Today is the official launch of From Stage Door Shadows and I’m so proud to be included in this speculative fiction collection by eMergent Publishing, based on the lyrics of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer.
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Twenty-six authors trade Tiny Dancer’s California-blessed lyrics for the shadowed recesses of stages large and small in From Stage Door Shadows, a speculative fiction homage to the darkness just beyond the limelight of the entertainment industry.
The stories re-introduce the women Benny Taupin wrote about and Elton John sang about: blue jean baby, LA lady, the band’s seamstress, the music man’s wife and the girl dancing in the sand, along with a stellar cast of musicians, singers, thespians, fans, managers, dancers, DJs, magicians, talent show contestants, stars and has-beens.
From vaudeville to opera, piano bar and street corner, hotel suite and beauty pageant, From Stage Door Shadows is a backstage pass to where dreams of fame, fortune and fulfillment live and die in a heartbeat.
ToC
Rites of Spring Graham Storrs
Torch song Andrew J. McKiernan
Fear is the Sin Alan Baxter
Candentia Clive Martyn
Luminaire Joanne Anderton
House of the Cantomancer Jennifer Muirhead
White Poppy Serenade S.G. Larner
Time Signature Melanie Saward
Tiny Dancer Emma Kerry
Sing to Me Laura Meyer
Discovering the Gift Len Lambert
Indigo Jodi Cleghorn
The Last Illusion Rus VanWestervelt
Dancing in the Sand Rebecca L. Dobbie
A Perfect Evening Sam Adamson
My Moment Theresa Milstein
Music Box Laura Eno
Open Audition Devin Watson
A Living Doll Monica Marier
The Last of the Undead Beats Daniel Wynne
The Gods Are Just Janette Dalgliesh
The Music Man Lisamarie Lamb
The Colour of Blood Cath Barton
Velvet J.M. Donellan
The Twilight Dream Tom Dullemond
Muted Jessica Bell
FORMATS: From Stage Door Shadows is available as a paperback or eBook (mobi, epub and PDF). All paperback purchases via the eMergent Publishing’s Bookstore are bundled with a complimentary eBook.
Also available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
Free Web Release:
The free web release will begin at 9am Saturday 29th September, (that’s Eastern Australian time) with one new story going live each hour. Each story will be live for 24 hours. My story, Music Box, goes live at 17:00, which makes it 3:00 AM Eastern US time…I think. The ToC has been re-arranged to fit the lyrics for this.
Link for stories Link to Music Box (after 3:00AM Eastern US)
09:00 INDIGO Blue jean baby – Jodi Cleghorn
10:00 MUTED L.A. lady – Jessica Bell
11:00 COLOUR OF BLOOD Seamstress for the band – Cath Barton
12:00 TINY DANCER Pretty eyed, pirate smile – Emma Kerry
13:00 THE MUSIC MAN You’ll marry a music man – Lisamarie Lamb
14:00 LUMINAIRE Ballerina, you must have seen her – Joanne Anderton
15:00 DANCING IN THE SAND Dancing in the sand – Rebecca L. Dobbie
16:00/17:00 CANDENTIA / MUSIC BOX And now she’s in me, always with me – Clive Martyn & Laura Eno
18:00 A LIVING DOLL Tiny dancer in my hand – Monica Marier
19:00 FEAR IS THE SIN Jesus freaks out in the street – Alan Baxter
20:00 TIME SIGNATURE Handing tickets out for God – Melanie Saward
21:00 THE GODS ARE JUST Turning back she just laughs – Janette Dalgliesh
22:00 TORCH SONG Piano man he makes his stand – Andrew McKiernan
23:00 OPEN AUDITION In the auditorium – Devin Watson
00:00 MY MOMENT Looking on she sings the songs – Theresa Milstein
01:00 HOUSE OF THE CANTOMANCER The words she knows – Jennifer Muirhead
02:00 DISCOVERING THE GIFT The tune she hums – Len Lambert
03:00 RITE OF SPRING But oh how it feels so real – Graham Storrs
04:00 WHITE POPPY SERENADE Lying here with no one near – S.G. Larner
05:00 SING FOR ME Only you and you can hear me – Laura Meyer
06:00 THE TWILIGHT DREAM When I say softly slowly – Tom Dullemond
07:00 VELVET Hold me closer tiny dancer – Josh Donellan
08:00 THE LAST OF THE UNDEAD BEATS Count the headlights on the highway – Daniel Wynne
09:00 THE PERFECT EVENING Lay me down in sheets of linen – Sam Adamson
10:00 LAST ILLUSION You had a busy day today – Rus VanWestervelt
Laura, I’m certain I’ll like reading “Music Box,” and I hope you’re doing well right now.
Hi Ron. I’m doing pretty good…other than the bowling ball with nails embedded in my gut.
Congratulations, Laura!!!! I’m so excited for you and everyone involved. It’s a brilliant idea and one of my favourite songs of all time. Like Ron, I’m sure your story will be the cat’s meow and I do hope you’re feeling better very soon. oox
I’m coming along, Cathy.
It was fun writing on a particular line of a song. 
Hi Laura .. I’m definitely getting it when I get back and will enjoy reading the stories .. congratulations to all who are in it … you too! Cheers Hilary
I’m sure you’ll enjoy it, Hilary. I’ve written with many of these people before. We are a dark and twisted group.
Congrats, Laura! I’ll give the book a shoutout this Friday. I like the cover and recognize a few other names published in the collection.
Thanks, Mary! They are a great group of writers.
Huge congrats… it looks like such a great book.
Thanks, Tania!
Congratulations!! Looks like a fantastic book full of great stories.
Thanks, Ciara!
Congrats Laura! Sounds like a great collection of pieces! i must check it out.
Nutschell
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Thanks, nutschell.
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