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New Story Online: The Kansas Jayhawk vs. The Midwest Monster Squad (With Exciting Poster Illustration Action)

Filed Under: My Writing, Short Story, Speculative Fiction, Top Post

Who doesn’t love giant monsters terrorizing the land? Who doesn’t love geeks who love giant monsters and cracking wise? If you don’t, then you can skip this story. If you do… read on.

This is probably one of my most popular science fiction stories, and for whatever reason, I’ve never got around to getting it put online. With the spare time I have lately to work on my skillset, I decided to do a fun poster illustration for the story and a hopefully easy-to-read layout.

The story originally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Interzone, edited by Andy Cox. It’s my first print magazine sale.

So without further blathering, here’s the story and the illustration:

The Kansas Jayhawk vs. The Midwest Monster Squad by Jeremiah Tolbert.

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1 7:29 pm
04-16-2009

Derksen

Who did the illo? I like.

2 7:30 pm
04-16-2009

Jeremiah Tolbert

I did!

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About Me

Hi! My name is Jeremiah Tolbert, but call me Jeremy. I am a writer, photographer, and web designer currently living in Northern Colorado, seeking either freelance web design work or fulltime employment. Drop me a line if you have any questions, comments, advice, or heckles. I love hearing from new people. If you’re inclined, you can follow me on Twitter, where I share various links and talk about the same things I talk about here, only with fewer characters.

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