The human race may starve, but at least it will be GMO-free.
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May Day Sale. Mary Jo Melendez invites you to a Kindle Countdown Sale. Her stories, Muddlin’ Through and Silicon Slummin’…and Just Gettin’ By, will be on sale from April 29 through May 6, $0.99 each, reduced from $2.99. That’s a lot of spring and summer reading for only $2.
HAPPY TAX DAY!
This is the way the world ends: thinking the enemies of our enemies are our friends.
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With two attacks on the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City, the Boston Marathon bombing, San Bernardino, and many other cases of attempted terrorist acts, it’s clear that terrorism is becoming part of our lives. Many terrorists are religious fanatics. How will our nation handle more sophisticated attacks by many terrorists like those in Brussels and Paris when the terrorist cells are spread among our own population? And how will we stop unscrupulous people who devise schemes to take advantage of the fanatics’ desire to die for a cause? Soldiers of God treats these questions and more. This novel is a bridge between two series, the “Clones and Mutants Trilogy” and the “Chaos Chronicles Trilogy.” The first edition is available in all ebook formats and print; the second edition is Kindle only.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those that know binary, and those that don’t.
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Mystery, suspense, sci-fi, conspiracies, and a multitude of thrills await you with the “Mary Jo Melendez Mystery Series.” Mary Jo, an ex-USN Master-at-Arms trying to get her new civilian life established, is framed in Muddlin’ Through. Her search to prove her innocence takes her around the world from one skirmish to another, a gypsy romance, winning new friends, and a new self-understanding. In the sequel, Silicon Slummin’…and Just Gettin’ By, the bad guys are back, she acquires a stalker/serial killer, and she finds a new love. Available in Kindle formatted ebooks only.
In libris libertas…
[Short, pithy, and biting humor is often better than a rant. I’ll take a swipe at it here. Maybe some enterprising cartoonists in the audience can work these into editorial cartoons? Let me see them if you do. Wish I were good at that.]
In ISIS HQ, Youssef says to Adil, “I just got a great deal on a Galaxy mobile phone—two for the price of one, unlimited data. I gave the freebie to Abdul.” “You fool!” says Youssef. “That doesn’t have Apple’s great encryption. You have to support Apple because they support us!”
On campus, Gretchen says to Hilda, “Are you going to the march against GMOs? Everyone’s going to be there!” “No, I’m heading to Recife with Ben to protest there instead. They’re genetically modifying male mosquitoes to battle against Zika, and we have to stop that!”
Rupert Murdoch, exhausted from thinking about his future wedding night obligations with Jerry Hall and already considering who his next wife will be, is sitting in the armchair next to the nuptial bed as she beckons him to join her by crooking her pinkie. “What’s more alluring than me?” she asks. He holds up a book. “Der Wanderer,” he says. “It’s this wonderful play written by Goebbels.”
The S&M aficionado asks his victim, “Do you know why this editorial cartoon isn’t in color?” When she shakes her head in pain, he says, “Because it’s fifty…” (You can finish that one–did you think I was talking about Gawker?)
Evo Morales dreamed that Hugo Chavez and he met Josef Stalin in the Devil’s Bar. “Bros,” says Papa Joe, “you just never could learn that democracy is a dictator’s worst enemy.” Evo looks at Hugo. “Democracy? Is that some strange Russian word? I’ll have to ask Vladimir Putin.”
To the hobbyist, who flew a drone into the path of a landing plane, the judge asks, “Did you ever think about what a drone could do to a jet engine?” The response? “I wanted to say hi to my fiancé who’s back from Europe. I was going to use a laser but didn’t want to blind the pilot.”
The cop in the interrogation room asks one of the thugs who participated in a recent gun heist by a ten-man gang, “What were you thinking? Chances were good we’d catch you.” The thug responds, “We’re NRA members and believe in Second Amendment rights. Every American deserves to be armed. And why should gun manufacturers make all the money?”
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. (Seen in a church bulletin.)
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Coming soon! Rogue Planet. Hidden away from near-Earth planets in remote spiral arms of the Galaxy are Human worlds that have lost contact with more progressive worlds and reverted to strange and primitive customs and traditions, their leaders using religion, superstition, and imported technologies to rule in tyranny. Survey ships explored and catalogued these planets as suitable for future colonization centuries earlier, but groups with a special interest in ensuring a homogeneous and often despotic society didn’t bother applying for permission to colonize.
Following the ITUIP (Interstellar Trade Union of Independent Planets) Protocol, ships are restricted to observe and maintain a hands-off policy for these rogue planets, even when there is great temptation to intervene. Eden, where a theocracy rules with an iron fist, is such a planet. A group of rebels struggles to end the oppressive regime to forge a new future.
Set in the same universe as the “Chaos Chronicles Trilogy” and the Dr. Carlos stories, this saga, mixing the best of hard sci-fi and swashbuckling fantasy, once again explores the never-ending battle between good and evil so prominent in the my works. It’s another surprising and entertaining addition to his already extensive collection of sci-fi, mystery, and thriller tales.
In libris libertas….
Don’t go on automatic when listening to a fanatic. The bet’s on the horse with thoughtful discourse.
Find a nook and read a book. It’s active time for your mind. (Not a plug for B&N’s Nook, by the way…but Nook users can take it that way if they like.)
Happy Leap Day!
In libris libertas….
Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. (Seen in a church bulletin. Husbands take note if you forgot Valentine’s Day.)
Don’t be a jerk on the way to work. Even if late, don’t spread hate.
In libris libertas…
Late for a date with fate? Leave people alive. Don’t text and drive!
In libris libertas….
