Thank you all for the support of INFODEMIC. 

If you have five minutes, I’d love to hear what you think of the first five chapters. Could you write a REVIEW on the Inkshares site and/or SHARE the book using the "Share" link on the Inkshares page? This is especially helpful for the contest rankings. :)

I’m linking to the chapters below for easy access. 

Best regards,
Stephen

Table of contents - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/read

Prologue: Deaditors - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/prologue-deaditors 

Chapter 1 - The Railfan - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/chapter-1-the-railfan

Chapter 2 - The Conference - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/chapter-2-the-conference

Chapter 3 - Librarians - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/chapter-3-librarians

Chapter 4 - Lightning Talk - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/chapter-4-lightning-talk

Chapter 5 - Happy Hour with the ’Pendium People - https://www.inkshares.com/books/infodemic/book_segments/chapter-5-happy-hour-with-the-pendium-people

Hello friends. Exciting news today! My new short story, Reliquary, is available now as part of Writing Bloc’s Passageways anthology. This exciting new collection features short stories by nine brilliant authors, each one a brand new addition to a different, expertly crafted fictional universe. These nine stories are ambassadors and tour guides, here to introduce you to vast, intricate worlds, each delicately formed with the utmost care by its author. You’ll find an excellent selection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror tales here, and I could not be prouder to have Reliquary number among them. 

What is Reliquary, you ask? Reliquary is the newest story from my own anthology series, The Calling Void. That’s right, my series has an official name, now! The Calling Void is the dark, hard sci-fi universe of my previous two short stories, Breach and Countermeasures, and my upcoming novels Tantalus Depths and Proteus. 

 Reliquary explores new locations and concepts in this universe, as we make our first visit to Showalter: the first and only planet yet discovered that can sustain human life. We are also introduced to the Aftothysian movement: a radical group of extremists who oppose interplanetary colonization of any kind, and are willing to go to grim and desperate extremes to stop humanity’s expansion into the stars. They have recently acquired their greatest and most terrifying asset yet: the Biscayne Relic. A unique piece of technology created by the near-omnipotent AI that almost destroyed the Earth during the apocalyptic Corsica Event most of a century ago, the terrible destructive potential of the Biscayne Relic cannot be underestimated. But the Aftothysians are not the only ones with an interest in the Biscayne Relic. Nor are they the greatest threat to humankind. 

You can read Reliquary right now in Passageways right here on Kindle or right here on paperback. I look forward to sharing this exciting new adventure with you, and many more very soon!