{"id":628,"date":"2023-06-25T15:36:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/?p=628"},"modified":"2023-06-25T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:36:21","slug":"an-authors-and-publishers-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"An Author&#8217;s (and Publisher&#8217;s) Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png 450w, https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have stories in the July\/August <em>Asimov&#8217;s<\/em> and the August issue of <em>Lightspeed<\/em>. The titles are &#8220;Have You Seen Bitsy&#8221; and \u201cThe United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in a larger dose of my fiction, my collections and novels are available in paperback and e-format at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/James-Van-Pelt\/author\/B003DR5URK?ref=ap_rdr&amp;store_ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\">Amazon<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/Amazon.com: James Van Pelt: books, biography, latest update(opens in a new tab) amazon.com\/stores\/James-Van-Pelt\/author\/B003DR5URK?ref=ap_rdr&amp;store_ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\"> James Van Pelt author page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fairwoodpress.com\/james-van-pelt-collection.html\">Fairwood Press James Van Pelt Collection page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Publishers Weekly said in their starred review of my latest collection, <em>The Best of James Van Pelt<\/em>, <strong>&#8220;\u200b\u200bVan Pelt showcases his mastery of short-form fiction in these 62 stories, all published between 1993 and 2018 and ranging from apocalyptic fiction to subtle daylight horror, Lovecraftian riffs, and speculation about future social policy initiatives. . . .Van Pelt\u2019s superior combination of imaginative concepts with recognizable human emotions makes him a talent deserving of a wide readership.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have stories in the July\/August Asimov&#8217;s and the August issue of Lightspeed. The titles are &#8220;Have You Seen Bitsy&#8221; and \u201cThe United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time\u201d respectively. If you&#8217;re interested in a larger dose of my fiction, my collections and novels are available in paperback and e-format [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,51],"tags":[18,4,52,9,7],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-marketing","tag-asimovs","tag-james-van-pelt","tag-marketing","tag-short-stories","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesvanpelt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}