(based on a true story) My name is Lance Corporal Daniel Prophet.  I served with Easy Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment during the summer of 2007 in Mahmudiya, Zadon, and Falluja.  I am now in a freight box headed for Dover Air Force Base.  From there, they will ship me to my home town, San [...]

As a way to promote my new audio short story, “Zinggong,” I am giving away a free gift certificate code to the first 25 interested people who use it to purchase my story. Use this number:  4E01E5007980  When you get your gift certificate number, simply click on the “Add to Cart” link below, and then use the gift certificate [...]

You can listen to my reading of “A Betting Man,” from my President’s Parasite short fiction collection.  This was on the Canadian Blogtalk program, “Authors Read.”

Now you can read my latest stories online at iFiction, a cooperative where readers can buy directly from the authors. I now have three stories up: This isn’t “Damn Yankees,” but this little Mayan woman does sell her soul to her god in order to control her knuckleball (”Kukulkanball”) and earn her way onto the San Diego [...]

Click on the player or the link below to listen to the Nikki Leigh Talks WIth Jim Musgrave About The President’s Parasite show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nikkileigh/2008/07/21/Nikki-Leigh-Talks-WIth-Jim-Musgrave-About-The-Presidents-Parasite Special Offer:  Listen to a story to see if you like the audio format.

Download this .pdf (must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed) sampler to get a taste of what’s in the entire collection of short stories.  

Cheryl Malandrinos of The Book Connection will be hosting me on the 24th of July, and this is a preview of what I’ll talk about: My Moral Universe and the Impudent Imagination   By Jim Musgrave   My collection of short fiction, The President’s Parasite and Other Stories was written over the course of 15 years, with many of the [...]

As the publisher and owner of CIC Publishing, I am starting a new contest for all fiction authors.  You may have read my recent blog entry about the scam contests out there and how we should have a new way to promote and reward writers.  I plan to do just that. In this contest, for an entry [...]

If you enjoy a good scifi story, then you might want to check-out my new audio fiction being sold at Sniplits.com (same place that sells “What Were You When You Were Alive?” I may be working this into a novel, but I want to get some reactions to the first chapter. “Zinggong” ByJim Musgrave In 2852, the [...]

    As part of my Virtual Blog Tour in July, I’ll be reading one of my short stories at Authors Read on Blog Talk Radio, July 28, 2008.  You can listen to my story now and tell me what you think.  (Note:  You must have Realplayer installed to listen.)