim, Fatso the cat, and a keg of real ale goes centuries off course. Can they solve one of the greatest mysteries in the history of beer before they find their way home, or will they become sizzling entertainment for a world with no TV or Internet?
A 7,500 word science fiction short story.
Petrina: A 2070 Novel
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 73,670.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: May 30, 2015
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
A stripper, a hitman, his target, and a monk with a severed head in his bag. It's a typical passenger manifest for the crew of the space freighter 'Big Momma'. They only have to survive a three week flight together from the Heavenly Retreat habitat--The Sleaziest Place In The Solar System(tm)--to the remote asteroid, 482 Petrina. But someone doesn't want them to get there.
Smiling Is Contagious
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 14,410.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: February 18, 2015
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
Tired of healing wounded soldiers on the borders of the British Empire, Doctor Cane returns to the heartlands of Victorian England. The quiet Oxfordshire village is a welcome break from war, until a smiling madman dies of a disease never seen before. After watching so many men die, Cane will do whatever it takes to keep the villagers alive. If they don't kill him first. 14,000 words of SF horror.
Endangered Species
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 12,620.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: July 24, 2014
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When Dirk Beretta's girlfriend told him to get off the couch and look for a job, he found the perfect opportunity, thousands of light years from her, with free guns and beer, as security chief for the Bastadocorp mines on the Platypus Planet. But no-one told him what happened to the previous security chief, or that the Platypoids would rather die fighting than see their land defiled.
Death To Democracy
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 9,430.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: July 15, 2014
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
After Dirk Beretta, ex- poster boy for the Space Marines, saves the Winterbotham Nachos heiress from a fate worse than death in the Space Weasel kibble factories, a romantic cruise around the galaxy with her looks like a well-earned rest. But Royalist revolutionaries on the Planet Of The Squid have other ideas.
Space Weasels
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 7,170.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: July 8, 2014
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
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The Flaming Space Weasels wiped out most of Dirk Beretta's fellow space marines at the battle of Din Bin Foo... then served them for lunch with a nice Merlot. But when a gang of pirate Weasels come hunting fresh meat for the kibble factories, his brand of pig-headed determination and excessive violence may offer the chance for redemption... and revenge.
The One That Got Away: A Fishy Tale
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 4,360.
Language:
English.
Published: May 18, 2014
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
“You remember last summer, I told you about Frank's time machine?” Uncle Jim had a talent for tall tales over a pint of real ale, but this one was a whopper. Not content with finding his way a hundred years into the future, he just had to set out on the fishing trip of a lifetime. In a space suit. On Europa. A 4,000 word science fiction short story.
Fade To Grey
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 15,990.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: January 17, 2014
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
How do you repair a dead planet?
Maintenance Bot M-3 was always proud of the smooth and reliable operation of the starships it maintained. It lived for the desperate struggle against the forces of chaos and decay, fighting against time to complete repairs before disaster struck.
But this job may be beyond even its capabilities.
A 15,000 word science fiction novelette.
Welcome To The Future
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 5,970.
Language:
English.
Published: December 2, 2013
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
No-one expects to find alien life in NGC 2419. But when the first probes encounter a dirty, industrial planet somewhere no human is known to have been, the race is on to be the first to welcome its inhabitants into the galactic community. Will it be two poker-playing starships, or The Future, for whom pretension is a vocation, not just a way of life?
A 5,500 word science fiction short story.
The Carbon
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 9,910.
Language:
Canadian English.
Published: July 11, 2012
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
That morning, Daphne's biggest challenge in life had been seducing the farmer's daughter. Now, after being kidnapped by slavers, surviving the crash of their flying machine, and being stranded with only a monkey for company, she may have found her utopia under the ice.
If The Carbon doesn't get her.
Final Contact
by Edward M. Grant
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 4,210.
Language:
English.
Published: November 20, 2011
by
Banchixi Media.
Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Ever wondered where the aliens are? Bill is sure they don't exist, but after centuries searching the galaxy for any sign of intelligent life, I'm not about to give up yet.
I've just received this hot tip from a gang of Luddites out near M15. Hot enough that even Bill has chosen to join me for my final attempt to prove him wrong...
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