tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149477182024-03-07T18:42:50.586-06:00SinisterA left-handed blog chronicling the adventures of writer E. D. Jones.Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comBlogger1368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-31457121857648398602023-02-18T15:19:00.002-06:002023-02-18T15:19:29.666-06:00RedundancyI'm not sure I can consistently keep up both a Facebook author page and this blog. I'm keeping both, but if you don't see a lot of action here for a while, check Write Sinister on Facebook. I'm more likely to post there for now. Stay sinister, my friends. Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-58694982112827976342023-02-01T18:14:00.003-06:002023-02-01T18:16:46.928-06:00Cubes and SpheresCubes and SpheresThe blue robots had always carried the spheres. That was how it was, and it had been that way since anyone could remember. The blue robots carried spheres, and the red robots carried cubes. Both spheres and cubes were equally essential to the functioning of the machine, and with each assigned their role, everything ran smoothly. Until one day, a blue Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-73391534971620499582023-01-09T20:29:00.003-06:002023-01-09T20:29:49.278-06:00Ferryman and Bull By The HornsI keep rereading "Ferryman," the story that I've sold to publishers twice now. Not to toot my own horn, but I daresay it's a damn good story. Best I've ever written, by a long shot. If you'd like to hear the story read out loud, you can do so here: https://fictionpodcasts.com/.../ce51cb39-9d54-503d-ab12...By the way, I got my edit requests back from the publisher (I really like saying that) Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-76086153548163532352023-01-02T21:02:00.002-06:002023-01-02T21:02:08.234-06:00Werewolf Astronaut milestoneWerewolf Astronaut hit 50,000 words today, with at least another 10,000 left in the story. I'll get this draft done soon. It needs a lot...just a whole lot of editing to get it ready to send for publishing. Going to be a while before I'm ready for that step, but it will happen.Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-16259270452573244932022-12-26T19:28:00.004-06:002022-12-26T19:28:50.869-06:00Werewolf Astronaut - Progress! I had a five day weekend over the Christmas holiday, and I spent a goodly amount of time working on The Werewolf Astronaut. I'd been extremely stuck on the novel for quite a while until I realized I'd basically written myself into a corner, so I had to backtrack and refocus the plot. Now that I've done that, the novel is moving forward. I'm about to hit 50,000 words on Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-43940559071458385152022-12-02T22:30:00.002-06:002022-12-02T22:30:14.906-06:00Publishing news! Hey, Not a Pipe Publishing has accepted two of my short stories into an upcoming anthology of queer sci-fi! As part of that, I’m now on their website! Check me out! http://www.notapipepublishing.com/our-authors#/ethan-d-n-jonesEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-22071862133341697922022-08-10T13:16:00.003-05:002022-08-10T13:16:10.242-05:00Do you like horror stories? Sinister friends! I’ll be reading my short story “Don’t Count the Boxes” on Sunday, Aug 14 at 1:30pm central time on the discord server of the podcast Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Join here and go to ”pickup games signup” for details.https://discord.gg/656P4p6JEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-43768992266215126602022-06-06T20:02:00.002-05:002022-06-06T20:07:33.214-05:00A time travel storyAnd then it was the next morning. The Morning.
The time machine was finally, really, actually ready. I’d gotten all the calculations right, and I
knew exactly what I was doing. I’d also seen
more than enough time travel movies to know that I needed to start small, go
incrementally, so I decided to start with a twenty-four-hour trip into the
past. I closed my eyes, Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-1486938285150198642022-04-06T10:18:00.002-05:002022-04-06T10:18:19.697-05:00NYC Midnight Short Story Contest 2022 First round results are in, and my cosmic horror story "Don't Count the Boxes" got 3rd place in its heat. Exciting! Definitely a story on par with or possibly better than "Ferryman." Going to have to find good places for both stories (and others) to be published. Mulling a short story collection. Been mulling a short story collection for quite a while, actuallyEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-14097141529594915572022-04-02T00:27:00.005-05:002022-04-02T00:27:50.375-05:00Picard Season 2 Episode 5 ReviewRead my latest review on cultofwhatever.com!Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-45815010805811906032022-03-30T16:13:00.001-05:002022-03-30T16:13:05.019-05:00Five TTRPG Podcasts You Must Listen To My most recent article on cultofwhatever.com is live. This time I'm going into my five favorite tabletop RPG podcasts and why you should listen to all of them. Check it out! Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-74942165591477998782022-03-30T16:11:00.005-05:002022-03-30T16:11:42.361-05:00Picard Season 2 Episode 4 review - damn, this show is burning hot! Here's my review of Picard Season 2 Episode 4, The Watcher. Hell of an episode.Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-21101715746261021122022-03-18T10:19:00.002-05:002022-03-18T10:19:16.383-05:00My latest episode review of Star Trek: Picard It's a right cracker of an episode. Read my review here: https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2022/03/star-trek-picard-s02e03-review-assimilation/Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-82851078019593616362022-03-11T16:09:00.002-06:002022-03-11T16:09:24.571-06:00Star Trek: Picard I'm writing reviews of the new season of Picard for CultofWhatever.com. See my latest review here: https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2022/03/star-trek-picard-s02e02-review-penance/Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-81677475678840844482022-02-16T16:22:00.002-06:002022-02-16T16:34:40.499-06:00An excerpt from The Werewolf Astronaut (working title) An excerpt from The Werewolf Astronaut (working title). In this excerpt, a brave lycanthrope hunter named Angela is doing some research in a bookshop owned by the descendant of a famous author, who might have some mad arcane secrets to share...*** As if on cue, Lovecraft reappeared, holding what was clearly a very old tome, bound in brown leather. He set it down in front of her without saying aEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-85252763352163849972022-02-13T16:49:00.001-06:002022-02-13T16:49:18.330-06:00Weird Fiction podcast recommendationWeird fiction fans, check out the podcast The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Fascinating in depth analysis of weird writers especially those central to or influenced by Lovecraft. Hosted by some of the Call of Cthulhu rpg writers. Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-10132893963135263082022-02-04T12:17:00.001-06:002022-02-04T12:17:31.514-06:00Soundtrack to a novel Listening to Abstract Void and working on my novel about a werewolf and a cyborg and a vampire and some aliens and a bunch of other stuff that happens. The music of Abstract Void has become a kind of soundtrack for this novel, which melds magic, monsters, and science fiction in a similar way to how Abstract Void melds synthwave and extreme metal. I'm even using the band as Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-87011671170187192612022-01-19T11:36:00.002-06:002022-01-19T11:36:30.036-06:00NYC Midnight 2022 The first round of the NYC Midnight short story competition is underway, and I'm in it as always. My prompts are: horror, superstitions, and a treasurer. And of course, being me, I've gone all kinds of Lovecraftian madness on this thing. I'm actually pretty proud of it. Can't share it here because I want to see how it does in the competition - which I'll Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-72199963379974972032022-01-01T11:20:00.001-06:002022-01-01T11:30:47.872-06:00Resolution Here's the story I wrote for NYC Midnight back in 2017 that was published in the anthology On Loss.ResolutionI dropped my equipment in the back and slammed the van’s door, staring at the faded sign: S. Mackle and D. Gerson Exterminating. Then, underneath, in smaller letters: If It Scurries – Never Worry! I hated that rhyme, but Dave had insisted on it. I put my hand on his Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-59462934526402929672022-01-01T11:04:00.002-06:002022-02-04T12:18:45.039-06:00Hire me to write for you!If you're interested in having me write for a project of yours - anything, really - drop me a line at sinisterblog@gmail.com or just fill out the form that's right over there *points.* I'm flexible on rates, but if you're paying a pittance, I'm likely to say no. Some things I can do:-Write anything-No, really-Except for screenwriting - I mean, I'm sure I can, but I never have Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-7364915754439782832021-04-26T14:58:00.000-05:002021-04-26T14:58:02.219-05:00Friends of DeSoto Hi FODs,Thanks to Ben and Adam for running my P1 today! The timing couldn't be better, actually. I'm definitely looking for new freelance writing gigs, and I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about my skills, rates, and experience. Below you'll find some examples of short fiction stories that I've written, and I have a portfolio of professional freelance Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-31435733187875213312021-03-11T09:01:00.001-06:002021-03-11T09:02:20.181-06:00 Hey, fans of The Overcast! Thanks so much to J.S. Arquin for his beautiful reading of my story "Ferryman," and to Erik for his good words and his laser sounds. Just a quick heads up: I recently killed my Twitter without telling anyone, so you won't find @sinisterblogger there. Instead, if you'd like to read more of my stuff or follow me as a writer, then head over to my Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-87937765923671514652020-11-25T14:01:00.010-06:002022-01-01T11:35:56.829-06:00Gambit A sweet little love story I wrote for NYC Midnight a few years back.Gambit
The
smile floated off of Eric’s lips and performed a dance of giggly, embarrassed
giddiness in the air over Nathan’s bed. Eric
grabbed the joint from the nightstand and lit it, taking a long pull. He could hear Nathan in the kitchenette
rummaging for a bottle of wine.
Nathan
lived inEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-11463522478566427082020-11-25T13:59:00.003-06:002020-11-25T14:39:45.917-06:00Keep Portland Weird A Lovecraft homage I wrote a couple of years ago.Keep Portland Weird Well, of course this was a myth. Portland wasn’t weird, any more than any other city in America. It just had a reputation for weird, deserved or not, and that reputation brought self-conscious eccentrics crawling from all corners of the world to try to get in on whatever amorphous weirdness&Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14947718.post-70943693034103737122020-11-25T13:58:00.005-06:002020-11-26T11:53:25.563-06:00Three Beasts I dig this little story I wrote a while back - not sure I can ever publish it because of copyright questions on the characters, but I'm putting it here as "fan fiction." Three Beasts Cthulhu slapped down its cards with a wet tentacle. “Three queens,” it said in a voice that would have literally melted the brains of any mortal human within a hundred miles.“Four aces,” rumbled Godzilla from Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506573872626034046noreply@blogger.com