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My 5 Best SciFi Story Ideas for You. Plus . . .

My 5 Best SciFi Story Ideas from science articles I’ve found around the internet. Let’s start with number one.

A quick summary of the previous story: The WannaCry worm came close to crashing the internet. It was only stopped by the quick thinking and hard work of two cybersecurity specialists.

How would you write a SciFi story off this? What would happen if the whole world used virtual reality and hackers attacked that? Reply with your best ideas and I’ll give each of you a short story.

This video is kind of science-fictiony, but more of a cautionary tale is what can go wrong with high-risk rocketry.

5 Best SciFi Story Ideas – Your Next Idea

What if? That’s the essence of writing science fiction. What if the moon program hadn’t been cancelled by a budget conscious Congress? What if we discovered something that changed human history? Again, comments to this blog post or email replies will get a free short story from me

Along with writing stories comes editing. Editing separates the lemons from the melons.

Your Third Science Fiction Seed

Here, I present to you a scifi take on pterodactyls.

Would you like pterodactyls flying around? Would you hunt them?

Then, speaking of things that fly, you have this unique video.

Your Fourth Science Fiction Inspiration

Where can you go with an AI poker player? Clean out Las Vegas? Or take over Las Vegas? Or flee assassins seeking to kill you?

Then you can get this science fiction short story I wrote, based upon a jar of pickles. And so much more.

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Gravity lensing. Now used for astronomy. Could it be used for space travel? Teleportation? The sky’s the limit! No, your imagination is all that limits you.

No scientific article or paper is complete without a pie chart. So here it is.

Thanks for reading to the end of the blog! Laugh through my first novel, Zombie Turkeys for free by clicking this following cover.

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Sam Melvin, an underachieving e-reporter from a small town, changes forever when he meets turkeys that won’t stay dead. You can shoot ’em, chop ’em, burn ’em—they come back stronger. The undead plague of poultry spreads uncontrollably, rocking the whole country. As Sam tracks down the zombie turkeys and how to eradicate them, his editor, Lisa Kambacher, nags him to turn his stories and expenses in on time. During their years of working together, Lisa has mellowed into an irascible pinchpenny.

Lisa snipes at Sam for plebeian writing but uses her intelligence to pursue the lucrative carnivorous turkey story. Sam and Lisa ricochet across the landscape, tracking turkeys and fleeing the bloodthirsty hordes. Careening from shell-shocked grocery store owners fighting turkeys crawling out of refrigerators, to machine-gunning turkey farmers, to secret militia, Sam and Lisa doggedly report. Throughout the turkey apocalypse, they dare ravaged cities, plow knee deep in gore and corpses, and upload streams of zombie turkey video news to the world.

Paranoid militias clashing with the federal government forces and unkillable turkeys make Sam and Lisa doubt their ability to survive. Sam and Lisa have no superpowers. If you have a heart condition or lack humor, you should not read Zombie Turkeys, no matter how much you want to find out what happens.

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Zombie Turkeys Review

Rik Ty

4.0 out of 5 stars

Miss Goosebumps? Have Fun With Zombie Turkeys!

July 17, 2018

What was most surprising to me about Andy Zach’s Zombie Turkeys? – that is qualified as an actual adventure story! I wasn’t expecting that. About a quarter way in, when a young reporter gets the assignment to follow a swarm of 10,000 rampaging turkeys into a stretch of unfamiliar woodlands, it actually grabbed my attention while I was driving, and I was scared for the reporter (even without the zombie element, 10.000 turkeys is a LOT, and being a reporter is no protection against 10,000 wild animals).

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6 Great Items Scoured From the Internet

6 Great Items I found on the internet. You’ll find fantastic photos, some funny videos, some amazing news stories. Tell me your favorite and win a free ebooks.

My first item is a supernatural photo. Or is it? In any event, it’s great inspiration for a story. What story would you expect to read from this photo? Let me know and get a free short story!

Your next fun item is a YouTube video. Have you seen this before?

Does the Coyote get the Roadrunner?

Reply with your best suggestion on how the Coyote can catch the Roadrunner. Then I’ll send each response a free short story from my upcoming anthology.

6 Great Items – Your Third Delight

Then you have this a news story about bacteriophages. What are those? A virus that attacks bacteria. I only know because I researched them for my third novel, Paranormal Privateers. Here we have news catching up with my novel.

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Zombies charge first, ask questions later.

Middle-aged, overweight, and undead, Diane Newby leads the paranormal privateers against criminals and corruption. Sailing to trouble spots too sensitive for the US government, with zombie strength and regeneration they beat bullies into submission. Aided by zombie turkeys, corgis, and bulls, vicious criminal geniuses fall before them. If Diane gets overwhelmed her lovely zombie bodyguards and romantic zombie husband come to the rescue.

Out of the blue, new foes appear. Or are they friends? Or both? The frenemies neutralize zombies and orchestrate world peace. They disrupt the economy and produce fabulous wealth. Even the greatest criminals and governments can’t stop them from dominating the world.

Can humanity afford the price of peace? All must surrender freedom to a not-so-benign dictatorship. Diane and the paranormal privateers must do the unthinkable to save humanity. But is it enough?

In an explosive and unconventional ending to Andy Zach’s Life After Life Chronicles, you will learn what happens when the paranormal privateers meet the world’s greatest fear. And you will laugh all the way.

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6 Great Items – Your Amazing Fourth

This next item will amaze you twice. First, it shows a murmuration, a flock of birds moving together in an unbelievable fashion. Second, I give you a copy of my short story ‘In A Pickle’ were I describe a very unusual murmuration.

The Fifth Item – A Mystery

Why? Why after 50 years did a dead satellite start working again? Give me a correct answer and I’ll give you ALL my books! It’s a real news story.

The Last and Hottest Thing on Internet

Just so you don’t think I’m too predictable, here’s something different.

Bonus Link! Pure Inspiration!

My most recent novel tells the tale of four disabled seventh graders who become superheroes. I found this video of professional violinists stunned by the amazing talent of disabled violinists.

And here you can read Secret Supers. Follow the link below.

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4 Writing Hooks – Which Is Best? Tell Me and Win

4 Writing Hooks – where do I get them? From my books. What are they?

The first hook, for Zombie Turkeys, from the first page:

Chapter 1
Bartonville
 
He felt different. More energetic, more alive. He bred with female after female in his flock without tiring. He stayed awake through the night. He feared no predator.
Then a turkey hunter shot him.

Zombie Turkeys, by Andy Zach
4 Writing Hooks
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Why 4 Writing Hooks?

Why not? I don’t think I’ve shared my 4 Writing Hooks for my 4 books. And also, I read this article.

Did you read that? The best answer gets a free book from me. Respond to my Facebook post, or this blog post, or email me.

The Second Hook



Chapter 1 – Gary



“You know I love your mother. But your mother’s a zombie. Who wants to see one zombie, let alone four of them?”
“Now that’s not fair. Mom and Dad have adjusted to their zombiism very well. Mom still volunteers at church and bakes cookies and pies for the bake sales. Dad still works as an accountant at GM. There’s nothing to worry about!”

From My Undead Mother-in-law by Andy Zach
4 Best Hooks
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So, which hook did you like best? Or do you have another one from another author? If you do, I’ll post it/them here in my next blog.

The Third Hook of 4 Writing Hooks


Chapter 1 – Somalia
Dirac sighed with relief when the US flag came down and the surrender flag went up on the mast of the titanic luxury yacht. He didn’t mind firing rounds from his AK-47 over their heads, but he hated killing people. He knew they were only infidels, but they were still people.

From Paranormal Privateers, by Andy Zach
4 Best Hooks
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Okay, this hook is quite different. Do you still want to read what happens next? If you do, that’s a good hook.

The Last of 4 Writing Hooks


“Dear diary,” Jeremy Gentle dictated into his app on his tablet in his bedroom. “Today, I became a superhero.” Jeremy stopped, uncertain. Was that the best way to start his journal? Might as well just tell the story. He needed to sleep. He had a big algebra test tomorrow at Maryville Middle School.

From Secret Supers, by Andy Zach
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And there you have it. My four book hooks. You can follow the links and get the one you like, or I’ll give you a free book in exchange for a review. Just let me know here.


Some Reviews

Short or long, I love them all. Good or bad, I want more to be had.


Zombie Turkeys

4.0 out of 5 stars

The handprint turkey on the cover is your first clue.
August 26, 2017


Let me start by saying that “Andy Zach” has an unusual sense of humor (or possibly has escaped from a lunatic asylum and is living under an assumed name). I invite you to check out his Amazon author page and read the bio. He’s gone all in on this zombie expert thing (since his parents were zombies) and states that he reanimated dead animals as a child for a science fair. He also currently raises phoenixes as a hobby. One more thing before starting on the story. What is that ‘thing’ on his head in his author picture?

From Amazon, by author Les Lynam

My Undead Mother-in-law




4.0 out of 5 stars

Not your standard zombie tale
December 28, 2018
When I started to read this book, I was leery. As far as I know, I’m less interested in zombies than anyone on the planet. How could I give a reasonable review? Turns out, it wasn’t hard at all. I’ve said before and it turned out to be true here that, if you have a ridiculous premise that’s hard to swallow, run with it, normalize it, and readers /viewers will eventually accept. And it worked. The original premise of cognizant, virtually indestructible zombies was lobbed and backed until I was a believer, actively rooting for zombies. Plenty of (bloodier than average) action, some smiling, if not guffaw humor, a nice fulfilling story arc in an easy readable length made for a fun book (if bloody action doesn’t bother you) with charm that didn’t take itself to seriously but still capable of many a tender and touching moments.

From Amazon, by author Stephanie Barr

Paranormal Privateers



4.0 out of 5 stars

Different tilt on a zombie series
December 6, 2018
I have read the whole series and enjoyed it. I did not find myself staying g up all night to finish or rushing home to read. That was probably a good thing as then If I had I’d of been cranky and over sleep for work. Never a pretty sight as I am not a morning person anyway. I liked the book for the unusual perspectives and storyline. If I spot about her book from this author O would definitely give it a try.

From Amazon by Rudolph Wittmer

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