Sic Semper Serpent

03/12/2022

IT'S OVER.

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02/04/2022

Say hello to our new Managing Editor, Grace Larson!

https://www.sicsemperserpent.com/grace-larson

The hard-working Managing Editor at Sic Semper Serpent.

18/02/2022

This is raw, unfiltered, 100% pure pulp fiction for the modern-day.

A gruff P.I. joins a Norse goddess-in-disguise to defeat a bloodthirsty shapeshifter that transforms into your worst fears.

You can't make this stuff up. Except D. Zane Davis totally made it up.

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15/11/2021

The Everlasting Stories Podcast is back and better than ever! New mics, better mastering, and the same great pulp fiction. Put it in your ears to expand your mind:

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02/03/2021

Your boredom vs. A new gamebook set in the Israel St. James universe. GO!

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04/11/2020

Seven 'Titan Station' stories await you there, ready to blow your mind and reshape how you define "sci-fi"

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27/08/2020

Nathaniel Hicklin has combined the best elements of a choose-your-own-adventure AND a tabletop pen-and-paper RPG into one exciting eBook! Lucky for you, it's ready to land in your download folder right now for a cool $5.

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26/08/2020

The first-ever self-guided adventure gamebook set in the Israel St. James universe is now available!

A self-guided adventure gamebook about Ayra Corbin as she enters the supernatural underbelly of Las Vegas

04/08/2020

Sounds like Reader's Favorite just found their new favorite read!

https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-adventures-of-israel-st-james

The Adventures of Israel St. James by Nathaniel Hicklin is a fascinating YA adventure. Dr. Israel St. James, an immortal, is the only person who can gather the most powerful artifacts in history and keep them safe. He is blessed, or cursed, with Archimedes Insight and is the Keeper of the Archimedes...

11/06/2020

"Such long, deliberate neglect has left the American House of Justice so rotten, so riddled with parasites that the only path towards its restoration is to obliterate the old structure and build anew."

-D. Zane Davis, the author of Detective Luke Miller stories, shares his bold thoughts on writing authority figures and the erosion of integrity in American law enforcement.

Official Post from Sic Semper Serpent: On multiple occasions, my plucky protagonists Detective Luke Miller and Dr. Dahlia Harriet have battled world-ending evils. In many of these adventures, they are aided by brave—if usually skeptical—authorities in the military, law enforcement, and intellige...

01/06/2020

One week ago today, Minneapolis Police murdered George Floyd in the streets of our neighborhood.

We've got something to say about it.

Official Post from Sic Semper Serpent: This is not a story.This is an emergency.We are alarmed about our hometown of Minneapolis, MN.One week ago, police murdered George Floyd in the streets of our neighborhood.And while MPD is 100% at fault for all the riotous damage that followed, this issue runs....

01/06/2020

Journey westward without leaving home.

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04/05/2020

Independent publishers champion the widest array of voices possible, bringing forth books that uniquely challenge, inform, and compel us. In this moment when you need books the most, support indie publishers and

18/04/2020

Join Wilma + Dot on a transdimensional journey in the world's strangest small town.
All 10 stories in the first season of "The News from Crate" are available now and forever in our online fiction magazine "Everlasting Stories." Subscribe for $1 and get immediate access to all 10, and so many more.
Subscribers pay to house train and groom our feral authors during this challenging time. We can't control their wild imaginations without your support.
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13/04/2020

FREE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE QUARANTINED

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23/03/2020

Tired of Netflix and video games yet? Try a new short story...
Seriously though, artists fill our favorite media with beautiful narrative, music, visuals, and more. Their work keeps us entertained (and sane) while we're stuck at home. Many artists struggle to make a living, especially during times of crisis. Nathaniel Hicklin is one of our authors grappling with exactly that dilemma in his guest editorial this week. His point is simple: It's important to support the art that keeps us connected during these isolated times.

Official Post from Sic Semper Serpent: [Nathaniel Hicklin, star author here at Sic Semper Serpent, makes a case for supporting artists so connectivity and entertainment can flourish during this time of quarantine.]So, fun fact: there's a global pandemic sweeping through humanity right now. A lot of....

20/03/2020

Fiction for the quarantined! Now's the time to subscribe to a new kind of fiction magazine. Seriously, most of our writers are temporarily out of work right now. Your subscription powers our entire creative community by directly increasing the amount we can pay our writers for their stories. When you tire of Netflix, we hope you'll try "Everlasting Stories"...
Most importantly, $1 is all you need to access our entire archive of speculative fiction. As times get tight, we want to keep our genre-bending work accessible to all.

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17/03/2020

PEACE. GNOSIS. SYMBIOSIS.
This motto is crucial. Amrita is dangerous. Young Engineering students risk serious injury every day. They must learn to wield the wild force for livingry, not weaponry. Meet Professor Asita Eleusis as she introduces you to the mind-melting world of amrita in "Vihara #4 - Asita" by Michael Strand (). With a stunning cover by the talented Flo Minowa (), this story is available now and forever exclusively in "Everlasting Stories" from Sic Semper Serpent. Vihara is a spiritual sci-fi tapestry woven across multiple dimensions for adventurous readers of all ages.
ALL YOU SELF-QUARANTINED, TAKE NOTE: You can read this exciting short story and 50+ more for just $1 when you subscribe to our "Everlasting Stories" archive of modern sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, adventure, and more. Watch less, read more. Bink in Lio.

10/03/2020

"50 Early Adopters are revolutionizing how short stories are published and shared."

Here's to 50 more!

Official Post from Sic Semper Serpent: Our little community recently crossed a big milestone.And the publishing industry might never be the same.50 Champions of Literature are subscribed to Everlasting Stories here on Patreon!50 Early Adopters are revolutionizing how short stories are published and....

29/02/2020

Leap Year Day: A weird little day to publish an odd little story concluding a q***r little series.

For now. Season Two of the "News from Crate" will return in 2021!

In the meantime, enjoy one final dose of surreal, small-town adventure...

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14/02/2020

Here's a brand-new story about a bloodthirsty hel-creature. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

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23/01/2020

Political news puts your brain to sleep. Genre fiction wakes it up. Today, read something worthwhile.

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22/01/2020

The Great Jambu Tree is an ancient monolith upon which an entire civilization has been based. No one knows why this sole living specimen of the tree grows only on the Vihara campus. Its power is useful, yet limited in strange ways. Unravel the mysteries of this living mountain with Robin and her friends in the cosmic fantasy "Vihara #3 - The Great Jambu Tree." Subscribe to Everlasting Stories (www.patreon.com/sicsemperserpent) and find out why T. Martin Crouse calls Vihara "galactic Harry Potter with multi-dimensional adventure!"

17/12/2019

"Revolutionizing how short stories are published and shared..."

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09/12/2019

Celebrate the holidays with a fresh sci-fi story!

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09/12/2019

A sci-fi Christmas story complete with '90s nostalgia, family drama, and alien encounters....
Treat yourself this holiday season, read a campy tale of a little girl visiting the family farm to inherit her intergalactic destiny. Cozy up to "Christmas with the Others" by Michael Strand ( ), available now and forever in Everlasting Stories from Sic Semper Serpent: https://www.patreon.com/posts/christmas-with-32193955

27/11/2019

Tune in, space cadet...
The Everlasting Stories Podcast has worlds of short fiction waiting for you to explore. Pairs perfectly with a long holiday trip home, or an eternal drift across the cosmic void. Sci-fi, fantasy, mystery and more speculative genres await you in your favorite podcast app. Short stories for your ears!
Ron Walotsky painted this cover for the May 1971 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"

22/11/2019

This is our dream for the future of the Sic Semper Serpent community, especially if we find ourselves flush with a $50k grant. We're excited to see who decides to give their new endowment fund!

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Thanks for the inspiration, Patreon! This is our dream for the future of the Sic Semper Serpent community, especially if we find ourselves flush with a $50k ...

21/11/2019

The Independent Book Publishers Association knows a good book when they see one...

A big congrats to IBPA member Sic Semper Serpent on the launch today of their historical short stories collection, "The Adventures of Israel St. James!"

Read more here: https://buff.ly/35imJgX

20/11/2019

Tired of giving your money to Amazon? Good thing this epic book is for sale directly from the artists. Down with corporate retailers!

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/IsraelStJames