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Also by Robert T. Jeschonek
6 Short Stories
Fantasy
Blazing Bodices
Day 9 – a novel
Earthshaker – a novel
Groupie Everlasting
Rose Head
The Genie's Secret
The Return of Alice
The Walking Bomb
Tiki's Vision
Horror
Bloodliner – a novel
Daddy's Little Girl
Diary of a Maggot
Dionysus Dying
Mister Flood
Road Rage
Humor (Adults Only)
Dicks – a novel
Polkacide – a novel
The First Detect-Eve
Who Unkilled Johnny Murder?
Science Fiction
6 Scifi Stories
Give the Hippo What He Wants
My Cannibal Lover
Off the Face of the Earth
One Awake in All the World
Playing Doctor
Serial Killer vs. E-Merica
Something Borrowed, Something Doomed
Teacher of the Century
The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe
The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake
The Memory of You Lingers
Universal Language – a novel
Superheroes
A Matter of Size (mature readers)
Forced Retirement
The Masked Family – a novel
Trek Fail!
Trek Off!
Trek This!
Young Readers
Dolphin Knight – a novel
Lump
*****
Coming Soon from Robert T. Jeschonek
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel That Really Rocks!
My Favorite Band Does Not Exist
Being trapped in a book can be a nightmare—just ask Idea Deity. He’s convinced that he exists only in the pages of a novel written by a malevolent author . . . and that he will die in Chapter 64. Meanwhile, Reacher Mirage, lead singer of the secret rock band Youforia, can’t figure out who’s posting information about him and his band online that only he should know. Someone seems to be pulling the strings of both teens’ lives . . . and they’re not too happy about it. With Youforia about to be exposed in a national magazine and Chapter 64 bearing down like a speeding freight train, time is running out. Will Idea and Reacher be able to join forces and take control of their own lives before it’s too late?
School of Rock meets Alice in Wonderland in this fast-paced, completely unpredictable novel of alternate realities, time travel, and rock ‘n’ roll. If your favorite band does not exist . . . do you?
"Overall, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist is a wacky and enjoyable trip...full of intriguing, imaginative concepts that keep a reader hooked." –Thom Dunn, The Daily Genoshan
Coming July 11, 2011 from Clarion Books!
Pre-order from your favorite bookseller today!
6 FANTASY STORIES
Copyright © 2011 by Robert T. Jeschonek
www.thefictioneer.com
Cover Art Copyright © 2011 by Ben Baldwin
www.benbaldwin.co.uk
and © 2010 by David Kendall
"Forced Retirement" originally appeared in A Thousand Faces, The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Literature, November 2009.
"Blazing Bodices" originally appeared appeared online as part of The Chain Story, 2010. Reginald Asteroth-Phipps is copyright © 2010 Nathan Long, used with permission. For more work by the author, visit http://sabrepunk.com/. Doctor Yarrow is copyright © 2010 Robert E. Vardeman, used with permission. For more work by the author, visit http://www.cenotaphroad.com/. Jack Ravensthorpe is copyright © 2010 Michael A. Stackpole, used with permission. For more work by the author, visit http://www.stormwolf.com/store/
"Mr. Flood" originally appeared as "Fear of Rain" in Postscripts #8, PS Publishing, 2006.
"The Genie's Secret" originally appeared as "The Wish of a Wish" in Crime Spells, DAW Books, 2009.
"Rose Head" originally appeared as "Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose-Head Mask" in Helix Speculative Fiction Quarterly, 2008.
"The Duck Lover" originally appeared in Loyalhanna Review, 2004.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Table of Contents
6 Fantasy Stories
Forced Retirement
Blazing Bodices
The Genie's Secret
The Duck Lover