We sign up for things to read, inboxes get full, and life demands our attention. Sometimes we forget why we are getting emails in the first place. First of all: how dare you forget about me? Second of all: that is relatable and happens to us all. No worries. With this in mind, I’d like to re-introduce myself!
Hey, I’m M.P. Fitzgerald. I’m a dark-humored science fiction writer. If you don't remember me, you likely signed up for this collection of short stories:
It's a companion piece to my post-apocalyptic parody novel, A Happy Bureaucracy. Let's get this first part out of the way: the word “fuck” is literally on the first page of that book, and it is pro-taxes, pro-drugs, sex, and features a radioactive Colonel Sanders (yes, the KFC guy) as a wasteland warlord. Unsubscribe here if that is not your thing.
If you did not already know, you can actually listen to the first two books of my series in podcast form. It features music from Dust Mice--- think Space Rock with a mohawk. My late friend Zane was in this band (I miss him, he was the most gentle man I have ever known, but it is a great comfort knowing I can still hear him playing the drums in Dust Mice’s recordings). The very talented Gary Bennett narrates the podcast, and you can occasionally listen to me driven mad by a phantom jazz piano. No, I will not explain that last part, you’ll have to listen to it. Good times.
I am also writing new books. The fourth in the Happy Bureaucracy series will be called Grit Your Teeth, and is on its way as soon as I can tame it. I've also got a secret cyberpunk book in the works… but more on that when I can speak freely about it. I want to bring a third "season" to the podcast, which means adapting Post-Apocalyptic Pirates, the third book in The Happy Bureaucracy series.
I am currently in the works of funding these projects. In truth, the reason Season 3 isn't already out in podcast form is that I have not had the funds to record/master it, and I need currency for the fourth book (which needs a cover as well as professional editing). To fund all of this I am writing dark-humored sci-fi short stories which you can upgrade to. You may have seen a preview of one such story last week. As of this writing, I've got six in the archive for you to read and more to be delivered to your inbox. As an immediate bonus for upgrading, you'll also get all three of the Happy Bureaucracy books in ebook format as a thank you.
This is all powered by Substack, which I recently migrated the newsletter to. You'll still get newsletters, essays, and updates if you don't do the paid subscription thing, I don’t want you to feel pressured. You’ll only have to pay for the exclusive short stories (that everyone else is reading because they are cool and in the know, and that you are totally missing out on) if you want to. You want to be cool, right? No pressure, though. Seriously.
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M.P. Fitzgerald is the author of A Happy Bureaucracy, a post-apocalyptic parody novel. He writes darkly humorous sci-fi.