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My e-sales on BN.com and iPad are no great shakes. The vast majority of my success has been on Kindle. Thinking I’d try a little shake-and-bake to pep things up, I decided to lower the price of the Long Eyes collection to 99c for a week.
No sooner had I made this move — I mean [...]

Late as usual! But here as promised is the afterword for one of my more disturbing stories…
The technology is dated now, but people still use cameras with film, and I continue to see photo processing departments in drug stores.
“Pattern Masters” is one of two stories I wrote before [...]

As promised, here is the afterword for the title story…
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A lot of the stories I write are present-day tech thrillers — situations that could happen tomorrow — but I’ve always been a fan of big, sprawling science fiction with interstellar wars, vast gulfs of time, and mind-croggling ideas.
The inspiration for “Long Eyes” was a Golden [...]

Here’s the full wrap-around jacket art for “Long Eyes,” again by the talented Jacob Charles Dietz, who may or may not have another Carlson project up his sleeve. If I told ya, I’d have to kill ya.
Here also is the full table of contents:
Introduction
“Long Eyes”
“Pressure”
“Planet of the Sealies”
“Pattern Masters”
“Caninus”
“Eighth-Acre Blues”
“Exit”
“Monsters”
“Romance”
“Nurture”
“Gunfight at the Sugarloaf [...]

Yes, I’m alive! It’s hard to believe I haven’t hit this blog in over a month, but I’ve been a busy little duck. In addition to a brand-new project, I’ve also been writing, editing, organizing, and directing a new, all-inclusive short fiction collection under the title “Long Eyes.”
Here’s the sexy new cover [...]

We’re back with more summer madness! In the past six months, “The Frozen Sky” has sold more than 25,000 copies on Kindle and Nook, which I wouldn’t have believed if you’d told me.
As thanks, I wanted to renew my offer for free copies of my other mini collections. This offer is [...]

Or… “Writing Books For Raccoons.” Updated 4/14. How come nobody told me I can’t spell “racoons”? Do you want our procyonid successors to think I’m illiterate?
That’s right, campers! It’s time for Deep Thoughts With Jeff, so put on your thinking hats. [...]

Superfan Ben Metzler, the quiet genius behind the stark, ominous cover art for “The Frozen Sky,” has stepped up to the plate again with another visually intriguing rendition, this time for “Long Eyes.”
I gotta call for a vote!!!
To our left we have the original artwork for this e-collection. To our right we have [...]

I am actually still alive.  Thanksgiving did us in.  We have too many family in the area, so Turkey Day stretched over two and a half days with multiple events, endless prep,  cleaning, and moaning on the couch with too many croissants in my belly… and my experience is that if I lose three days [...]

It’s been another crazy week, and, man, the writing life continues to be a rollercoaster ride of excitement, anxiety, gratification and despair. Of course it helps that I’m melodramatic as hell.
Eight days ago I received contributor copies of Ennea #484, a Greek magazine which pays nicely in [...]