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Sunday, March 17, 2024

The Week in Review • 17 March 2024


It’s been a busy and complicated week here at Rampant Loon Press, and in retrospect one not readily amenable to our usual “week in review” post format. Therefore, for this week only we’re going to push aside our usual strictly sequential format and instead serve up a mix of news and stories, beginning with…

BOOK RELEASE: JUST RELEASED
SCOUT: THE LOST COLONY ADVENTURES

This book is a deluxe omnibus edition of Henry Vogel’s first three Scout novels in a premium collectible hardcover edition, for not much more than the cost of buying the same three novels in individual paperbacks. If you’re a fan of Henry’s Terran Scout Corps series and want them in an edition you’ll be proud to show off or share, check out SCOUT: THE LOST COLONY ADVENTURES.


BOOK RELEASE: COMING NEXT WEEK
THE PRINCESS SCOUT • by Henry Vogel

After a successful run as a serial on Kindle Vella, Henry Vogel’s latest Scout adventure, THE PRINCESS SCOUT, comes out in e-book, paperback, and hardcover on March 19th. It’s available now for pre-order on Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Smashwords, and pretty much everywhere else e-books are sold. Please note that this is a completely self-contained and standalone adventure, and you need not have read any of the previous Scout novels in order to enjoy it.

BOOK RELEASE: COMING IN TWO WEEKS
EMERALD OF EARTH • by Guy Stewart

Emerald Marcillon lives with her archaeologist parents at a dig site in the Yucatan. Her parents believe they have found evidence of an alien war ages ago. What they don’t suspect is that an alien AI survived that war, and it’s still hiding in the jungle, waiting for the opportunity to finish its mission and exterminate humanity…

Watch for e-book and paperback pre-order links, coming soon!


ALSO COMING SOON:
Over on the Rampant Loon Media side of the house, we’ve finally resolved the technical issues that were holding up the paperback editions of Stupefying Stories 24 and Stupefying Stories 26. Watch for more information on release dates, coming soon.

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SUBMISSIONS WINDOW CLOSES MARCH 31st

Just a reminder: our current submissions reading period ends March 31st. Any unsolicited submissions received after March 31st will be rejected unread. 

Our next open reading period is from June 1st to July 31st. However, we will be making some changes to our Submissions Guidelines before the next reading period opens, in order to try to improve the wheat/chaff ratio.

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STORIES!

We did in fact publish five flash fiction stories last week, as the result of another Pete Wood Challenge. The winners are:

Honorable Mentions

“Argentina, Before Barcode Scanners” • by Gustavo Bondoni

“Like Clockwork” • by Yelena Crane

“Summit, in Memory” • by Ian Li

Second Place

“Astronaut Countdown” • by Brandon Case


First Place

“When the Woman in the Forest Says, ‘Please, You Must Help’” • by Elis Montogomery

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