by Scott CoonPublish: Nov 08, 2024LGBTVisionary FictionScience FictionFantasy
Book Overview
After Thom dies, he uses weaponized memories to battle two false gods bent on Armageddon, as well as his own deeply repressed homosexuality.
Thomas Jefferson Stoneshield VII dies in World War II and enters a godless afterlife where souls are clouds upon a golden ocean surrounding the Earth. He blames himself for ending the legacy carried in his name. He doesn't know why he never married because he's buried it too deep: Thom is gay.
To help him, Thom's dad reaches out from inside a soul well—a monster made of captured souls. But his dad is unable to communicate. Instead, Thom keeps rewatching his dad’s death in World War I, while his dad keeps apologizing for something.
Determined to rescue his father, Thom teaches himself how to fight the soul wells with weaponized memories. His fellow soldier, David Lowenstein, wants to save his parents. Others want Thom to stop the soul wells before they unleash Earth’s Armageddon and consume all souls, living and dead.
But Thom just wants to save his dad and atone for ending his family name.
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BIOGRAPHY Scott Coon is an award-winning short story writer and former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. He served six years, rising to the rank of Sergeant. His service included a tour in Kuwait where he received a First Army Combat Patch and the Joint Service Achievement Award. Now a software developer for a major bank, Scott brings his computer and military experience into his work, along with a sense of spectacle.
His afterlife/fantasy/sci-fi novel GODLESS ARMAGEDDON was published by Hypatia Press in 2024. His debut novel LOST HELIX, a sci-fi adventure/mystery, is available now. He also contributed "Tangled Fate" to It Came from Her Purse, published by Hiraeth SFF Publishing in 2021. “Satellite Archaeology” will appear in the LA NaNoWriMo Anthology in the fall of 2022.
Scott's first published story, “Firewall,” appeared in Nth Degree Magazine in 2006. His short "Enduring Winter" was a finalist in the Writers of the Future Awards, won Second Place in the New England SciFi Writers Assn Contest 2016, and was published in Bewildering Stories, Issue 849, March 2020. He has also been published by MOBIUS: The Journal for Social Change and The STEAM Journal at Claremont University.
Scott Coon shares his knowledge of writing with others and helps other creatives do the same. He hosts the Writers of Sherman Oaks Critique Group meetings and National Novel Writing Month write-in events. His YouTube channel and websites provide insights into his work and give advice to writers. His Little Creative Interview series helps to foster learning in the creative community. See his websites for more information.
This story reflects my experience as a bisexual man in a society where bisexual men weren't supposed to exist, as well as my experience as an atheist in the U.S. Army.
Book Detail
Title
Godless Armageddon
Author
Scott Coon
ASIN
B0DGGBJ77G
Publish Date
08, Nov 2024
Publisher
Hypatia Press
Language
English
Page Count
262
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