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Squirrels, Jet Packs, Nanobots – and Free Fiction

Squirrels, Jet Packs, and Nanobots — oh my! What am I up to today? Laughter, amazing science, and a free Zombie Turkeys excerpt for you.

Squirrels come first.

Squirrels, Jet Packs
Malabar Squirrel from India

What do squirrels have to do with Zombie Turkeys? They both appear in my book. The zombie turkeys are on the first page, the zombie squirrels at the end. Here’s your free excerpt:

He felt great, full of energy. He ate a nut from his stores.

Then he went down his tree and out to breed with some females.

He saw a really good one with a sexy, bushy tail. As he

chased her toward her tree, a hawk swooped down and killed

him. The hawk never noticed the squirrel’s red eyes.

From Zombie Turkeys

But don’t feel badly for the poor zombie squirrel. I have another excerpt from the sequel, My Undead Mother-in-law, coming up later in the blog.

Squirrels, Jet Packs – Up Next

Let’s do jet packs first, since that’s alphabetical.

I’m posting interesting science stories and videos all the time to my Facebook page. Here’s another jet pack for you.

But I’m also a sucker for cute animals, like the following squirrel.

My Undead Mother-in-law has squirrels and jet packs–can you imagine? If you can connect the two together, I’ll give you a free copy. Just write me an email here.

Are you ready for another squirrel excerpt? This one comes from My Undead Mother-in-law.

“I wonder if the zombiism causes increased violence in

people? It certainly does for turkeys and squirrels. Did you

read the story about the zombie squirrel killing a hawk?”

“No! What happened?”

“The hawk nabbed the squirrel, as hawks normally do, but

in midair, the squirrel revived, ripped open the hawk’s belly,

bit off its leg, and fell a hundred feet to the ground, where it

scampered away unharmed. It was captured on drone video.

My Undead Mother-in-law

Finally, Nanobots

Nanobots! Beloved of science fiction writers everywhere. They can do about anything you can imagine. But what about real nanobots?

Guess what? I wrote nanobots into Paranormal Privateers. Here’s the first excerpt about them.

“They sent this saucer and picked me up. They made

some biological changes to my body through nanobots, so

I have perfect health and regeneration capabilities. Then

they spent months training me to speak and represent

them to the American people.”

From Paranormal Privateers

I’ll close for now with links to the three novels I mentioned if you’re interested. Two of the links give you free audiobook samples. But you can listen to all my books are on Audible or Amazon.

Summertime Science Fiction
Listen to an audiobook excerpt by clicking here.
Hello Books My Undead Mother-in-law
My Undead Mother-in-law cover. Click to get yours.
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Your latest science news and book reviews

Your latest science news and book reviews are right here! Hot off the internet, let’s start with the world’s fastest animal. It’s not the cheetah. Or peregrine falcon. It’s . . .

But that’s only the first science video. I’ve got more. But first a word from our sponsor . . .

That’s right. Zombie Turkeys are sponsoring this post. Oh, and I’ve got this great new review of Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse, coming up next.

latest science news
Oops! Click to get yours.

Your Latest Book Review Follows

You’d think after three oddball novels, Zombie Turkeys (How an Unknown Blogger Fought Unkillable Turkeys), My Undead Mother-In-Law (The Family Zombie with Anger Management Issues), and Paranormal Privateers, that Andy Zach would have exhausted all the comic possibilities in his world of killer zombie turkeys and superhero zombie human.

You’d be wrong.  How about flying zombie pickles? Zombie zucchini? Zombie caterpillars? (How can you tell a zombie caterpillar from a normal one? Andy Zach can tell you.) 

How about being injected with zombie blood which can cure any ill, regrow any lost limb, and be quickly cured with a widely available antidote? Who needs insurance with that sort of help?     How about organizing a zombie worker union at Amazon when zombies can outperform robots? And suggest the story is based on two real people, Anthony and Ravan Jones who contribute the foreword to the book?  Or zombie residents of a nursing home taking over the place?

But all this silliness is just part of what Andy Zach has collected in Oops.  He has included other short stories by other authors like “The Story of Sound” by Olivia Smith and his own “A Phoenix Tale”   before diving into his zombie world. Then he offers a batch of stories based on his other book series featuring disabled  middle-schoolers who become superheroes,  the Secret Supers. Oh yea, there are the aliens who first appeared in Paranormal Privateers who are defeated by zombies working for the U.S. Government.  The aliens can provide you legal assistance in the form of a sexy avatar who looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 

From Dr. Wesley Britton on Book Pleasures

Your latest science news and book reviews Part 2

But all this silliness is just part of what Andy Zach has collected in Oops.  He has included other short stories by other authors like “The Story of Sound” by Olivia Smith and his own “A Phoenix Tale”   before diving into his zombie world. Then he offers a batch of stories based on his other book series featuring disabled  middle-schoolers who become superheroes,  the Secret Supers. Oh yea, there are the aliens who first appeared in Paranormal Privateers who are defeated by zombies working for the U.S. Government.  The aliens can provide you legal assistance in the form of a sexy avatar who looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 

If you’re getting the impression that one Mr. Andy Zach has a wide and wild imagination, you are on the right track. One obvious audience for his quirky tales is the YA readership, especially for all the contemporary references like video gaming and computer lingo. But even grumpy old sixty-somethings like me can have a lot of fun with Andy’s characters, scenarios, and plots. I’m still laughing at the image of migrating flying zombie pickles.  Hard to get more original, unique, or surprising than Zach’s “Life After Life” series. Have some fun with Andy Zach in 2020!

From Dr. Wesley Britton on Book Pleasures

More Science News for You

I have to include this article about the latest SpaceX booster, SN8. It looks just like rocketships from 50s science fiction.

My CFO finds a great article.

Posted by Andy Zach on Monday, September 14, 2020

Here’s another post on this rocket, including a video.

Space technology marches on! Who’s with me on the first commercial trip to the Moon?

Posted by Andy Zach on Sunday, September 6, 2020

Now for something completely different. The scientific history of the highest jump.

So what science article, video, or review did you like best? Let me know and I’ll give you more in my next post.

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Hello Books, Bye-bye August! Get Free Books Here

Hello Books! I’ll have six books for sale on Saturday at Quadcon in the Northwoods Mall in Peoria.

If you can’t make it to Peoria, you can get them directly from me here:

Life After Life Chronicles
Enjoy all four novels in audiobook, paperback, or Kindle format!

This is the Life After Life Chronicles, a humorous zombie parody. You can also read the Secret Supers series, now two books. The first one is next:

Hello Books Science or Science Fiction
Click to listen to free sample of Secret Supers.

Then the second book in the series follows.

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Villain’s Vacation cover. Click to get your copy on Kindle or paperback.

But your big promotion, your 26 free paranormal and suspense books, comes next.

This giveaway of 26 free Paranormal Suspense books includes My Undead Mother-in-law. Be sure to read this amazing review on Goodreads:

Hello Books My Undead Mother-in-law
My Undead Mother-in-law cover. Click to get yours.

Hello Books – My Undead Mother-in-law

My Undead Mother-in-law (Life After Life Chronicles, #2)
by Andy Zach (Goodreads Author)
Rebecca McNutt‘s review Aug 27, 2020
really liked it

bookshelves: fictionzombiecomedyhumorunited-statesscience-fictionhorror

My Undead Mother-in-law is my second experience reading a book in the “Life After Life Chronicles” (although I’d say it could also hold up as a standalone book for newcoming readers), and it doesn’t disappoint. Here we get a witty, clever dip into modern Americana as the zombies from Book 1 are no longer contained to just one species. As it turns out, the human zombies in this one aren’t your typical bumbling, easily-destroyed zombies akin to something of George Romero’s, paving the way for plenty of unexpected, and often hilarious surprises.

The book mainly follows the increasingly unpredictable life of the Newby Family; mother-in-law Diane Newby has become a zombie purely by mistake, but she hasn’t let it stand in the way of living a full, productive life, even using this newfound malady to her advantage. After all, it comes with many perks that can’t be denied. Diane uses her zombification to try and make a difference in the world around her, while also fighting the discrimination and fear generated by those who are anti-zombie in society. With little to stand in her way but an ever-changing world always making situations beyond crazy, there’s a lot of room for fun and family in My Undead Mother-in-law. (more at site)

Rebecca McNutt’s review on Goodreads

You must note the giveaway ends on August 31st, so click on the image above or here.

Let me know what you think of the giveaway. Click here to send me a note. You can write me for any reason.