Obsidian Worlds
by Jason
Werbeloff
NOTE: THE BOOK WILL LAUNCH AT ONLY $0.99 ON
NOVEMBER 30!
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GENRE: Sci-Fi
BLURB:
Jason Werbeloff’s short stories have been downloaded over 20,000 times.
Obsidian Worlds brings together his 11 best-selling sci-fi shorts into a
mind-bending philosophical anthology.
In Your
Averaged Joe, a man’s headache is large enough to hold the multiverse. Q46F is
an obsessive-compulsive android who finds love in a zombie-embroiled
apocalypse. The end of the world isn’t all that bad – The Experience Machine
will fulfil your every desire (and some you hadn’t considered). A sex bot dares
to dream of freedom in Dinner with Flexi. But mind what you eat, because The
Photons in the Cheese Are Lost. Don’t fret though: The Cryo Killer guarantees
that your death will be painless, or your money back when you’re thawed.
Unless, that is, you’re The Man with Two Legs.
Plug into
Obsidian Worlds for these and other immersive stories, including the hilarious
Time-Traveling Chicken Sexer. Your brain will never be the same again.
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EXCERPT:
(from Your Averaged Joe):
“Sorry, this is a bit overwhelming. Let me
introduce myself.” Then all three men spoke in unison, extending their hands,
“I’m Thursday.” They each chewed a piece of gum, their masticating movements
simultaneous.
Joe eyed the identical hands. Long, frosty fingers.
Whitest skin. He shook hands with each. Their grips were firm. All three.
Thursday continued, “This is the Chamber.” He waved
his arm around the room proudly. Joe considered the space. The rows of beds
seemed to stretch forever. He couldn’t see the end of the room. And no pillars.
Nothing to support the pink ceiling that extended in all directions. Joe
scrunched his feet at the enormity of the Chamber, and the floor squeezed
between his toes. But the floor wasn’t smooth – it was … hairy? He glanced
down, and yup, fine dark hairs covered its surface. It was like standing on a forearm.
Goose bumps erupted along his arms, down his legs, Joe shifted his weight to
his heels, trying to avoid the hairs from scratching between his toes. And as
the goose bumps spread across his back, down his chest, the ground beneath his
feet changed. Between the silky black hairs, the fleshy floor lumped in places.
Lumps the size of fists. Bumps, goose bumps. On the ground. He shivered.
Trying not to think about it, and resisting the
urge to jump, to get his feet anywhere but on the fleshy floor, he stared at
the beds. Each held a single occupant, each with brown hair, each wearing the
same pale blue nightgown he was wearing. Joe looked to the bed beside his, and
his heart stopped.
The man in the bed was him.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Jason
Werbeloff is a novelist and philosopher. He loves chocolate and his Labrador,
Sunny.
He's
interested in the nature of social groups, personal identity, freedom, and the
nature of the mind. His passion is translating philosophical debate around
these topics into works of science fiction, while gorging himself on chocolate.
Amazon
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
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$15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the
tour.
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