Month: October 2013

I’m so impressed with this! On an endless loop for your viewing pleasure…

Dear You,

Here’s the new thing, but it’s easy to get used to. FLICKERLAMP PUBLISHING is a brand new venture that’s going to be publishing my stuff for the forseeable future.

Flickerlamp is dedicated to “publishing exciting new fiction in multiple genres,” which means they’re into authors who are good and have a lot to say, but don’t fit neatly into a genre box. You know, like ME!  

You’ll be hearing a whole lot more about Flickerlamp in the coming weeks, but if you want to make sure you’re on top of getting all the news as of right now, there are a couple of things you can do:

1. Sign up for my mailing list on this site. That way you’ll be sure to know all about when my stuff is coming out and when I post stuff for free on other sites

2. ‘Like’ the Flickerlamp Publishing Facebook page. It’s so new that it still smells like chemicals, and the logos don’t fit right yet. Until Flickerlamp.net goes live, this will be Flickerlamp‘s main way of letting you know what’s happening. https://www.facebook.com/flickerlamp

3. Both of the above.

All of the infrastructure is just about in place, and we’ll be getting into some of my actual content soon, I promise. In the meantime, please take a moment to admire Flickerlamp‘s beautiful ‘full-on” logo (from the master himself over at www.k3n.com)…

…and check out this wildly complimentary copy from the “about” section of the Flickerlamp Facebook page (it says some nice things about me!):

“Formed in September, 2013, Flickerlamp Publishing has already made a splash with the debut story collection by award-winning author A.M. Metivier. “Mrs Shushman Says Goodbye (& Other Stories of Death and Deception)” is a fascinating group of stories (four in all, the first one a novella) which has been very well-received, garnering attention in the U.K. as well as in the U.S.

“Mrs. Shushman Says Goodbye…” is currently available as an ebook on Amazon http://ow.ly/qc5kN or in a unique full-color magazine format on MagCloud  http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/408098 

Read more about A.M. Metivier and her forthcoming steampunk/ fantasy series “The Changeling Chronicles” at http://www.changelingchronicles.com/

Coming soon is another debut. Eric Henderson is a writer who’s just starting to come out of his shell at age 42, but once you’ve read some of his stuff, you’ll wonder why he waited so long. “Ashes to Ashes, Oranges to Oranges” is a highly entertaining set of 12 stories designed to make you laugh uncomfortably and heap praise upon the very concept of imagination. It’s fully illustrated, too.

2014 will be a magical, breakout year for Flickerlamp Publishing, with further reliable releases from Metivier and Henderson, and exciting new novels by Darin Clementine and Tara Kiel.

We look forward to sharing exclusive info on this page about all the great surprises we have in store, so keep watching this space.

Remember, kids, don’t read in the dark, read by Flickerlamp!”

More world-wise words have seldom been spoken, I’m really for real and not at all jokin’.

Flickerlamp Publishing! Dig it.

Your Friend,

Eric

Hi,

There used to be another website here called “The Frantic Flicker,” where the guy wrote these weird stories and  talked about world domination via junk culture. It was great, it was insane, it was… almost ten years ago?!

I’m the guy, and I’m back.  Whoa, didn’t see that one coming, did you, faithful reader? You mean, you mean… YOU?!?

Yup. Eric Henderson’s the name and trying to connect to the world around me’s the game. I’m excited to see how it goes this time.

So the only thing I’ve got here so far is a picture and a post and a plate full of toast sign up box for my email list.

You’ll want to get on the email list right away, and here’s why:

First, I’m Eric Henderson. I’m someone you’ll want to hear from. I won’t kick you when you’re down, I won’t ever make you frown. I won’t harass you day and night, I won’t beat you in a fight. I won’t call collect from jail, all I want’s your darn e-mail. I won’t sell your info to anyone and no salesman will call. And I said please. I mean, sorry – Please sign up for my magnificent email list. See, I said it – please.

Second, I’ve got a whole bunch of worthwhile writing projects in the pipeline, and you’ll really want to keep up when there’s stuff going on. Sure, all that stuff is gonna be covered on this here site, but if there’s nothing going on for a while and you forget to check the site, you’re still gonna want to know.  I’m not planning on sending out more than one or two emails a month, tops, so I can say with a high degree of confidence that I won’t fill your inbox with crap. So again, I ask you to please do yourself a favor and sign-up-a-you email in the widget to the right. No obligation,  cancel at any time.

Third, and possibly somewhat important to the people who read the Frantic Flicker all those many moons ago: I’m gonna carry on the tradition of giving away some free stuff here and there, but just like before, ya gotta be on the list to get it.  I’m tellin’ ya, sign up, kid, it’s worth it.  I do not happen to offer a money-back guarantee at this time, but that’s because my email list is free. Do it, do it, do it. Now!

So, yeah, that was cool. Felt good. I feel good in general. This is gonna be fun.

Your Friend,

Eric