ALIEN: Manticore Now Available!!

Very well done! Thanks for sharing this with us :)

IRaptus

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'. :)

Chris

Thank-you for saying!! I really appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed it!! It was a pleasure to share this here and you're most welcome!! :D

Excellent book!

My only problem is that it's too logical and well written, not used to such high standard in the Alien verse! :-)

MonsterZero

LOL:D

Thank-You!! That is one of the BEST compliments I've ever recieved, and the most amusing!! :D

I'm glad you've enjoyed it!!

just finished reading the lander . . .what can i say . . .MOOOORE.

well written . . .easy to get lost in the story and fast and choc full of action . . . .ill soon start on manticore . . .cannot wait (rubbing hands together in anticipation).  . .oh and THANK YOU :)

sentientdark

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!!

Is the only way to download your writings through a 30-day free trial?

I'm surprised if it is.

There is one website that comes to mind that I think would do better.  That is Issuu.  I've loaded and searched for things on their numerous times.  It's great!  People can read things in a magazine format and can download things for free.  It's a fun website.

I really don't want to start a 30-day free trial with Scribd, but that's just me.

I Moon Girl

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!!

Blackwinter-witch Know what I would pay for? An audio version. I get what you are saying and appreciate your work. 

For the amount of work you have put into this, I hope you are shopping it somehow because it deserves way more attention than a fan fiction labor of love. You deserve more compensation than accolades. 

ALIEN: Manticore

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. :)

ALIEN: The Silent Dark - The Lander

ALIEN: Manticore

i strongly agree with the idea of an audio book . . .i have audible and got most of the alien audio books and it would not be out of place in my collection . . . . .fantastic idea.

dk

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. :)

sentientdark

Thank-you for saying!! :)

I'll start looking into it. I'm going to have to be careful of copyright issues, there's only so much protection that 'fan-fiction' offers and audiobooks are big business these days.

please . . . . .just keep writing your books . . .should have been snapped up by a publisher ages ago :)

sentientdark

 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. :)

@Blackwinter-witch

Thanks for the links!  They worked great!

I Moon Girl

Ah, good!! Thanks for letting me know! I tested them myself, but until someone else tests links I make, I always have doubts.

Thanks for easing my mind about them! :)

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

The Book itself... ALIEN: Manticore

Tie-In short story to ALIEN: Manticore

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. :)

PALOMINO, the sorta kick-off.

The Big Book itself, PDF format Corrected

Tie-In short to ALIEN: Manticore