Sheep and Wolves (19 page)
Authors: Jeremy C. Shipp
About the Author
Jeremy C. Shipp is an author whose written creations inhabit various magazines, anthologies, and drawers. These include over 40 publications, the likes of
Cemetery Dance
,
ChiZine
, and
The Bizarro Starter Kit (blue)
. While preparing for the forthcoming collapse of civilization, Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse with his wife, Lisa, and their legion of yard gnomes. He’s currently working on many stories and novels and is losing his hair, though not because of the ghosts. This is his first published collection, and his debut novel is called
Vacation
. Feel free to visit his online home at www.jeremycshipp.com, but beware the robotic parsnips and rabid coconut monkeys.
2008 Wonderland Book Award finalist
Vacation
by Jeremy C. Shipp
Available on Kindle and in hardcover and paperback editions
It’s time for blueblood Bernard Johnson to leave his boring life behind and go on The Vacation, a yearlong corporate-sponsored odyssey. But instead of seeing the world Bernard is captured by terrorists, becomes a key figure in secret drug wars, and, worse, doesn’t once miss his secure American Dream.
Here’s what they’re saying about
Vacation
:
“This is an intriguing, challenging, literate, provocative novel I’m not sure I understand and suspect I’m not meant to… I recommend it to those who find reality boring; it may make them see it in new ways.”—Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series
“None of the usual accolades work for Jeremy Shipp’s
Vacation
. The reader is not amazed, astounded, or aggrieved—the reader is achingly curious, alarmingly moved, and at the end, astonished by the vision and darkness and redemption. No one writes like Shipp, and that’s a great thing.”—Susan Straight, author of
A Million Nightingales
“Shipp’s clear, insistent voice pulls you down into the rabbit hole and doesn’t let go.”—Jack Ketchum, author of
The Girl Next Door
“I’m convinced Jeremy Shipp is a little bit crazy, in the best possible way. Vacation is edgy, surreal, and original. This is one of those books that alters your brain in a way similar to Philip K. Dick. A very good first novel.”—Jeff VanderMeer, author of
Shriek: An Afterword