Works by Eric
Eric San Juan
May 31, 2025
Science fiction stories that start right in the middle of a disaster are something of a cliché, but a cliché I long wanted to try my hand at writing. One morning while work was slow, I finally did. The short story “14 Seconds” was the result. I like this person and enjoyed discovering her. As an added bonus, it also has a cameo from my dearly departed pal, Frodo. Immortalizing him in fiction feels nice. Please visit Electric Spec to read my little foray into outer space, or better yet, use the direct link above. It’s a quick read, but a good one, I think. Enjoy.
Eric San Juan
February 6, 2025
For those who enjoy brief blasts of flash fiction, please enjoy my new work, “The Girl and the Dog,” now published in the excellent online magazine, 365 Tomorrows. It’s a (very) short piece, a scene more than a story, that puts you into a post-apocalyptic world. I hope you enjoy it. PS – The art at right is sourced on Pinterest via Deviant art (which is down for me right now, so I can’t confirm if it’s from this artist or this artist. I will update this as soon as I have confirmed credits and info.)
Eric San Juan
January 14, 2025
Many years back, I wanted to explore the idea of writing a bunch of different comic stories in a bunch of different styles with a bunch of different artists. The result was two comic anthologies, Pitched! and Pitched! Vol. 2. Across those two anthologies, a large array of talented collaborators and I did stories in varied genres, written and drawn in varied styles. It was a fantastic exercise and I’m forever grateful that so many talented people were willing to take the ride with me. One of those stories was “Some Time with the Family,” a tongue-in-cheek horror tale inspired by classic EC Comics like “Tales From the Crypt” (which is more widely known thanks to the HBO series it inspired). Drawn by Logan Reilly,…
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Eric San Juan
December 25, 2024
The air tastes like electricity. Stairs are no obstacle; I take them four at a time. If Mom saw, she would be furious. Dad would pretend to be furious, too, but he’d secretly be proud of my stair-leaping prowess. I am the best Stair Jumper in the house. Downstairs, the scene couldn’t be more perfect. Pine needles. Tin ornaments. Bulbs straining to give off light without catching fire. Dozens of neatly-wrapped gifts. Except Debra is there, too. She’s up. She’s awake. Debra. The girl who eats salt in the morning and spits it at people the rest of the day. The girl who chews gerbils. The girl whose eyes melt happiness. The worst sister. Debra. “You slept late.” She’s nuts. It’s 5:37am. Not even Dad…
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Eric San Juan
May 3, 2024
Have I ever posted about my model terrain hobby? I don’t think I have. Well, now I am. Like so many of us, I used the pandemic lockdowns as an excuse to dive into a hobby I always wanted to dive into. In my case, it was making model terrain from scrap crap. We had model railroads growing up and I enjoyed them, but it was my old man’s hobby, not mine. He did all the work. This would be like that, but different. Years ago, I briefly dabbled in painting miniatures of the sort used in tabletop games and war games, but was never particularly good at it. My attention to detail just isn’t there. Over time, however, I started daydreaming about making a…
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