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Codex redux's avatar

Where are these so I can throw cashy-money your way? Ideally not Amazon, though if there's a paper copy I'll snag that.

Either way, if they're not up for sale in the next few months, I'm hand binding my own copy and sending you a check.

Great stuff. You, Joan Aiken, James H. Schmitz, and John C. Wright. I read one of your stories and I want to read more.

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

The first year and a half of stories are collected here:

https://www.amazon.com/Unmitigated-Acts-Short-Story-Collections-ebook/dp/B0D79ZY59C

Making them available places other than Amazon is on my to do list, I've been procrastinating on that, alas. "Runaway" and the other newer ones are waiting until I have enough stories for a new collection. That'll probably be combined with my next Kickstarter in a year or two.

Thank you for the comparisons! That's high praise. I'll have to check out Joan Aiken, I'm less familiar with her than the other two.

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Codex redux's avatar

Thanks! I snagged the paper copy.

I can't and won't buy Amazon e-books (long story) but your stories are eminently rereadable, so a paper copy is better anyways.

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

So what is your favorite ebook site? I should move posting the collections elsewhere higher on the priority list.

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Codex redux's avatar

Anywhere not Amazon - it it supports my Kubo with an epub format, I'll buy it there.

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Nicholas David Rosen's avatar

I was impressed by the story, and now I should go to work soon. I did spot a few minor errors: “an powerful incest taboo” should be “a powerful incest taboo”, “he’ll being saying” should be “he’ll be saying”, and “bended” should be “bent”. “I have CDO. That’s like OCD, but in alphabetical order as it should be.”

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

Fixed, thank you. I appreciate the help. Fortunately you have a career where CDO is helpful.

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Caitriana NicNeacail's avatar

Great story, and so much cool detail!

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

Thank you!

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ilzolende's avatar

Great story, though I'm a little worried about Lisa Petser.

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

She's thirteen, so her situation isn't urgent. Perhaps she'll get a chance to hitch a ride on a passing ship, too. Hopefully with less excitement.

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ilzolende's avatar

She's 13 stuck living with a family who tried to marry her off! It makes me a little nervous about how much time she actually has. But yeah, hopefully.

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Nicholas David Rosen's avatar

Well, either they try to marry her off, or she never has a husband or children. Things could go wrong if they send her to some other family with a teenage son, but things can go wrong when young people make their own decisions about whom to marry. Given the constraints of living on a small asteroid, the choices for her are necessarily limited.

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