Leigh Saunders

There is a scene fairly early in Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record where Brianna uses the sticky label from a beer bottle to preserve the memory molecules given to her by Y’reui, an aged Callibrini Queen. The story in those molecules is never revealed in the novel – it has no bearing on the events of Brianna and Jerrold’s first adventure – but the Alien Days anthology gave me a perfect opportunity to share the tale.

Told entirely from Y’reui’s chemical-memory point(s) of view, Where All Memories are One recalls the events of Brianna’s first encounter with the insectoid Callibrini – and the disastrous results of that meeting.

This was a difficult story to write, not only because the events themselves were so very painful, but also because of the sheer challenge of trying to present the thoughts and multiple points of view of the insectoid characters in a way that we mere humans could wrap our heads around.

I hope you enjoy it.

“…Covering vast areas of space with flashing spaceships and nifty alien races, space opera in the hands of great authors helped me time after time to get off this planet and live among the stars where life was a lot more fun than my real life. So for me, great, classic space opera is always my favorite kind of reading still to this day…”

– Dean Wesley Smith

I am delighted to announce that my novel, Memoirs of a Synth: Gold Record, is included in the 2019 Space Opera StoryBundle! It’s truly an honor to see my book on the shelf with this amazing collection.

If you don’t know how StoryBundle works, they assemble a themed collection of great novels, and then make the whole set available, DRM-free and in both .epub and .mobi formats (for your Kindle or other ereading apps/devices). Best of all, you not only get to set your own price, but you can choose to donate part of your purchase price to AbleGamers, to help them provide custom video gaming setups to people with disabilities so they can have fun with their friends and family.

UPDATE: The Space Opera Storybundle is over, but you can still find many of these great books at your favorite online retailers:

• Sticks and Stones: A Trek Novel by Robert Jeschonek
• Dreams of a Fool by Michael D. Britton
• Naero’s Run by Mason Elliott
• Gold Record – Memoirs of a Synth by Leigh Saunders
• The Runabout by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Fiction River Presents: Among the Stars by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Star Rain by Dean Wesley Smith
• The Drath Series: Books 1-3 by Meyari McFarland
• The Jani Kilian Chroncles: Books 1-3 by Kristine Smith
• Queen Anne’s Revenge by Blaze Ward

And thanks to all our readers for supporting us!