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May 14, 2010
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Jay Lake
Biography
Jay Lake lives in Portland, Oregon, where he works on numerous writing and editing projects. His new books in print for 2010 are Pinion from Tor Books, The Specific Gravity of Grief from Fairwood Press, The Baby Killers from PS Publishing, and The Sky That Wraps from Subterranean Press. His short fiction appears regularly in literary and genre markets worldwide. Jay is a winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
Where to find Jay Lake online
Website: http://www.jlake.com/
Twitter: @jay_lake
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.jlake.com/blog
Twitter: @jay_lake
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.jlake.com/blog
Where to buy in print
Books
Over the Walls of Eden
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 3,320.
Language:
English.
Published: April 17, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A lost colony short story from award-winning writer Jay Lake. Looking for a missing colony, Emissary lands on a planet of children working the fields and quoting literary classics. Where are the adults? What has happened? Will it happen to him?
The Baby Killers
by Jay Lake
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 21,600.
Language:
English.
Published: February 24, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
A fast-paced, critically acclaimed steampunk adventure set in an alternate Philadelphia, chronicling the intersection of ancient Russian vampires, firesetters, a mad scientist and a most unusual French secret agent. From award-winning science fiction writer Jay Lake.
Jack's House
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 7,560.
Language:
English.
Published: February 23, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A parable of divinity and redemption among the Rats and Cats who live on in the house that Jack built high in the mountains of the American west, long after their master has gone. From award-winning science fiction writer Jay Lake.
Death of a Starship
by Jay Lake
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 49,990.
Language:
English.
Published: February 22, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
The Xenic Bureau of the Grand Ekumenical Security Directorate investigates rumors of aliens, strange disappearances and anomalous events in the star-spanning empire of this far future tale. A short, sharp space opera from award-winning science fiction writer Jay Lake.
The Angle of My Dreams
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 3,250.
Language:
English.
Published: February 21, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General
A young boy who can fly in his dreams mourns the Challenger explosion as he reaches for the skies. Short, fantastic science fiction from award-winning writer Jay Lake.
Hitching to Aurora
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 3,840.
Language:
English.
Published: February 21, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
A brief and sordid tale of rednecks, UFOs and redemption. One of the few humor pieces from award-winning science fiction writer Jay Lake, "Hitching to Aurora" chronicles the true fate of the alien buried in Aurora, TX in 1897.
The Scent of Rotting Roses
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 8,200.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
Lost colony science fiction from award-winning writer Jay Lake, a tale of ancient killers and rose breeding in a forgotten world on the verge of rediscovery.
The Soul Bottles
by Jay Lake
Price:
$1.49 USD.
Words: 9,030.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
"The Soul Bottles" is a story of the City Imperishable, precursor to the novels Trail of Flowers and Madness of Flowers, as well as works ofshort fiction. At the intersection of the New Weird and steampunk, this strange and brutal short story opens up a fictional world.
Guests: Science Fiction from the End of Time
by Jay Lake
Price:
$1.49 USD.
Words: 7,030.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
What happens after the world has run down?
A pair of deep time science fiction short stories from award-winning author Jay Lake. Includes the critically-acclaimed "The Courtesy of Guests", winner of the Soft Science Fiction Award for 2001, as well as the sequel "The Passing of Guests".
The Trick of Disaster
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 2,100.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
A brief, post-apocalyptic fairy tale by award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Jay Lake. What happens when true Innocence meets the harvester of sin? The trick of disaster is the result, yet somehow life goes on for the living.
The Goat Cutter
by Jay Lake
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 5,300.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Horror » General
"The Goat Cutter" is Southern gothic horror short story that has met widespread critical acclaim, reprinted numerous times and translated into multiple languages. Two boys in the woods of Central Texas meet the devil. You will never look at duct tape the same way again.
Rocket Science
by Jay Lake
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 72,000.
Language:
English.
Published: May 15, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
A novel of flying saucers, family secrets and conspiracy in WWII Kansas. A return to classic science fiction with action, adventure and some good old-fashioned sense of wonder, all rolled into an fast, easy read.
Daddy's Caliban
by Jay Lake
Price:
$1.49 USD.
Words: 10,690.
Language:
English.
Published: May 15, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
(2.00 from 1 review)
What happens when the armies of Elfland lay down their swords and get jobs at the mill? "Daddy's Caliban" is a post-industrial fantasy about the price of peace, coming of age, and what it truly means to live among the promises of your history.
Our Lady of American Sorrows
by Jay Lake
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 20,150.
Language:
English.
Published: May 14, 2010
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A novella of alternate history, nuclear threat and religion from award-winning speculative fiction writer Jay Lake. Mayan magic, Papal politics, and the grinding burdens of colonial life meet in this retelling of the Cuban missile crisis in a very different version of Central America.
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