But wait (you might ask) Jenn Lyons is a fantasy author. What’s all this sci-fi nonsense?

The truth is, I was a sci-fi writer first. FULL NEGATIVE is, in fact, the spiritual successor of the first book I ever wrote. (It was on a dare.) During lockdown, I pulled it out of a drawer and rewrote the whole thing, as one does. And then…nothing. Because I’m a ‘fantasy author.’

The thing is, I grew up reading books by authors who didn’t much care which label was slapped on their books. C.S. Lewis wrote fantasy and sci-fi. Saberhagen wrote fantasy that was sci-fi (as did Anne McCaffrey and a great many others). Tepper and Zelazny wrote scifi that felt like fantasy. It never occurred to me that I should have to specialize in just one kind of genre fiction. Many of my favorite authors boldly hopscotched down both sides of the aisle.

I want to share this with you, so I’m going to. FULL NEGATIVE is an old-school science fiction space opera. Think X-Men meets Star Wars by way of Jason Bourne. (Oh yes. Really.) It’s also a story that also touches on grief, friendship, and doomed romances while also having all the hallmarks of a…well…of a story I wrote. (Explosions, fights, lots of queer characters, shape changers. And yes, there’s a dragon if you squint.) It’s grim and funny and just about the entire OST for Cowboy Bebop is appropriate musical accompaniment.

(There’s a sequel just waiting, too, but that’s going to depend on how well this book does.)

I’m extremely excited to be able to share this with everyone and I hope you are, too. This link will take you to the ‘coming soon’ page for the project on Backerkit, where you can sign up to be notified when the project goes live on March 18, and receive lots of updates in the meantime. There’s a lot of really cool stuff I’m hoping to share for this project, but I can’t do it without your help, so sign up!

Thank you!
Jenn