BOOK GIVEAWAY:

This is my universe, and you’re welcome to enter it — at no charge!

Goodreads and Amazon.com will be giving away 25 copies of my book Stitches in Time – A Trilogy. The promotion period begins at 12 AM on August 26th and ends at 12 midnight on September 24, 2024 or until all books are given away.

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This is a true giveaway promotion.  We provide the book as well as shipping and handling at no cost to you.

Why would we do this?

We want more people to read Stitches in Time, and post reviews on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Goodreads — or maybe even mention it in social media. Stitches in Time began on a crowded Dallas freeway in 1978 — and ended with the April 2, 2024 publication of the trilogy through Planet Logic Press.

RELATED:  Stitches in Time: A Trilogy – Now Available from Planet Logic Press 

I got the idea for the first story from the way cars move in drivetime traffic – one car-length at a time.  What if time moved that way as well?  From that, I wrote a short story, followed by two longer sequels.  The first story appeared in Amazing Stories in 1980.  This book marks the first appearance of the other two tales.  It’s best to read them in order, since some of the characters cross over.

The stories center around a strange computer program that can manipulate time and connect our world to other realities. 

In the first story, Tony Sutton, who is supposed to be dead, makes an appearance in the city and turns out to be a test case for Professor William Girard.  The doctor has utilized his technology to bring his deceased son to our world from another timeline — but will the experiment succeed?

In the second story, David Brothers finds himself transported to an alternate world, and lands on death row for murder.  Can he escape in time to save the planet from nuclear destruction?  And can he restore the now-defunct United States of America?

In the third story, Earth has been rendered unlivable by a war with an alien race.  On the way to the earth-like planet Karellus, two Space Force captains search for Girard’s long-lost technology.  If they find it, can they search for a new Earth?

It’s all here in Stitches in Time – A Trilogy, and yours free if you’re one of the first 25 people to claim a free copy.  And don’t forget to write and post a review!

If you miss out on the giveaway, you can always order from online bookstores like Amazon.  Or, if you’d like a signed copy, you can order from my Square site:

Order books direct from me at https://PlanetLogicPress.Square.Site.

Check out my author’s page at https://www.Amazon.com/author/lynnwoolley.

Here is my listing for speculative fiction.

Thanks for entering the contest, and thanks for supporting local writers!

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The three fiction books by Lynn Woolley

This is a special offer those who have Venmo. From now through next weekend, I’m offering copies of my three fiction books at my cost. Offer ends Sunday, July 28.

Book #1: The Clock Tower & Other Stories

Book #2: Darker Secrets

Book #3: Stitches in Time (A Trilogy)

Prices include sales tax and shipping.

This is a two step process:

Step 1: Email me at lwoolley9189@gmail.com and specify which books you want and if you want them signed. Include your mailing address.

Step 2: Venmo the amount of the sale to me. My Venmo handle is @LynnWoolley. Please enter “Offer” in the memo field.

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RELATED: Stitches in Time: A Trilogy – Now Available from Planet Logic Press

Special one-time offer prices:

1 book – $12

2 books – $19

3 books – $25

Thank you! And please leave a review on Amazon once you’ve read the books!

Lynn Woolley is a Texas-based author, broadcaster, and songwriter.  Follow his podcast at https://www.PlanetLogic.us. 

 

 

 

Check out his author’s page at https://www.Amazon.com/author/lynnwoolley. 

 

Order books direct from Lynn at https://PlanetLogicPress.Square.Site. 

 

Email Lynn at lwoolley9189@gmail.com.

 

 

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There would be no Biden presidency, and therefore no fear of a vice president Kamala Harris becoming Leader of the Free World.

The cost of gasoline and groceries would not be skyrocketing, and inflation would still be at about 1 point 4 percent.  Most important, in a second Trump term, it’s doubtful that Putin invades Ukraine or that Hamas attacks Israel.

CNN might have imploded by now, and Mike Pence might soon be taking the oath of office.

Random Samplings is brought to you by the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Alternate histories are fun, and they can be informative! 

Cover image: “The Texas Israeli War: 1999” by Jake Saunders and Howard Waldrop. (Fair use)

Back in 1974, a friend of mine, Jake “Buddy” Saunders and the late Howard Waldrop published a novel entitled “The Texas-Israeli War: 1999.”  As the story goes, the nations had signed a big non-proliferation treaty, and the world subsequently went to hell.  An independent Texas ends up fighting Israeli mercenary forces that are trying to rescue the kidnapped President of the United States in return for land for an over-populated Israel.

A current television series streaming on Apple is called “For All Mankind.”  It’s the story of what might have happened if Russia had landed on the moon first.  In the series, NASA has to step it up because the Russians may be looking to establish a lunar military base.  In this version of the future, the moon becomes everything – especially after the Russians send a female cosmonaut on a moon mission.

In my own new book, “Stitches in Time: A Trilogy,” the second story, “Rules of Ascension,” concerns a world with one big difference:  Franklin Delano Roosevelt never had polio.  That meant that he remained president for essentially the rest of his life, and he was able to establish a form of world peace following the end of World War II.  But peace turns out to be less than ideal in this alternate universe.

I call it a “divergence” – something that might be insignificant, but turns out not to be.

In “The Texas-Israeli War: 1999,” the divergence appears to be the treaty and nukes that result in the world going up in flames (except for Israel).  In “For All Mankind,” it’s the United States losing the race to get to the moon and how that affected NASA.  In “Rules of Ascension,” it’s the idea of Roosevelt living long enough to drop bombs – not on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but on Tokyo and Moscow, and then having the world bending to his will.

The divergence in the real world appears to be COVID-19 pandemic.

Without it, the Democrats can’t unleash Dr. Fauci on the country.  They can’t use the pandemic to illegally alter rules and laws related to voting.  They can’t shut down businesses and public schools.  They can’t force you to wear a mask or take the jab.  They can’t blame everything that happened during the pandemic on trump.

The pandemic was the “X” factor that changed the course of history in the United States and in the world.  Think of this:  without it, millions of people would have lived because they would never have contracted the Wuhan Flu.  Any one of those people (or their unborn children) might have been a mass murderer or a world leader at some point.  You never know.

But we know what actually did take place. 

Biden was elected, fair and square or not, and he undid virtually all the good things that Trump had accomplished.  He pandered to Iran again, projected weakness to Xi in China, and presided over the worst U.S. military blunder of all time:  the Afghanistan Withdrawal.  He used January 6, the breach of the U.S. Capitol, to put hundreds of political opponents in prison.

But in the alternate history, there would be no January 6 and no lawfare against Trump.  Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, and Leticia James would be unknown local political figures.  My own opinion is that Putin would never have invaded Ukraine, and Hamas would not have perpetrated their own 9/11 against Israel on October 7, 2023.

In the alternate history, Republicans and Democrats would still be fighting, but with Trump term-limited after 8 years, we’d soon be back to regular professional politicians running the country as before.  I don’t think the world would be on fire as it is now.  And as it was in 1999 when Texas went to war with Israel – in an alternate history.

Lynn Woolley is a Texas-based author, broadcaster, and songwriter.  Follow his podcast at https://www.PlanetLogic.us.  Check out his author’s page at https://www.Amazon.com/author/lynnwoolley. 

Order books direct from Lynn at https://PlanetLogicPress.Square.Site. 

Email Lynn at lwoolley9189@gmail.com.

In this book, Joe Biden never existed. 

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