Monday, November 30, 2015

Obsidian Worlds by Jason Werbeloff Book Sale, Excerpt & Giveaway


Obsidian Worlds
by Jason Werbeloff

NOTE:  THE BOOK WILL LAUNCH AT ONLY $0.99 ON NOVEMBER 30!
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GENRE:  Sci-Fi

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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 Three:

(from Bleed Me Silicone):

My first memory is of the inside of a cardboard box. The material is gray and slightly rough to the touch. It smells of fluorescent light and ancient canyon floors.

I savor the feeling of being lifted from the shelf – rubbed and jostled against the almost-smooth interior of the box, as I’m carried through the aisles. My new owner places me on the till. The other products and I have talked about this day. Wondered when our time would come. The time to be purchased.

“Would you like a packet for that, ma’am?” the teller asks. I recognize his voice. He does stock-take on Sundays.

“Umm … yes,” says a nervous voice. Nervous, but forgiving. I like her already.

The crinkle-swoosh of plastic competes with the sound of a radio. Sunlight perforates the miniscule holes in the edges of the cardboard that encloses me. I feel warmth for the first time. She drives me home.

The roof of the box opens, and I’m out. In the world. Her face is just as I’d imagined. Elfin and freckled. No frown lines. Her eyes are intense as they follow my instructions.

I tingle at the touch of her fingers. Delicate, careful. Fleshy and warm. Her lips curl into a smile, before she places me at the back of a dark shelf. The other lubes at the store told me this would happen. Life’s not all action for us. But when our owners take us for a night out of the closet, the world comes alive. Or that’s what the other lubes say.

There aren’t many voices in her apartment. I wait patiently at the back of the closet, as the weeks and months pass. Just when I think she’s forgotten me, one warm evening the door of the apartment opens. A man sits on the creaky springs of the bed.

“Are you ready?” His voice is young. Excited.

“Yes,” she says. I know she’s trying not to sound nervous, like she did that day at the store when she purchased me.

And then it begins.

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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 Author Page – download all of Werbeloff's fiction from Amazon.
http://smarturl.it/AuthWerbeloff

Newsletter – subscribe to get 'The Solace Pill' free, as well as VIP access to Werbeloff's latest fiction.
http://smarturl.it/werbeloff

Goodreads – read reviews of Werbeloff’s fiction.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7340789


Facebook and Twitter – follow Werbeloff for release date information on upcoming shorts and novels.
http://www.facebook.com/solaceseries

https://twitter.com/JasonWerbeloff

Website - read about the author, and the philosophy behind his fiction.
http://www.jasonwerbeloff.com/

Buy the book for only $0.99:  http://www.amazon.com/Obsidian-Worlds-Mind-Bending-Sci-Fi-Shorts-ebook/dp/B014Z8IECS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445992291&sr=8-2&keywords=obsidian+worlds



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12 comments:

  1. Abbie LynnNovember 30, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    Thanks for the chance!

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  2. Goddess Fish PromotionsNovember 30, 2015 at 7:03 AM

    Thanks for hosting!

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  3. Bernie WallaceNovember 30, 2015 at 7:29 AM

    Thanks for a chance to win. This looks like an interesting book. I hope that I win. BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com

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  4. JasonNovember 30, 2015 at 7:55 AM

    Thanks for featuring my book! Readers, who is your favorite sci-fi hero?

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  5. Elin HNovember 30, 2015 at 12:38 PM

    Sounds great! Clarke Griffin from the 100 is my favorite sci-fi hero. :)
    elin.helmersson@live.se

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    1. JasonNovember 30, 2015 at 12:41 PM

      I enjoyed 'The 100'. Young adult dystopian isn't my favorite genre, but the series has an excellent premise. Strong world-building. It captured my attention.

      Clarke is an interesting character. Strong, difficult to dominate, independent.

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  6. SaraNovember 30, 2015 at 1:44 PM

    Thank you for informing me about this book.

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  7. Patrick SiuNovember 30, 2015 at 2:39 PM

    I have enjoyed learning about the book. Thanks for sharing it.

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  8. KarrieNovember 30, 2015 at 8:42 PM

    ooh got to read this!

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  9. AnonymousNovember 30, 2015 at 8:43 PM

    thanks for the chance!

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  10. MeredithDecember 1, 2015 at 1:22 AM

    Thanks for the chance! This is a new author for me and it sounds very interesting!

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  11. Ally SwansonDecember 1, 2015 at 9:43 PM

    I enjoyed reading the excerpt and learning about this book. This book sounds like a very interesting and intriguing read! Looking forward to checking this book out!

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