I am blown away. As I record this, I have just finished my lastbookshows of the year, in Smiths Falls and Brockville. While there may be some online sales that still come through, I can for the most part finalize my bookkeeping and look at the numbers. For many years now-in fact I think this has always been the case-The Zimmer Insurgency and the Hounds of Harujin have been my number 1 and 2 bestsellers. Well,Tiger Blues, my newest release, my first foray into steampunk, which is a bit of a niche subgenre, only came out in September. And it surged ahead of Hounds to become my number 2 seller, just barely behind Zimmer (incidentally, I will give a personal shoutout on the podcast if any three listeners want to push it over that finish line, because three more copies will be all it takes to tip the scales).

And so today, we are releasing the audio for a Kawashima Yoshiko short story, Bitch-Slapping Stalin. This short story was included in the Kickstarter version of Tiger Blues, but has not been available to the public at large until now. This follows Yoshiko on a 1935 spying mission for Japan, set in Moscow, and based upon the incident wherein Mongolian Prime Minister Peljidiin Genden slapped Joseph Stalin. An historical note follows the main text.

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Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

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Colin Searle is the author of the recently released military sci-fi / dystopian book The Call of Abaddon, which has been described as a blend of Dune, Firestarter, and the Expanse. We discuss Colin’s journey, his process, inspiration, and what it was like writing such an epic with no previous novel experience.

Colin has also produced The Call of Abaddon audiobook, available on Audible, which he recorded himself. The first 5 hours of the audiobook are available for free when you join Colin’s mailing list. Colin also shared a portion of that recording, which follows our discussion, beginning at timestamp 54:45

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"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

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Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

Trial of the Century is a short story set within my Mongolian Book of the Sky universe, which also contains the epic novel The Hounds of Harujin, and the novellas The Conquest of Qongqor Caine, The Pirate's Lass, One Night in Ikh Khulan, The Moon Panther, and The Rise and Fall of Chaz Oregano. Trial of the Century is the earliest chronologically, taking place before the apocalyptic events that gave way to the new Mongol Empire, and follows the trial of North Korean dictator Kim Ilkal.

This episode also contains recording bloopers, which occur at timestamp 23:15.

You can read the text of this story for free at www.jasonmshannon.com/trialofthecentury

Narrated by Andrew C. Bunton. Music by Michael Hebbes. Text and Production copyright 2019 by Jason Shannon.

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

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Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

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