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TITLE: “Would You Open the Time Capsule?“ 
Author: Erika D. Price
Website: ProcessProduct.Tumblr.com
Publisher: Thunderune Press
Demographic: General readership
Pages: 23
Format: E-book
RATING: READ (¾)

The best advice I ever took to heart was “write what you know.” Unfortunately, it is the most vague advice any writer will ever receive. It is a pleasant surprise though when a writer explores their knowledge of a subject to truly bring a story to life. Erika Price does just that in Would You Open the Time Capsule. In a turn that has touches of Philip K. Dick, she brings to bear her studies in social psychology to present a stark question that will have the reader thinking after the story itself is over.

Though this story occurs in 2025, it is not an abuse of science fiction, but makes small speculative guesses at the world we will experience in the near future through the eyes of thirteen year old, Mason, who, for his birthday has been given the password to a secret email account where family, friends, and strangers have left messages and advice. 

It presents with a clever conclusion to speculation on how we are living currently in modern American society, taking for granted the conversations of Obamacare, sequestration, wars, and other polarizing sociopolitical themes. To consider being a child who has to live in the future we have created seems daunting. Amidst the wave of childhood frustration, compounded by divorce, and the absence of parenting, Mason’s voice is clear. He wants more out of life, he wants more from his absent father and absent-minded mother.

This E-short makes for good fiction, but leaves the reader desiring for more of Mason’s world, and leaves the reader with uncertainty about the days ahead. 

For me, the question was not “would I open the time capsule?” but rather, “would I want to live in a world that required it?”

“Would You Open the Time Capsule” makes for a good evening read, and I recommend it for fans of speculative fiction, sci-fi, and modern fiction.

Available: Amazon; Nook; or on the publisher’s website (epub, mobi, pdf, lit formats). 

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When Michael, an amnesiac vampire, wakes up on the edges of Breton, a strange Virginia mining town in the midst of Civil War, he puts the townsfolk on a trajectory for disaster with an ancient coven of vampires and their mysterious handlers, “The Alliance”, uncovering an international conspiracy.

The government officials of Breton await the arrival of a lantern containing the heart of a powerful vampire, a telepathic device used to control the masses. As war rages outside the town, an unlikely team of misfit orphans and spies takes on the local government and the vampires who control them. When the lantern is released and Lord Ruthven, the vampire trapped within it, descends on the town only an amnesiac Michael can stop him from destroying everyone in Breton. As the battle rages into the night, Michael must question himself over whether he should join the vampires or fight them in order to save the people of the town.

I am so thrilled for my friends to get to spend time in this world that I have had such a good time building. You can pre-order the hardback or a signed hardback from the Before Sunrise Press Online Store!

THE SPECIAL EDITION HARDBACK COVER WITH THE LANTERN ARTWORK IS ONLY SELLING FOR ONE MORE WEEK!

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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

-Imelda Marcos

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#tbt a painting of @kikidoodling’s cornish rex cat. #watercolor
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istehlurvz: Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent...

istehlurvz:

Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent in my slide back into hp every 5 months~ Also I like the thought of Harry with a beard thanks <3

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thatlitsite: We are pleased to announce that That Lit Site has...

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We are pleased to announce that That Lit Site has officially partnered with Indie Book Review. Author Ronald Andrés Moore (Nocturn) started the website in 2013 and has made it his mission to provide honest and fair reviews to all submitted independent works of fiction. 

You can follow Indie Book Review on Tumblr and submit your book to be reviewed at indiebookreviewblog@gmail.com. 

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Focusing on the work of independent and self-published authors. 

Fiction and non-fiction are accepted. No poetry please, I don’t feel we have the background for it.

When submitting, please include this information: Name, Title, Wordcount, Genre, and any links for purchase online (Amazon etc) and a download link for ebook.

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scparris: My Review of Ronald Andrés Moore’s NOCTURN 5 of 5...

scparris:

My Review of Ronald Andrés Moore’s NOCTURN

5 of 5 stars bookshelves: fantasy, vampires, mystery, horror, historical-fiction, dark-fantasy…

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rainbowrowell: gabshasdemons: My babey Simon Snow pretty darn cute

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writersnoonereads: Stephen wrote a feature on writers nobody...

writersnoonereads:

Stephen wrote a feature on writers nobody reads – including Augusto Monterroso – for Literary Hub. (Pictured: new Chinese edition of The Black Sheep.)

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writersnoonereads: Haven’t read David Markson? The inaugural...

writersnoonereads:

Haven’t read David Markson? The inaugural issue of The Scofield is devoted to this underappreciated writer and includes essays, marginalia, book recommendations, and more.

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writersnoonereads: Finally in English: The Evenings by Gerard...

writersnoonereads:

Finally in English: The Evenings by Gerard Reve (and it’s as incredible as I hoped). I wrote a pretty manic post about Reve five years ago (where has all my energy gone). The Pushkin edition just got a nice review in the New York Times. Reve on his book:

I wrote “The Evenings” because I was convinced I had to write it: that seems to me a good enough reason. I hoped that ten of my friends would accept a free copy, and that twenty people would buy the book out of pity and ten others by mistake. Things turned out differently. It’s not my fault it caused such an uproar.

I think fans of Robert Walser would love this book. The vivid dream sequences called to mind David Lynch more than anything. It was written by a 23-year-old in 1947 Europe, so it’s a little dark.

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writersnoonereads: From wikipedia (which is based on this...

writersnoonereads:

From wikipedia (which is based on this timeline): 

In 1977, [Yayoi] Kusama published a book of poems and paintings entitled 7. One year later, her first novel Manhattan Suicide Addict appeared. Between 1983 and 1990, she finished the novels The Hustler’s Grotto of Christopher Street (1983), The Burning of St Mark’s Church (1985), Between Heaven and Earth (1988), Woodstock Phallus Cutter (1988), Aching Chandelier (1989), Double Suicide at Sakuragazuka (1989), and Angels in Cape Cod (1990), alongside several issues of the magazine S&M Sniper in collaboration with photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

I think English-language readers would flock to the “shockingly visceral and surrealistic” Manhattan Suicide Addict and Woodstock Phallus Cutter. Someone should hire translator Ralph McCarthy and make it happen. Actually, there is a hard-to-find 1998 English-language book called Hustlers Grotto: Three Novellas…translated by McCarthy! [Image: First edition of Manhattan Suicide Addict, 1978 / Image courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama Studio inc.]

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indiebookreview: TITLE: “Would You Open the Time...

indiebookreview:

TITLE: “Would You Open the Time Capsule?“ 
Author: Erika D. Price
Website: ProcessProduct.Tumblr.com
Publisher: Thunderune Press
Demographic: General readership
Pages: 23
Format: E-book
RATING: READ (¾)

The best advice I ever took to heart was "write what you know.” Unfortunately, it is the most vague advice any writer will ever receive. It is a pleasant surprise though when a writer explores their knowledge of a subject to truly bring a story to life. Erika Price does just that in Would You Open the Time Capsule. In a turn that has touches of Philip K. Dick, she brings to bear her studies in social psychology to present a stark question that will have the reader thinking after the story itself is over.

Though this story occurs in 2025, it is not an abuse of science fiction, but makes small speculative guesses at the world we will experience in the near future through the eyes of thirteen year old, Mason, who, for his birthday has been given the password to a secret email account where family, friends, and strangers have left messages and advice. 

It presents with a clever conclusion to speculation on how we are living currently in modern American society, taking for granted the conversations of Obamacare, sequestration, wars, and other polarizing sociopolitical themes. To consider being a child who has to live in the future we have created seems daunting. Amidst the wave of childhood frustration, compounded by divorce, and the absence of parenting, Mason’s voice is clear. He wants more out of life, he wants more from his absent father and absent-minded mother.

This E-short makes for good fiction, but leaves the reader desiring for more of Mason’s world, and leaves the reader with uncertainty about the days ahead. 

For me, the question was not “would I open the time capsule?” but rather, “would I want to live in a world that required it?”

“Would You Open the Time Capsule” makes for a good evening read, and I recommend it for fans of speculative fiction, sci-fi, and modern fiction.

Available: Amazon; Nook; or on the publisher’s website (epub, mobi, pdf, lit formats). 

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indiebookreview: When Michael, an amnesiac vampire, wakes up on...

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Hardback edition


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When Michael, an amnesiac vampire, wakes up on the edges of Breton, a strange Virginia mining town in the midst of Civil War, he puts the townsfolk on a trajectory for disaster with an ancient coven of vampires and their mysterious handlers, “The Alliance”, uncovering an international conspiracy.

The government officials of Breton await the arrival of a lantern containing the heart of a powerful vampire, a telepathic device used to control the masses. As war rages outside the town, an unlikely team of misfit orphans and spies takes on the local government and the vampires who control them. When the lantern is released and Lord Ruthven, the vampire trapped within it, descends on the town only an amnesiac Michael can stop him from destroying everyone in Breton. As the battle rages into the night, Michael must question himself over whether he should join the vampires or fight them in order to save the people of the town.

I am so thrilled for my friends to get to spend time in this world that I have had such a good time building. You can pre-order the hardback or a signed hardback from the Before Sunrise Press Online Store!

THE SPECIAL EDITION HARDBACK COVER WITH THE LANTERN ARTWORK IS ONLY SELLING FOR ONE MORE WEEK!

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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love...

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

-Imelda Marcos

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elasmosaurus: #tbt a painting of @kikidoodling’s cornish rex...

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#tbt a painting of @kikidoodling’s cornish rex cat. #watercolor
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istehlurvz: Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent...

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Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent in my slide back into hp every 5 months~ Also I like the thought of Harry with a beard thanks <3

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thatlitsite: We are pleased to announce that That Lit Site has...

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We are pleased to announce that That Lit Site has officially partnered with Indie Book Review. Author Ronald Andrés Moore (Nocturn) started the website in 2013 and has made it his mission to provide honest and fair reviews to all submitted independent works of fiction. 

You can follow Indie Book Review on Tumblr and submit your book to be reviewed at indiebookreviewblog@gmail.com. 

Taken from the Website:

Focusing on the work of independent and self-published authors. 

Fiction and non-fiction are accepted. No poetry please, I don’t feel we have the background for it.

When submitting, please include this information: Name, Title, Wordcount, Genre, and any links for purchase online (Amazon etc) and a download link for ebook.

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scparris: My Review of Ronald Andrés Moore’s NOCTURN 5 of 5...

scparris:

My Review of Ronald Andrés Moore’s NOCTURN

5 of 5 stars bookshelves: fantasy, vampires, mystery, horror, historical-fiction, dark-fantasy…

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rainbowrowell: gabshasdemons: My babey Simon Snow pretty darn cute

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love...

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

-Imelda Marcos

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elasmosaurus: #tbt a painting of @kikidoodling’s cornish rex...

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#tbt a painting of @kikidoodling’s cornish rex cat. #watercolor
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istehlurvz: Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent...

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Some Drarry, because I am nothing if not consistent in my slide back into hp every 5 months~ Also I like the thought of Harry with a beard thanks <3

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irisella: carry on moodboards — penelope bunce↳ “don’t say hello, simon, because then we’ll have to...

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joanna-lannister: Top Five Outfits ➼ Gwendoline Christie send...

joanna-lannister:

Top Five Outfits ➼ Gwendoline Christie

send me a 💖 + a game of thrones actress and i will post five favourite outfits

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davidrosed: instadanjlevy: my favorite team

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iheartsuperheroes:Greg and I pitched [Parks and Recreation] as a...

iheartsuperheroes:

Greg and I pitched [Parks and Recreation] as a show about female friendship. About Leslie and Ann. That was the core of the show. - Mike Schur at PaleyFest 2019

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rainbowrowell: gulliblegoldfish: “Simon Snow is lying on the...

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gulliblegoldfish:

“Simon Snow is lying on the sofa”

My 100% realistic expectations @rainbowrowell

Amazing.

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mostlyrunaways: we’re all in this together now

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we’re all in this together now

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looking for Beta readers for my second book

                                 Calling all Beta Readers

I am looking for at least 25 to 30 Beta Readers for my second book. To help me finalize the final draft. i want you to be critical and give me honest feedback about what does not work. What you like and everything in between.I have  included a sign up form here for anyone interested.Everyone who does get involved and email me back the questionnaire after reading the first draft manuscript will be added to the acknowledgements section in the book.

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why-i-love-comics: Runaways #20 (2019)written by Rainbow...

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Runaways #20 (2019)

written by Rainbow Rowell
art by Andres Genolet & Triona Farrell

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siminiblocker: Klimt inspired embroidery- motifs from “The...

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Klimt inspired embroidery- motifs from “The Three Ages of Woman.” Still no one with better patterns ✨👌 Set in a miniature walnut hoop which can also be changed into a brooch. Up on Etsy- link in my profile!

#embroidery #Klimt #embroiderypendant #fiberart
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dappermouth: Still, you would have loved me only if I had been...

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Still, you would have loved me only if I had been something holy.

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irisella: carry on moodboards — agatha wellbelove↳ “maybe i’ll honour her memory by fucking right...

irisella: carry on moodboards — penelope bunce↳ “don’t say hello, simon, because then we’ll have to...

joanna-lannister: Top Five Outfits ➼ Gwendoline Christie send...

joanna-lannister:

Top Five Outfits ➼ Gwendoline Christie

send me a 💖 + a game of thrones actress and i will post five favourite outfits

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