Book release: First English edition of fantasy novel VAERNEN THE DAMNED

 

Years ago, I wrote a Heroic Fantasy novel. In Swedish.

It was published twice: First by a small indie publisher (Wela Förlag), then by a large publisher (Saga Egmont) that took over the rights from the small one.

The book hasn’t sold much, but the few reviews were fairly positive and I consider it an ambitious effort. So recently I decided to translate this novel to English and self-publish (with the large publisher’s permission, since it only had the rights to the Swedish version).

Now the translation is complete. I have made some minor edits to the text as well, to improve language and narrative flow. The title is VAERNEN THE DAMNED.

VAERNEN THE DAMNED IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPC5FVHX

FREE EBOOK WEEKEND: "ALIEN BEACH" (July 11-12)

 

FREE EBOOK WEEKEND:

Get the sci-fi novel ALIEN BEACH for free

July 11-12, 2025 (Pacific Daylight Time) here:

http://amazon.com/gp/product/B0047GMEHA/

PLEASE NOTE: The freebie will be available longer, until Sunday July 13, in European time zones.

About ALIEN BEACH: A VISIT TO THE ISLAND CALLED EARTH...

What might have happened if aliens had visited our world, the real world, in the very recent past? What would NOT happen?

On a tiny Pacific atoll nicknamed ALIEN BEACH, a group of men and women come face to face with amphibian visitors from space.

They must learn to understand these enigmatic visitors, before the planet is thrown into a war that cannot be won... and in doing so, come to understand themselves. 

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FREE EBOOK WEEKEND May 2-4, 2025

       

FREE EBOOK WEEKEND

My old space-opera novel THE ARGUS PROJECT (2016) will be available for FREE ebook download
from Friday, May 2, PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
to the end of May 4, 2025, PDT.
(In European time zones, the offer lasts until Monday.)

Download link:

http://amazon.com/ARGUS-PROJECT-R-Yngve-ebook/dp/B01N2OVKIS/

About THE ARGUS PROJECT:

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR...

In the distant future, Planet Earth has become the seat of an interplanetary empire. It wages war on its own colonies to gain control of the Solar System and its precious energy resources.

Two lovers are caught up in this colossal power struggle. They join forces to win back their freedom... and each other. In their way stands the military forces of an entire empire... and the last politician.

This complete 100,000-word science fiction novel has previously been released as a Web serial in the early 2000s.

Longform Essay: "Make Clowns Funny Again"

 

Over at my Substack, I'm trying to write both reviews and essays. Sometimes the essays get very long... such as this one: "Make Clowns Funny Again".

It deals with clowns and comedy, and their underestimated, often misunderstood role in society. Enjoy...

#comedy #culture

Book review: POOR THINGS by Alasdair Gray

 Read the review on my Substack.

Book Review: DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE by Miye Lee

 

Book Review: DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE (2023) by Miye Lee

INSIPID: "Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless."

That just about sums it up.

Perhaps something was lost in the translation from Korean to English, but this book felt synthetic ... as if it were computer-generated. (That certainly applies to the above book cover, too.) Nothing comes alive - not the characters, not the plot, not the setting. It all comes off as flat, fake, simulated.

The main theme, a store that sells dreams, is weak and convoluted. The "dream marketplace" seems to have insinuated itself into a space where it was never needed to begin with - a middleman who sells your own imagination back to you.

There is no sense of conflict or real tension in the story, since it's all about affirming the "ordered" state of dreamland. There is no chaos or disorder or depth or ambiguity. The "authority figure" characters are all-seeing and benevolent, which gets creepy in a way the author may not have intended.

Santa Claus appears as a character. It doesn't help.

Is this aimed at children? Then children deserve better literature.

Avoid.

FREE EBOOK WEEKEND (September 6-8): "THINGS FROM BELOW"

 

FREE EBOOK WEEKEND (September 6-8 (PDT), 2024):

My scary ebook THINGS FROM BELOW And Other Stories will be available for FREE download from Friday September 6 to the end of Sunday September 8, 2024, PDT (Pacific Daylight Time).

Bookmark this link:

https://amazon.com/Things-Below-Other-Stories-Yngve-ebook/dp/B07X32261D/

PLEASE NOTE: The freebie will be available longer, until September 9, in certain timezones (especially Europe). About THINGS FROM BELOW: BENEATH OUR FEET THERE ARE MONSTERS...

In the novella "Things From Below," the world is inexplicably attacked by giant creatures with a ravenous hunger for human flesh. Are these monsters real... or has reality turned into a living nightmare?
The book THINGS FROM BELOW also contains three additional tales of the macabre, by Swedish author A. R. Yngve. His short fiction has been published in the UK, Sweden and China.
Read a sample HERE.

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