Welcome to Grey Cat Press


Welcome to Grey Cat Press.  These are exciting times in the publishing industry.  With so many new devices and applications able to view media directly from the internet, today’s consumers need not wait on traditional distribution channels for their entertainment.  New stories and adventures are only the touch of a button away. Grey Cat Press was born with this in mind.

Our titles include short stories from a small core of authors in e-book format. We will be publishing short story collections and novels in trade paper format at a future date. Release announcements will be posted below. Feel free to browse our site, and please visit our author pages for samples and purchase information.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Announcements

Crash Cogburn

Wow, do we like this idea. Do you know how your television set works? Do you know why it works, or do you just plug it into the wall and turn it on? How about that computer you’re sitting behind, or even a simple box of matches? Maybe you’re having a hard time explaining it to me beause science doesn’t really exist. Maybe it really is magic, after all…

Crash Cogburn

“Magic is real. Science is the lie.”

For centuries, the sorceress once known as Morgan le Fey secretly cultivates the spark of magic in humans, but always slowly and always hidden beneath a word of her own creation—”science.” Should those who feed upon mystic energy learn of her deception, they would return to devastate the Earth.

Now, thanks to the computer boom and the Age of Technological Wonders, the secret is out. Morgan must prepare her troops to meet the threat, but can a bunch of kids trained to use magic in Virtual Reality video games accept the new realities of magic and science in time to defeat a medieval menace bent on destroying the planet? For one clumsy teen, the answer may be a resounding “no.”

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Novels

Ten Tales from the Bookshelf, Volume Two

We finally pried Richard Alan Dickson away from his current novel project long enough to continue with his experiment in the Ten Tales from the Bookshelf series.

As you may recall, this series gathers science fiction and fantasy stories from his bookshelf in no particular order, and with no particular theme. The first ten stories on the top of the pile go into the first volume, the next ten into the second, and so forth. It’s a grab bag, of sorts, but we’re starting to notice that each seems to have that same quirky voice.

We present to you the second in the series.


 

Ten Tales from the Bookshelf, Volume Two

A collection of ten fantasy and science fiction short stories, including:

Cat Patrol Delta, Episode #2: Cracking the Iceberg
The Best First Date Ever
For Sale: One Planet, Gently Used
The Crimson Teardrop
The Hag’s Handbook to the Tastiest Trick-or-Treaters
The Lucky Charm
No Guts, No Glory
The Hag’s Handbook to a Trouble-Free Thanksgiving Tot-Roast
Road Rage
Hank the Happy Snowman

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Collections

Hank the Happy Snowman

It snowed in Seattle a short time ago, or so Richard Alan Dickson claims. He further claims that as he walked down the street enjoying that snow, an old pickup truck sailed past him with the hint of a snowman riding around in the back. Richard assures us that the kernal for the story was not one of his own making… but we’re not so convinced. After all, we’ve seen some pretty quirky stories from him before.

This one is for the happy little kid in all of us, offered free for a time at your favorite e-bookstore. Follow the links to Richard’s fiction page for the details.

Hank the Happy Snowman

Hank the Happy Snowman sails down the street in the back of a beat-up pickup truck. With his new foam finger waving in the wind, he can finally point out all the super winter sights he sees. He can finally wave to all the happy people he passes…

But when the pickup hits a rut and his new foam finger topples out of the truck, Hank’s happy winter threatens to take a very unhappy turn for the worse.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Short Fiction

Mister Majestor: Demon Crown

This is the second novel in the Mister Majestor series. Perry Ellison is back and once again in trouble. Teenagers. When will they learn that it’s never a good idea to follow the advice of a talking cat, or to go anywhere near a very nasty demon lord?

Mister Majestor: Demon Crown

A call from the Dragon of Destiny warns that Ba’al seeks the Demon Crown. With the long-hidden weapon, the demon lord would reunite the demons, destroy Order, and return the universe to the Chaos from which it was made. Perry Ellison’s talking cat thinks this might make for one very bad day. Perry agrees.

Perry sets out to beat Ba’al to the crown, but with the dragons suddenly against the plan and the trail leading into the demon realm, Perry’s mission to prove himself takes a sinister turn. Heroes don’t back down, however, and neither will he…

After all, what possible harm could ever come from trying to thwart a demon lord’s diabolical plans?

“Demon Crown: the ultimate weapon, hidden away for all time.”

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Novels

The Man in the Paper Mache Hat

This is a classic redemption story, presented by Tor Richardson. When we asked, he explained that this story was written as a challenge from a very well known collection of professional writers. (He told us the names, but wouldn’t let us tell you. Sorry. Suffice it to say that we were impressed.) Apparently, they’d all been hanging out on the west coast watching the sun go down and decided to write stories to share with the group for the next sunset. (Hey, they’re writers. Need we explain more? Creating story at the drop of a hat is what they do.)

The Man in the Paper Mache Hat

A robbery gone wrong leaves the bank tellers safe behind their bullet-proof glass and one very angry robber in the lobby with his hostages. For one of those hostages, an old man in a paper mache hat, the afternoon is about to turn deadly.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Short Fiction

Workshop Stories, Volume One

Here’s another 5-story collection from Richard Alan Dickson. With this series of collections, we’ll be publishing stories that were either written in profession-level writer workshops, or those that were written under the same conditions. Those workshops exist on a whole different planet from the ones your English teacher made you attend. In those workshops, professionals are taught that good stories are good stories, regardless of how much or how little time they took to write. With this series, we hope to show you what we mean.

Workshop Stories, Volume One

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but we meet in Oregon. When authors gather and dare each other to write, story happens. Once, those stories served that purpose and faded away, but now you can read them too. This volume includes the following short stories:

Devil Dogs
The Hag’s Handbook to the Tastiest Trick-or-Treaters
The Best First Date Ever
Hank the Happy Snowman
For Sale: One Planet, Gently Used.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Collections

Diver Down!

When Richard Alan Dickson told us he’d written a young adult adventure novel that combined teen rebellion, scuba diving, and flying, we smiled. Since he’s been a private pilot for the last dozen years and a Scuba Divemaster for twenty-five, we knew that he’d know his stuff. He always writes an entertaining tale. This time, he might have outdone himself.

Diver Down!

“Two demanding parents, two desperate killers, and one very good reason to dive the dangerous waters in search of sunken treasure.”

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Running from his parents’ idea of what’s best—Boston’s finest university and a career in some stuffy office on Wall Street—Gilman Adams escapes to an island in the Pacific Northwest and the carefree life of a scuba-diving rebel. But living off the land isn’t easy without money, and life is seldom carefree whenever girls get involved.

Gil’s one salvation may lie in a pair of silver coins that could lead him to a sunken Spanish treasure ship — a treasure ship the history books insist does not exist. But Gil won’t let a trivial thing like history stand in the way of sunken treasure…

And neither will the two killers who will stop at nothing to find it.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Novels

The Hag’s Handbook to a Trouble-Free Thanksgiving Tot-Roast

Uh, oh. The Hag is back. This time, she advises her fellow Hags in matters of the proper Thanksgiving feast. Fortunately for us, she doesn’t live in our neighborhood…

The Hag’s Handbook to a Trouble-Free Thanksgiving Tot-Roast

How many times have you sat at a Thanksgiving feast, disappointed to find a turkey steaming away on your plate? How many times have you dreamed of tot-roast, instead? How many times have you wished you had the courage to conquer your fears and reach for that one traditional diet enjoyed by hags since the beginning of time?

I’m Helgretta the Hag. Pick up the phone. I’ll show you the way.

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Short Fiction

The Last Great Case of the Sunny Hills Detective Agency

This is a cute little tale of a pair of brothers grounded for a crime they did not commit. Of course, as Richard pointed out to us, grounding a child today might be much harder than it once was. Where would you ground them? Their room? How many of the hundreds of entertainment devices would you need to confiscate before it became an effective punishment?

There is still the fresh air and sunshine outside, however; and for today’s kids, being banished from their rooms might be the strictest form of punishment of them all.

The Last Great Case of the Sunny Hills Detective Agency

Jim and Jon Bruce enjoy a summer break filled with television, music, videos, and online gaming in their darkened bedroom sanctuary. It’s the best summer ever… until they take a bogus rap for a brush fire.

Grounded and banished from their room, they brave a world of fresh air and sunshine in search of clues to the true culprits. But as they entertain each other by narrating their adventure, more cases pop up—cases that soon roll into one Great Case with but one critical question:

Can Jim and Jon pull together to get the jump on the bad guys, or will they remain banished from their room forever?

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Publisher, February 3rd 2012 | Posted in Novels
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