Omachuck: Blog

I had a question from one of the SOL authors who is only an occasional Swarm Cycle reader. "Who or What are the Cosca?" - referenced in the sourdough's recent post Make Me A Sergeant. (Which BTW is now also listed in the Swarm Cycle Universe.)

Below is my response, which is a reasonably accurate summary:

Three of the off-shoot Swarm stories were about the Mafia (Cosca) stealing the technology to build their own star ship and super computer. They establish their own colony and go out and battle with the Sa'arm. The Confederacy is afraid of the rogue humans loose in space, so giving the technology to the Cosca was a big no-no.

The Cosca stories also deal with the Roman Catholic Church's decisions on Polygamous marriages and priests marrying. Interesting take.

I enjoyed Quantum Mechanic's stories. They can be found at:

https://storiesonline.net/a/Quantum_Mechanic

Make Me a Sergeant by sourdough was just posted. Funny as hell. If you are a Swarm fan, don't miss it.

I read Anne N. Mouse's blog about feedback loops. Then in the random stories, up pops one by Invid Fan, who died three years ago. Dyngus Day is the third in his Nowy Poland series. https://storiesonline.net/series/1060/the-saga-of-nowy-poland Under the latest SOL rating system, that was his most read (130,000 plus downloads per story) and his highest rated series. Dyngus Day was rated lower than the first two stories (the others all rated near eight or higher.)

Because he isn't around to draw your attention, many of you have no idea he existed and that he wrote very entertaining stories.

If you are looking for a good read, but not necessarily pure stroke, give him a try. I like most of his stories, especially his Bells series. https://storiesonline.net/series/985/bells-across-the-universe

Go try Invid Fan. You may find some series you like and don't have to wait for the next upload. I'd be very surprised if you don't like his stories.

On the home front, my editors told me that Bob White's Covey needs more fleshing <snicker> so I've added another several chapters and still writing... But I refuse to start posting until the story is done and edited.

So, I needed a break from proofing the last chapter of my new Swarm Cycle story, Bob White's Covey - soon to go to my editors. And I stumble on this underrated gem: Hero Who Shrunk For His Cause by dircat https://storiesonline.net/s/36568/hero-who-shrunk-for-his-cause

Unfortunately, it is in the premier members section only, but if you need a quick chuckle and can go there, you should enjoy it.

Please let me know if you do...

Mike

I'm grateful to you all that my stories continue to be downloaded/read, even though it has been a while since I posted the "Higher Order Multiples." About 500 downloads each week from one of my mini-universes. That's not like Oyster50, etc, but for me, it's a lot.

And I really like it when you write and tell me you are reading one more than once...

BUT, I am puzzled that one of my stories that I really enjoyed writing is the one least read. It doesn't have explicit sex, and it is very short, but I'd appreciate if you folks would spend a little time and read Damn It All! and give me a clue why it isn't attracting readers. It can be found at https://storiesonline.net/s/16739/damn-it-all

I am still writing. I have three Swarm stories in the pot. Because they have overlapping time frames and share some characters, writing them is taking me a while. I haven't yet determined which will appear here first.

Finally, blessings and best wishes to those of you adversely affected by the government shutdown. I won't venture into politics, just sending my hopes for a speedy end.