ALIEN: Manticore Now Available!!
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Blackwinter-witch
MemberPraetorianOctober 06, 201718728 Views42 Replies
After a long stretch, and considerable patience on the part of everyone here, ALIEN: Manticore is now finished and available on Scribd!
LINK: ALIEN: Manticore
As it is fan-fiction, it is--of course--available without charge.
Please take a moment to read the Dedication, as it is Dedicated to all of you here as well as those who built this beloved franchise. :)
Okay, here's the link to the story on Issuu...however I have to become a Premium publisher to be allowed to select the 'download' function for the audience.
HOWever...I have a work-around...though the formatting issue from converting from RTF to PDF are GLARING and bother me greatly, the story is still the same.
The following links SHOULD allow downloads if Scribd gives you grief.
I don't think you need to sign up for the trial on Scribd though, I think you can close that window/pop-up with the 'x' in the upper right corner and then use the 'download' function...but if not, there's the links below. :)
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Thanks for saying guys!! :D
Yeah, it's a long book, and at one point I almost decided to make it a two-section piece with ALIEN: Manticore as well as ALIEN: Manticore 'Paradise' included. :D
However, that would have really delayed things, and could have caused other problems for readers, so I went back to the plan of releasing each as it's own work.
ALIEN: MANTICORE 'Paradise' is on my worktable, as is a short story I've had hanging around for a while which explores what I think is a satisfyingly different historical connection between The Alien and the Engineers...and can easily tie into the present-canon of David having been playing with trying to recreate certain past discoveries of the Engineers whilst still preserving The Alien as the magnificent nightmare it is. ;)
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Thank-you for saying!! :)
Glad you consider it a 'holiday book', people can be very picky about such, so that classification means a lot to me!
As does you're mentioning that I beat out an established and quite well-known novelist in your choice of selection!!!
You can imagine what that means to me in hearing that!!
Also, of course, I'm very glad you're enjoying it!! Thank-you again for taking the time to let me know! :D
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OH...damn. I have to re-do some links.
TOTALLY slipped my mind, and I apologize guys. I'll be getting on with that immediately after I post this.
First as Links here in the replies, then I'll re-do the others.
Again, sorry guys, entirely my goof-up.
Senientdark, TY for asking for the link, as I appreciate you wanting to read it and you also reminded of a LONG overdue thing I will now correct. :)
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Here we go...
I moved things over to my 'Pen Name' account to simplify things...and forgot some crucial steps...again, I am sorry.
The links are set to open in a new window, just fyi, as I thought such makes it easier for people.
ALIEN: The Lander is a short stroy that directly ties-in to ALIEN: Manticore, just to say.
Doesn't matter what order you read them in as they are happening at the same time. :)
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@ dk
TY!!
Nice to be back! I'll be around here more now as things are getting settled. Life has it's myriad demands and distractions as we all know :)
I might wander off now and then, but the ALIENverse is Home. :)
Be it ever so dark-scary and slobbery...there's no place like home. :D
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Home is where the hugs are... :D
That said, and I loved the Wizard of Oz reference BTW. :) ...
I AM working on the follow-up to ALIEN: Manticore. However such is suspended until summer's done with, as when it gets too warm, I cannot think. Tried working through it, and the results of that experiment proved that yeah, I should just wait for Fall to continue with it.
I also working on some ideas for other tales set in the ALIENverse, different people and places, but a better look into what lay behind that simple/complex word that names our fave franchise. ;)
It's a BIG galaxy out there...and the word-concept 'ALIEN' covers a LOT of ground.
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No, not so far. But who knows what tomorrow's gonna bring especially with the the way the acquisition deal is stirring things up? :)
In the end, while such would be a real achievement, I wrote those stories for the Fanbase of ALIEN. You, dk, Chris and everyone else here that loves this franchise.
That was my primary motivation: To give you all a good ALIENverse story, and it continues to be my primary motivation as I work on ALIEN: Manticore 'Paradise'. :)
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You're very welcome and Thank-you very much for posting and letting myself and others know what you thought of it!! I really appreciate that a lot!!
As for 'MOOOORE', heh, well, it's no secret that The Lander ties in Directly to ALIEN: Manticore so that should, I hope, quell your cravings. :D
I'm not done with Manticore and it's crew of merry mayhem-wreakers, as I have a follow-up novel/book in the works: ALIEN: Manticore 'Paradise' and one to follow up on that one. The third is as-yet untitled, but I have scratched down some development ideas for it.
Some 'teasers' regarding ALIEN: Manticore 'Paradise'....
I will be ensuring that the story 'The Resolution of Walter' does tie-in properly.
There wil be some ship-vs-ship combat.
The 'legacy' of David's pathogen-bombing will be addressed.
I am very much looking fwd to getting back to it this Fall when it cools off enough for me to write, in the meantime I'm getting all the development and refinement work done.
That all said, once again; THANK-YOU to all of you who read and enjoy my literary efforts!!
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30 day trial??
That's new...and Unwelcome, as I am NOT charging anything for MY stories and if they think they're gonna make coin off me for free, they are gravely mistaken.
Okay, I'll be looking into that and also looking for an alternate means of making my stories available to people WITHOUT such issues.
Issuu?
Sounds worth a look-see, Thank-You for mentioning it!!
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Okay, here's the link to the story on Issuu...however I have to become a Premium publisher to be allowed to select the 'download' function for the audience.
HOWever...I have a work-around...though the formatting issue from converting from RTF to PDF are GLARING and bother me greatly, the story is still the same.
The following links SHOULD allow downloads.
I don't think you need to sign up for the trial on Scribd though, I think you can close that window/pop-up with the x in the upper right corner and then use the 'download' function...but if not, there's the links below. :)
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I don't feel I have words adequate to properly express my appreciation of the incredible and wonderful compliment you paid me and my work!!
'Thank-you' will have to do, but I trust you know that I mean it with absolute sincerity and the deepest appreciation for what you said. :)
I'm not sure HOW to shop it around, I have tried contacting Fox and Titan books, to no avail as-yet, but then who knows what might happen tomorrow or next week?
In the meantime, until/if Fox calls, I am quite happy writing these stories for the fanbase. :)
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Thank-you for saying!!
...and don't worry, I will. :)
As for getting published, I have submitted some Original works of mine to ANALOG and ASIMOV'S, but they were turned down. However, that's the nature of the business, and I'll keep trying. Also, just because a work got turned down just means I'll make it available on my own via Issuu and Scribd and other platforms.
That all said, Thank-you again for the sentiment and compliments!! I really appreciate them and it's probably no surprise that such encourage a writer to keep writing and working on improving as well. :)
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Okay, here's where you can READ them, and I will shortly be posted updated links for downloading them (For Free, of course)
PALOMINO has some connections to my realm's background
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For the record...Issuu works 'okay'...but unless I pay about $40 USD/Month people cannot download my works. I COULD offer them for sale---BUT...fan-fiction, and don't wanna get sued by the Mouse Machine.
SO, here's the Download Links from my Pen Name google drive.
I am still working on mastery of format and PDF...I'm getting there...ALIEN: Manticore looks a lot better now. :)
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