{"id":38,"date":"2012-07-31T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:20:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:20:27","slug":"jeapes-japes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/jeapes-japes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeapes Japes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1865\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wizardstowerpress.com\/books-2\/books-by-ben-jeapes\/jeapes-japes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jeapes-japes1.jpg\" alt=\"jeapes-japes\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wizardstowerbooks.com\/shop\/jeapes-japes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy the ebook from Wizard&#8217;s Tower Press<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530118891\/hismajestysstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy the paper edition<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve sold 18 short stories in total, listed below. Read (most of) them, and all about them, in<em> Jeapes Japes<\/em>, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wizardstowerbooks.com\/shop\/jeapes-japes\/\">as an ebook from Wizard&#8217;s Tower<\/a> (all formats) or in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530118891\/hismajestysstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paperback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(The collection does not include the two Decalog stories (which were <em>Doctor Who <\/em>tales, hence BBC copyright, not mine) but does have one story previously unpublished anywhere else. Go on, you know you want to. )<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, this is a volume packed with clever stories from an intelligent writer. Jeapes shows the necessity of being able to twist the straight-forward into unexpected directions in order to make a pleasant story into something thought provoking.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; SF Crowsnest [<a href=\"https:\/\/sfcrowsnest.org.uk\/jeapes-japes-by-ben-jeapes-book-review\/\">full review<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jeapes Japes feels like an impressive patchwork of different ideas, each rich with bubbling creativity and often sharp humour.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Future Fire [<a href=\"https:\/\/reviews.futurefire.net\/2011\/11\/jeapes-jeapes-japes-2011.html\">full review<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some posts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/upcoming4.me\/news\/book-news\/story-behind-jeapes-japes-by-ben-jeapes\">The story behind Jeapes Japes<\/a> [external link to upcoming4.me]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Japes joy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/japes-joy\/\">Japes joy<\/a> &#8211; on reading a review of my entire short story output for the first time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Digital cats come out tonight<\/strong>, in <em>Digital Dreams<\/em>, edited by David Barrett, NEL, 1990. ISBN 0-450-53150-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memoirs of a publisher<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 43 (January 1991): 14th in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crush<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 68 (February 1993): 3rd= in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Getting rid of Teddy<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 76 (October 1993): 8th= in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Data Class<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 80 (February 1994): 9th in readers&#8217; poll. This has been my best selling story to date: <a title=\"The Data Class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/writing\/the-data-class\/\">read and enjoy<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Giantkiller<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 89 (November 1994): 12th in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Robson Strain<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 97 (July 1995): 8th= in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spoilsport<\/strong>, <em>Substance<\/em> no. 1 (Winter 1994).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timevault<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orca.ucd.ie\/Doctor_Who\/Books\/\"><em>DECALOG 3: Consequences<\/em><\/a>, Virgin Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-426-20478-6.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cathedral No. 3<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 113 (November 1996): 46th= in readers&#8217; poll, but what do they know?<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Grey People<\/strong>, <em>Substance<\/em> no. 4 (Winter 1996).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wing\u00e8d Chariot<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 118 (April 1997): 27= in readers&#8217; poll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heritage<\/strong>, <em>DECALOG 4: Re: Generations<\/em>, Virgin Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-426-20505-7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages out of order<\/strong>, <em>Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em>, September 1997.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Fireworker<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ozemail.com.au\/~robsteph\/altair.htm\">Altair<\/a><\/em>, issue 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trial by Alien<\/strong>, <em>Odyssey<\/em>, issue 3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Correspondents<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboriginalsf.com\">Aboriginal SF<\/a><\/em>, Summer 1998. The story that inspired my novel Time&#8217;s Chariot. <a title=\"Correspondents\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/novels\/times-chariot\/times-chariot-college\/correspondents\/\">Read and enjoy!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Go with the Flow<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/interzone\/\">Interzone<\/a><\/em> 142 (April 1999).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve sold 18 short stories in total, listed below. Read (most of) them, and all about them, in Jeapes Japes, available as an ebook from Wizard&#8217;s Tower (all formats) or in paperback. 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