K.N. Johnson's Blog
May 16, 2018
Terra Nullius Available for Pre-Order
Kristell Ink Publishing will release three speculative fiction anthologies on June 8, 2018: Infinite Dysmorphia, Terra Nullius, and Holding on By Our Fingertips. The book cover art by German artist Nele Diel promises fantastic stories within.
Kristell Ink Publishing describes each anthology:
“Infinite Dysmorphia, edited by Pete Sutton & Kate Coe
An anthology of science fiction and speculative stories exploring how science and technology could change what it means to be human. Bio implants, cybernetics, genetic modification, age reversal, robotics and technology…what is the human experience of undergoing these procedures, and what is the advance of technology going to bring?
What does the future hold in store for those who are pushing the definition of humanity?
Terra Nullius, edited by Ellen Crosháin & Kate Coe
Land belonging to no-one. An anthology of speculative fiction that explores the colonisation of our Solar System and far beyond, where pioneers carve out a new existence under other stars. New worlds and new challenges bring out rich stories filled with alien races and strange technology, but against this backdrop there’s the many facets of human emotion as colonists struggle to make a new home.
This is human life on the final frontier.
Holding On By Our Fingertips, edited by Amanda Rutter & Kate Coe
An anthology of science fiction and speculative stories exploring the many different reactions and experiences of people during the 24 hours leading up to the end of the world. Our base instinct is to survive, but when the end is nigh, do we simply lie down and die? Or do we celebrate our life and achievements?
Love, loss, forgiveness, revenge, or just that final goodbye…”
My story “Regolith” will appear in Terra Nullius. In “Regolith” a woman visits her mother on the dark side of the moon only to discover a sinister force has risen from the dust. While I combine science fiction and creature horror elements, my story is also about the distance between people, both physical and emotional. The basic plot of “Regolith” was inspired by the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood who is sent into the deep dark woods to visit her ailing grandmother. I imagined her grown, the grandmother became a scientist mother, and the woods became the moon.
The books are available on pre-order now for the UK and I’ll keep working to find a link for the USA. I can’t wait to hold a copy in my hands! These will make an amazing addition to any science or speculative fiction collection.
Kristell Ink Publishing describes each anthology:
“Infinite Dysmorphia, edited by Pete Sutton & Kate Coe
An anthology of science fiction and speculative stories exploring how science and technology could change what it means to be human. Bio implants, cybernetics, genetic modification, age reversal, robotics and technology…what is the human experience of undergoing these procedures, and what is the advance of technology going to bring?
What does the future hold in store for those who are pushing the definition of humanity?
Terra Nullius, edited by Ellen Crosháin & Kate Coe
Land belonging to no-one. An anthology of speculative fiction that explores the colonisation of our Solar System and far beyond, where pioneers carve out a new existence under other stars. New worlds and new challenges bring out rich stories filled with alien races and strange technology, but against this backdrop there’s the many facets of human emotion as colonists struggle to make a new home.
This is human life on the final frontier.
Holding On By Our Fingertips, edited by Amanda Rutter & Kate Coe
An anthology of science fiction and speculative stories exploring the many different reactions and experiences of people during the 24 hours leading up to the end of the world. Our base instinct is to survive, but when the end is nigh, do we simply lie down and die? Or do we celebrate our life and achievements?
Love, loss, forgiveness, revenge, or just that final goodbye…”
My story “Regolith” will appear in Terra Nullius. In “Regolith” a woman visits her mother on the dark side of the moon only to discover a sinister force has risen from the dust. While I combine science fiction and creature horror elements, my story is also about the distance between people, both physical and emotional. The basic plot of “Regolith” was inspired by the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood who is sent into the deep dark woods to visit her ailing grandmother. I imagined her grown, the grandmother became a scientist mother, and the woods became the moon.
The books are available on pre-order now for the UK and I’ll keep working to find a link for the USA. I can’t wait to hold a copy in my hands! These will make an amazing addition to any science or speculative fiction collection.
March 20, 2018
Chapbook Winners
Filming of the short film “Frigid” is complete and the footage has moved to the editing room!
To celebrate the progress, I used Random Generator to draw 3 winners from my newsletter subscribers. These winners received a SIGNED chapbook of the original story “Frigid”:
Miranda B. of Indiana
Michael K. of Indiana
and Greg M. of Kansas
Each winner has been notified and their chapbooks are on their way!
I’ll be drawing more winners to celebrate new milestones, so be sure to sign up for my email newsletter HERE and you’ll automatically be entered.
Thanks for your support!
To celebrate the progress, I used Random Generator to draw 3 winners from my newsletter subscribers. These winners received a SIGNED chapbook of the original story “Frigid”:
Miranda B. of Indiana
Michael K. of Indiana
and Greg M. of Kansas
Each winner has been notified and their chapbooks are on their way!
I’ll be drawing more winners to celebrate new milestones, so be sure to sign up for my email newsletter HERE and you’ll automatically be entered.
Thanks for your support!
February 23, 2018
Chapbook Giveaway
Mythraeum Productions and Loste Films have completed filming for “Frigid”! To celebrate, I’m hosting a drawing for three autographed chapbooks of my short story “Frigid”.
ENTER HERE: http://bit.ly/2sRNdHs
To enter, simply subscribe to my newsletter with your name and email address. (Please ignore the field asking for an Image URL – it’s a glitch in my effort to customize my sign-up form.) If you’re already a subscriber, then you’re already entered. Three winners will be announced on March 15th: the Ides of March. Winners will be contacted via email, too.
ENTER HERE: http://bit.ly/2sRNdHs
To enter, simply subscribe to my newsletter with your name and email address. (Please ignore the field asking for an Image URL – it’s a glitch in my effort to customize my sign-up form.) If you’re already a subscriber, then you’re already entered. Three winners will be announced on March 15th: the Ides of March. Winners will be contacted via email, too.
Author Interview
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January 18, 2018
Giveaways
I finally ran a giveaway and it was so fun!
At the close of 2017, I offered one for Polterguests and one for A Journey of Words. Winners were drawn by Goodreads from Canada and from the USA: Abigail P. of Newfoundland and Joseph G. of Georgia.
The autographed books were wrapped with a free bookmark and an autographed postcard and shipped on January 4th. I hope they've arrived and the winners enjoy them!
Goodreads rules have changed on giveaways, so I'm on standby on whether I can afford to offer more. It was so much fun, though, so I hope Goodreads will consider charging authors for giving away free books.
Thanks, again, for everyone who signed up! I'm going to run some giveaways from my website and Facebook page next. I'll be giving away autographed chapbooks of my story "Frigid" that's being made into a short film!
November 2, 2016
Review: The Long Room
This literary thriller opens with a thorough description of the “long room”, the place of Stephen’s employment, because Stephen’s job is his life. He works for the English government listening to the recorded lives of others: those targeted as Communists and other political threats. The job is not as glamorous or as personally transforming as he’d hoped; he remains single and lonely.
Since Stephen has little social life, or more correctly, devalues the potential relationships that surround him, he grows fond and focused upon those lives he eavesdrops. Like Walter Mitty, he imagines friendship but, beyond even Mitty’s imaginations, Stephen believes he knows them better than they know themselves.
Stephen grows obsessed with the wife of a target. Because he cannot see her, he creates a vision of her in his mind, a sort of espionage Pygmalion story. What he cannot hear, the details of her thoughts, physical attributes and affectations, he fills in for himself. His fictionalizing of his target’s life goes too far, however, and winds up in his reports.
His ruminations about this woman are, at first, poetic and chivalrous. His escalation to stalking danced the edge of creepy yet he maintained a desperate humanity. He’s a likable character who makes decisions that keep the reader wondering: what is he capable of doing and how far will he take his obsession?
Overall, this story takes the reader on a journey more interesting than Camus’ “The Stranger” and keeps you wondering until the very end.
Since Stephen has little social life, or more correctly, devalues the potential relationships that surround him, he grows fond and focused upon those lives he eavesdrops. Like Walter Mitty, he imagines friendship but, beyond even Mitty’s imaginations, Stephen believes he knows them better than they know themselves.
Stephen grows obsessed with the wife of a target. Because he cannot see her, he creates a vision of her in his mind, a sort of espionage Pygmalion story. What he cannot hear, the details of her thoughts, physical attributes and affectations, he fills in for himself. His fictionalizing of his target’s life goes too far, however, and winds up in his reports.
His ruminations about this woman are, at first, poetic and chivalrous. His escalation to stalking danced the edge of creepy yet he maintained a desperate humanity. He’s a likable character who makes decisions that keep the reader wondering: what is he capable of doing and how far will he take his obsession?
Overall, this story takes the reader on a journey more interesting than Camus’ “The Stranger” and keeps you wondering until the very end.
