Christopher J. Burke

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In A Flash 2020, Christopher J. Burke Captain Uncle The captain studied the map in his quarters as the sloop rocked gently in the warm waters off the Spanish Main. In the back corner, a young lad of barely a dozen years sat at the writing desk, surrounded by books. Captain Edward Coyle turned to leave when the boy called out, “Uncle!” Coyle looked back and glared. “I mean, ‘Captain’. Uncle. Sir.” He nodded. “What now, William?” The boy closed his book, with a finger holding the page, smiling mischievously. “Why are goats popular with pirates all across the seas?” Not a serious question, the Captain could tell. He didn’t venture a response though he knew what his men would say after a few fingers of rum. And also what some might actually do with a goat after a skinful, given their less-than-reputable companions at their last port. He allowed the barest hint of a smile. “You’re the one with the studies, lad. You tell me.” Life on the seas can be rough when the Captain's your uncle!

William's only relative was a pirate, a cut above the rest.
Now he had to follow the orders of his "Captain Uncle".

1 of 20 stories in In A Flash 2020
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The image shows the author, Christopher J. Burke, and the covers of five of his short fantasy anthology books in the Burke's Lore Briefs series. They are available on Amazon and on Kindle Unlimited.

There are now FIVE(5) volumes in the sensational Kindle Unlimited series Burke's Lore Briefs!
Great short reads. Amazon books
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Flash fiction and short stories that will kill 5 minutes and then another 5 minutes
Burke’s Lore Briefs
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You can two of my books at the eSpec table at Dreamation in Morristown NJ this weekend. The image shows dozens of speculative fiction books available for sale.

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I have five short books of fantasy flash fiction on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
Each book is themed and about 7-10K words
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Howdy! I'm Khealos, AKA Sean Erik. My current WIP is "Break a Leg", an #urbanfantasy, and I'm almost done with my current round of revisions. Like 2 or 3 more chapters.

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Enjoy! There are a lot of great writers in there -- and in the second book as well!

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A6: I'm also in two charity anthologies, with all proceeds going to help feral cats and places that take care of them
"A Future for Ferals" and "More Futures for Ferals"
They make more money if you use this link instead of Amazon!
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I have five short books of fantasy flash fiction on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
Each book is themed and about 7-10K words
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A5 weeeeelllll.... if you have Kindle Unlimited and you like flash fiction about vampires (or super heroes or villains or hell hounds ...), you could read a few pages or even just recommend a book to a friend ...
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Thank you!
Me, too.
I have a long list of submissions, but not too many sales.
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A4: Catch up with my planning, both writing and in the classroom. I have a graphic novel class that I haven't any idea where we're going. It's all new for everyone
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If any of my stories get traction, that would be one I might want to revisit, especially given the arrangement at the ending

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A3 Another thing was, since I was already in midtown for the morning concert/interview, I stopped into St. Patrick's Cathedral to get my ashes. I haven't been in there in probably 15 years.
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I didn't see it, but I established in the story's world that it was rare and that vampires normally don't procreate. I've read stories where vampire is a race in itself.
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I should add that vampire pregnancies are rare and they aren't sure how exactly this happened and if vampire pregnancies have the same duration as human ones. There are no experts.

Magnus may stake himself after nine months ...
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I may have to save that link and forward it to my classroom PC!
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A3. Easy. I saw Ally the Piper at SiriusXM studio yesterday (ever hear Sweet Child O Mine on a bagpipe?)

And I made 12 cents on Kindle Unlimited -- someone liked my vampire pregnancy story -- Mom2be has a craving and Magnus (yes, my sweet) has get the baby the blood of a virgin
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Yeah, our records are so bad that I don't want to break them.
I don't even want to get near them any more!
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Something occurred to me this week that I thought about last August
In Jan 78, NYC was hit with back to back blizzards
In summer 77, NYC had a heat wave that tied a record for 90+ degree days in a row
Last summer, we had a lot of 90+/100+ weather
I pondered how cold it would get
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A2 Nothing specific. Just trying to focus. My students tell me I have too many side-quests, and I do try to do too much with too many different things (not just writing).
I got some grading done today (that's another struggle!)
I think I need to set mini-goals for stuff
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We had that "bomb cyclone" thing, whatever that is. (A new term.) I'm fine with 3 days of cold. We had 3 WEEKS of it. Real feels in the single digits and below zero.
And then we had a foot of snow which couldn't melt for 2 weeks
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A1 Well, I have this week off and the biting cold abated and the snow piles are starting to melt away. So that's all good.

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I'm Christopher from Brooklyn. WIP is a compilation book (all the stories from 5 short books) with a few new ones added in

Writing week: I submitted a couple things in the past two weeks, and I found an overlooked rejection I got 2 weeks ago
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A 315-word Ides of March betrayal challenge became 314 because I used Pi (being a math person)

Somehow, before publication, 3 words disappeared. So 311.

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