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Do you want to play a game?

Today marks the launch of the Orbit Short Fiction Program, through which they will be bringing you delicious nuggets of juicy fiction goodness from Orbit authors. Including, naturally, one miss Mira Grant.

In fact, they have a new Mira Grant story available right now.

"Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box" is a heartwarming story about high school friends who still see each other every week to play a game that they love very much. Namely, the Apocalypse Game, wherein they end the world with gleeful abandon. But sadly, someone may be taking the game a little more seriously than was originally intended...

"Apocalypse Scenario," and all other stories in the Orbit Short Fiction Program, are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Diesel Ebooks, and Booksonboard.com. Follow the link to either the landing page for the program or the story itself to get the links.

Enjoy the end of the world.
Tags: good things, mira grant, pandemic time, short fiction, so the marilyn
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Boo. They don't want to sell to Canuckistan. :(

Nothing you can do about it, I know.
I know, but it still makes me sad. :(

This book is not available in the United Kingdom according to Kobo,Amazon or Books on Board.

Sad face...
According to the FAQ, they're working on it.

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mrs_norris_mous

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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mrs_norris_mous

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

Woot!

Purchased for me and the BF!
Yay!
That is a really strange excerpt. I mean, it's the beginning of the story, but it makes it sound like the story is about some sort of Semantic Vegetable Party.

(But: hurrah, story!)
True! But whatever makes people happy.

spectralbovine

6 years ago

Clicky!
Yay!
Bought! Loved it. Though I can't help wishing for a sequel in which we find out more (please take this as a compliment, rather than a demand that you work harder than you're already doing, because I'm always thrilled with your output.)
I kinda like the Outer Limits-esque abruptness of it all. For once. :)

jane_dark

6 years ago

It was waiting in my kindle for me this morning. I have good amazon-fu and found it before it was released and preordered.

Strangely, my iphone kindle is getting quite a collection of short stories.
Yay!
Do you know which if any of those will sell me a plain pdf? I use linux and I don't think I can actually open DRM epubs or whatever...
You can with Calibre.
I do not know. :(
As I tweeted: I read this story in a crowded room in broad daylight, and I still got the shivers.

Brilliant. Love to see expansion on that if you can work it into your long, long, long, terribly long list of things to do.

Yay, shivers!
. . . I find their pricing structure fascinating, when compared to the cost of an electronic book and an electronic magazine of fiction. Wonder how that's going to work out for them?

Can't wait to read it, but will have to, as hideous headache of sickening doom demands I put the computer away.

Dunno. It's their party, I'm just an attendee. :)
Cool!!! I ordered all but one of the other stories, too - yay for new story sources - and signed up for the email notifications :)
Yay!
Is this story at all associated with the song 'Dear Gina'? I know the names don't match, but I always thought that song must come from a story (or vice versa), and the '5 kids play a game and disaterous events follow' sounds similar.

*is sad that I don't have any sort of e-book*
Nope!