Point Counterpoint

Rand, Ken

Creative Pubns

This is a concise book jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five years of experience for the benefit of other writers.His no-nonsense approach to editing fiction will do more to make writing more professional.

The 10% Solution

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Fairwood Pr

"Fans of well-written tales filled with ironic reversals will relish this quality collection of 34 stories (including 13 originals), the first of two planned volumes. The entries vary in length, but even the briefer ones, such as the vivid 'Desperate Times, ' pack a punch. Many feature human beings in subservient roles, such as zoo exhibits for aliens ('The Henry and the Martha') or game animals for Earth's new masters ('Good Dog'). Other high points include 'Crickets, Everywhere, ' a novel variation on the theme of an insect swarm apocalypse, and the creepy 'The Teddy's Touch, ' in which a skilled government operative confronts an insidious conspiracy aimed at controlling thoughts and emotions... Rand] consistently displays creative imagination as well as a gift for understatement...The deftly drawn characters and evocative descriptions will keep readers entirely satisfied. --Publisher's Wee

Where Angels Fear (The Collected Short Fiction)

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

In Where Angels Fear Rand demonstrates yet again that we are in the hands of a creative and capable craftsman who knows his storytelling trade very well indeed. Ken’s reach seems to know no bounds. He tells stories about nearly everything in nearly every way possible. This is the 2nd volume of a massive collection of short stories by a writer Locus Magazine called a master of SF, fantasy, horror and weirdness.

The Gods Perspire: The Collected Short Fiction

United States

Phoenix

Zumaya Pubns

Bad News From Orbit

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Silver Lake Pub

"Where do you get your ideas?" New writers ask this of pros all the time. Their answers often vary from the trite to the uncivil to the dismissive, but seldom answer. Where do ideas come from-and how do you translate them into stories? Ken Rand has applied 35-plus years as a reporter, writer, editor and teacher, and has written and sold millions of words, exploring that question. At last, in a plain, unambiguous voice, with humor and authority, here's your answer.

From Idea to Story in 90 Seconds

Fairwood Press

Port Chicago Isn't There Anymore--But We Still Call It Home

Fairwood Press, Inc

This mainstream thriller from the late Ken Rand was completed before his passing. It recalls Rand's own insider experience with auto daredevil shows in the 1970s and 1980s.?Just as devastating medical bills are about to force the Ian McGinnis Auto Daredevil Thrill Show into bankruptcy, a tire company dangles a huge sponsorship that could save the show and family fortunes. But, of course, there's a catch. . .Ian must do it to save his family, but it could kill him - or the young motorcycle stunt rider who has fallen in love with his daughter.

Dare

Fairwood Press LLC

Second Ave, Laramie, Wyoming, U S of AIt's a place of mystery and wonder, and the address of the Lucky Nickel Saloon, a fairly normal place with mostly ordinary regulars where some of the strangest things happen.So come on in, say howdy to the regulars, yell your drink order to the nearly deaf bartender, find a stool at the bar, sit down and enjoy a cold drink-and prepare yourself for a truly weird adventure at the Lucky Nickel Saloon."Ken Rand's TALES OF THE LUCKY NICKEL SALOON is cleverlywritten, imaginative, and highly entertaining. It's fiction of an entirelynew flavor."-Kevin J. Anderson, coauthor of DUNE: THEBUTLERIAN JIHAD.Have you ever heard a cockroach fart, or felt someone sigh like thecold breath of a graveyard? Ken Rand has the most vivid descriptions, the most picturesque language of anyone I have read for a very longtime. His verbs, nouns and evocative imagery pop every detail into thereader's mind's eye with zest and humor. I laughed aloud at least once inevery chapter as this master storyteller presented the regulars of theLucky Nickel Saloon with western dialogue that rings true, spices thestory and lends the mind's ear the perfect timbre for the tale. His charactersare real people each distinguishable from the other as black is fromwhite."He looked to be no more than a suggestion of a man, somethingsomebody thought up and then decided 'nevermind' halfway through."How can you not picture the skeletonized man through this phrase?Chapter by chapter the reader is drawn into the lives of the patrons ofthe Lucky Nickel and their incredible visitors, though eccentric, theywere still believable under the pen of the genius of storyteller Ken Rand.A definite 6 on a scale of 1 to 5 where five is the highest score, I wouldhighly recommend this book no matter what your favorite genre, Randwill give you a new favorite to enjoy.-Wisconsin mystery writer, BillieA. William

Tales of the Lucky Nickel Saloon, Second Ave, Laramie, Wyoming, U S of A

Humor & Satire

Yard Dog Press

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