The Fantasy and Fiction of Dan Devine

Dan Devine is a scientist by day and an aspiring science fiction author by night, though he'll write any genre that pops into his head.

Dan has had short stories published online in Dark Fire, Afterburn SF, Crime and Suspense, Flash Tales, and other magazines. Most recently he has appeared in print in the CyerAlien Press' Strange Worlds of Lunacy compilation and in Residential Aliens first print issue.

You can read more of Dan's stories on the "News and Free Fiction" and "Other Works" pages.

You can send Dan your email at: dandevinefiction@verizon.net

Just Published!

The Storm is here!

And you can win a free paperback copy! Announcing the release of The Storm is Coming: An Anthology.

Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, all terribly destructive: a tornado or hurricane that destroys all your belongings, an abusive spouse who destroys your sense of well-being, or human actions that can devastate an entire society.

In this collection of short stories, poetry, non-fiction, and images, you will find the range of approaching storms, and the range of emotions involved in such cataclysmic events. Within these pages you will find Mother Nature on the warpath in the form of tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and vengeful plants. You will find storms approaching in the form of an abusive spouse, a fed-up spouse, and the down-trodden. You will find murder and suicide. But, as is always the case after a storm passes, you will also find life beginning anew.

To celebrate the release of this anthology in both paperback and ebook formats, Sleeping Cat Books will send a copy of the paperback to one reader chosen at random. The rules for entering this drawing are below.

The Storm is Coming: An Anthology is now available in paperback and for Kindle and NOOK.

Please visit these contributors' blogs as we continue our blog tour to celebrate the release:
• Gill Shutt – 2 April – Fog on the Brain
• Carole Bellacera – 3 April – – Musings and News
• Randy Mixter – 4 April – Writing for Fun and Profit
• Joe Massingham – 5 April – Joe’s Blog
• Catherine McGuire – 6 April – Catherine McGuire Writing and Art
• Ransom Noble – 7 April – Ransom Noble – Writer
Rules for Entry
• Comment on the announcement post on the Sleeping Cat Books blog • between 1 April 2012 and 30 April 2012.
•Be sure to use a valid email address when you post so that we may contact the winner. (This email address will not appear on your comment when you post it.)
• One entry per person. You may comment more than once, but your name and email address will only be entered for the first comment.
• The winner will be chosen at random on 1 May 2012 from all of the unique commenters on the post linked above. The winner's first name will be announced on the Sleeping Cat Books blog that day.
• In the event that we are unable to contact the winner by 7 May, a second name will be chosen at random and announced on that day.

Novels:

I'm pleased to announce that my novel The Next Best Thing to Heroes has finally been released Writer's Exchange E-Publishing in multiple e-book formats.

It is also available in print and from the Kindle story at Amazon.com

Jason Cull is one of the best and the brightest that the human race has to offer. At least, that's what it tells him in all of the Academy's brochures.

The Earth has been conquered by a technologically superior race called the Grath, and while the rest of humanity toils away their lives in dank factories building equipment for the alien war machine, Jason and a select few are training to help fight their master's battles directly.

The only problem is that among the world's finest, Jason seems decidedly average.

Then, just as graduation and the trials of war grow near, Jason and his closest friends find themselves kidnapped by forces who have other plans. Thrown into the midst of a resistance movement that wants him to fight against the Grath instead of alongside them, Jason must prove