Paleontology - by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2020-08-13 | When the unexpected happens, the secret rulers of the world rely on capable "fixers" like Major Kyle Scholl.If you enjoy my stories, check out my books on Amazon...amazon.com/Jerry-Guern/e/B0732DF79SBackground photo from Wikimedia Commons.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moulage_de_fossile_humain_du_Val_d%27Oise.jpg
No Moon To Pray To is now available on Audible! Jerrys Stories 2021-02-25 | Thank you to everyone who prodded me to do this!Here is the link to Audible:audible.com/pd/B08X1B1J4M/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-239081&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_239081_rh_usOr if you prefer reading paperbacks or Kindle:amazon.com/No-Moon-Pray-Jerry-Guern/dp/1521513759
DREAMING by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2020-11-19 | "...watching over her daughter ships while they dreamed..."So excited about this! I've wanted for years to hear one of my stories performed as a play. This is adapted from a story of the same title from "Purple Dreams". Enjoy!If this story gets you thinkin' about the plausibility of bioships, you might enjoy the SFIA episode "Space Whales and Bioships" -- which it just so happens I cowrote! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYEUKRHGgAgWere you mesmerized by Ilam's gentle yet commanding voice? Check out Erika's IMDB page and demo reels. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6611043Big thanks to Cherie Peacock for her many pointers on directing and for filling in when one of the original cast was, ironically, too sick to play Meran. Cherie teaches Shakespeare and Classic Literature to homeschoolers, these days over Zoom. http://www.theshakespeareacademy.comAnd special thanks to my lifelong friend, Mammal Trainer Janet Canfield. It was a conversation with her long ago at the San Diego Zoo that inspired the incident with the hlarbec.If you'd like to read more of my stories, check out my novel and my short story collection on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Guern/e/B0732DF79S
CHALK by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2020-06-17 | In Neolithic Britannia, a sorcerer receives an important visitor.Read more of the stranger's journey in "No Moon To Pray To"amazon.com/No-Moon-Pray-Jerry-Guern-ebook/dp/B072N9KRCNListen to the Prologue of NMTP on my channelyoutube.com/watch?v=_3hn9FdNtZ4Check out my short short story collection, "Purple Dreams"amazon.com/Purple-Dreams-sci-fi-fantasy-collection-ebook/dp/B07TPBJSXFMany cultures around the world have myths of wild, giant, brawny man-like apes or ape-like men who live in remote cold places. I sincerely believe those myths were inspired at least in part by encounters with Neanderthals.
PROCUREMENT by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2019-11-07 | This story is a work of fiction, for entertainment purposes only. Capturing supernatural creatures is extremely dangerous and should not be attempted by other than trained and certified professionals. Transportation of supernatural creatures across international borders for any non-government purpose is prohibited by all World Trade Organization member nations and within all United Nations protectorates. The private sale of supernatural creatures is strictly prohibited by all WTO member nations except the Czech Republic. Deliberate infection of any human being with the vampiric curse carries severe criminal and civil penalties in all nations except Cameroon and the United States.Read more about Ottonius of Riga, Sister Michelle's ancestry, and the historic occult procurement trade in my novel "No Moon To Pray To" and in my short story collection "Purple Dreams":amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B0732DF79S?Background image credit: pixnio.comEnd image credit: stonehengetours.com
PURPOSE by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2019-08-30 | "For all but a precious few of us, suffering is prerequisite to compassion..."My shortest and most personal short story. Enjoy and please share.Snowy forest background:Ales Kladnik from Ljubljana, Slovenia [CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]
No Moon To Pray To, Prologue Jerrys Stories 2019-08-24 | "His skin hung from his body in bleeding tatters..."Enjoy the Prologue to my medieval horror/fantasy novel, "No Moon To Pray To", available on Amazon and Audible!amazon.com/No-Moon-Pray-Jerry-Guern-ebook/dp/B072N9KRCNNot an Audible member? Sign up at this link to support the channel:audible.com/pd/B08X1B1J4M/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-239081&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_239081_rh_usListen or read about the Stranger's earlier adventures in my short story "Chalk"youtube.com/watch?v=q5lR8Gg_HIUamazon.com/Purple-Dreams-sci-fi-fantasy-collection-ebook/dp/B07TPBJSXF
PENANCE by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2019-08-15 | Well, I got a great response from my first story vid, so as promised I'm posting more!"Purple Dreams" is available on Amazon:amazon.com/Purple-Dreams-sci-fi-fantasy-collection-ebook/dp/B07TPBJSXFAnd so is my novel, "No Moon To Pray To":amazon.com/No-Moon-Pray-Jerry-Guern-ebook/dp/B072N9KRCNIf you enjoyed the story, please share!Footprints pic by Jörgen Eriksson [CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]Book cover art by Ron Loganthedesignguru@cox.netSound editing by... ME! Seriously, I had to learn to how for video, because I never did that before, and my friend helped me with the first one because I really didn't think I was going to do a second video -- but how could I say no to you guys?
Momentum by Jerry Guern Jerrys Stories 2019-07-06 | "The entire tribe knew, even before they joined tentacles around the speaking rock, what the Chief was going to announce..."Much thanks to Isaac Arthur for talking me into adapting this story into a video, and more thanks on top of that for helping me figure out video-making. Now I'm trying to talk him into making "Isaac's Advice on Starting a YouTube Channel"!Click this Amazon link and the free Look Inside to read "Dreaming", my story about a coterie of sentient bioships making their voyage to freedom.amazon.com/dp/B07TPBJSXFAlso check out my fantasy/horror novel, "No Moon To Pray To" amazon.com/dp/B072N9KRCNThanks for listening, and watch out for sharks!Sound Engineer: William Wilson
