No Sunday Story?!?!?!??!

Due to there being no episode of 100 Word Stories Sunday prompt episode this week due to lack of a host (get better, Laurence!) There is no Sunday prompt story this week. Very sad. Instead, he said, seamlessly segueing, why not check out my new ebook?

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/238342

On October 5^th of last year, the escalators at West Edmonton Mall shut down simultaneously due to what was believed to be a series of mechanical failures, stranding thousands on the second floor. By the time a rescue operation could be organized and mounted, nearly everyone on the mall’s upper level had been killed, and to this day few people, if any, understand what really happened during the period when that area of the mall was cut off from the rest of the world.

My name is Christopher Munroe, and this is the story of what happened to me. This isn't the whole story of what happened at West Edmonton Mall that horrible day, but it is my story. This is the story of the people I met, the things I had to endure, and the lengths I went to, to survive... a broken escalator.

Broken Escalator is a surrealist horror novel by Christopher Munroe, where mechanical failure spirals quickly out of control and human nature is discovered to be by turns nobler and more brutal than anyone could imagine. Or at least, than anyone would like to admit…

Available, to those of you who didn't already know, via Smashwords even as we speak, and other eBook retailers and in audio soon. Check it out!

Journey Into... (shameless self promotion)

For those of you interested in my work outside of this blog (I assume that includes most of you) my flashfiction piece "The Box" has been produced for the excellent Journey Into... podcast. The 'cast, for those of you not yet aware of it, is a relatively young podcast with a wider mandate as to what it produces than most venues. And it is excellent, in 15 episodes it's yet to fail to impress me.

Now, you guys: Listen to it. You already like my writing, otherwise you wouldn't be here, and hearing it produced increases the total amount of my work in your life. And what could be better than more Munsi!?!?!?? Here's the link:

http://journeyintopodcast.blogspot.com/2011/10/journey-15-box-by-christopher-munroe.html

...and when you're done, go back and listen to the back episodes, it really is a consistently fine 'cast.

By the way... (shameless self promotion)

If you read my blog and don't already listen to the Dunesteef podcast, start doing so now. One of my longer-form stories, "Death and Michelle Jenkins" was picked up by them a few months ago and was broadcast today. It really is an excellent 'cast, and I'm pleased as punch to make an appearance there as an author. Won't be posting the text here, listen to the damn thing!

http://dunesteef.com/2011/09/24/episode-112-death-and-michelle-jenkins-by-christopher-munroe/

And for those of you not subscribing already...

My comedy podcast, "The Secret History of Major Holidays, with Munsi" has a new episode out now, in which I reveal the true meaning of Valentine's day. Listen, laugh, help me promote the project, review it on itunes, maybe even learn something...

(learning optional)

http://secrethistory.posterous.com/episode-003-valentines-day

My Satellite (as recorded on the Dribblecast)

...and i'm back up on the dribblecast, ch-ch-ch-ch-check-ch-check it out! also: if you're not subscribing to it already, why not?

http://dribblecast.posterous.com/fw-my-satellite-by-munsi-0

The Monkeys (as appearing on the Dribblecast)

i'm appearing on the dribblecast once more! download the podcast, subscribe to it, hear my story and comment on it. comment here if that's what you feel. it's a great read, i think, and she pronounced "Munsi" correctly! enjoy

http://dribblecast.posterous.com/monkeys-173

And...

Back on the Dribblecast, if anybody wants to hear one of my stories read again!

http://post.ly/hl8u

Oh, and for today:

My story shant be appearing here, since i've been published in the excellent online mag Dark Recesses. I heartily recommend you read me there:

http://www.darkrecesses.com/?p=1926

...and while you're at it, cruise the site, it's a pretty cool collection of stories.

the Dribblecast

seems a swack of folk on the drabblecast forums have put together a fancast because the writing on the board is too damn good for just one podcast. and on that, i tend to agree with them, there's some very fine work on there. ch-check it out!

http://dribblecast.posterous.com/

Crowbar (Shameless Self-Promotion)

I appear to be featured in the new online issue of Black Heart Magazine. Click the link below to read my story of the day:

http://blackheartmagazine.com/2010/03/26/crowbar/

so there you go, read it, comment on it, enjoy it! The story is creepy and violent, because sometimes y'all gotta write something creepy and violent!

Bonus Track/Shameless Self Promotion

I've won the weekly 100 character story contest again over at Drabblecast (which all of you with ipod's, by whom I mean all of you, should already be subscribing to) and will be appearing (briefly) on the podcast this week. Y'all who don't already subscribe (what's wrong with you) should check it out! (these parentheses are unnecessary)

...oh, and the story is this.

He hit me with an atomic weapon. A weapon... MADE ENTIRELY OF ATOMS! Specifically a crowbar. It hurt like a sonofabitch.

hey! i got nominated for a thing! (shameless self promotion)

my story, Time Machine, got nominated for "best drabble" over at the drabblecast! i'm deeply honoured and shamelessly self-promoting. the vote is here:

http://drabblecast.freeforums.org/best-drabble-finals-vote-here-t1221.html

also; if you're not already subscribing to the drabblecast, do so, it's a bitchin' little story podcast that, if you like sci-fi/fantasy weirdness, you'd probably enjoy.

Appearing again on the Drabblecast (shameless self-promotion)

I appear to be appearing, however briefly, on this weeks Drabblecast. You should listen to it, because I'm in it. Also: you should listen to it because it's a totally badass little podcast that everyone should enjoy. It's a twitfic (100 character story) and I'll include it here, but just because It's included below, don't not listen to the podcast as well....



When bin Laden released his new tape we felt jaded, we'd seen it before.
It turned out to be a sex tape.
We knew true terror.

Shameless self promotion.

"Time Machine", one of my hundred word short stories has been picked up by "The Drabblecast", a podcast available through itunes and from the website:

http://web.mac.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

...if you have an ipod, i reccommend subscribing to it, both to hear my story and because it's a badass little podcast. you'll enjoy it.