Honeycomb:
Boljelam
by
Junior Sokolov
Genre:
SciFi Action, Adventure
After
a life lived for parties, sex and drugs spiraled into grief, she
went to selling herself and fighting for survival.
Now
one Boljelam's angry rebels, she leads a cheapened life on one
of the most unjust space station in the universe. Then, she finds an
unexpected way out.
An
escape from a life of abuse and hardship in the form of a ticket on a
ship set for Honeycomb. Taken from a dead woman's purse, it's a one
way ticket to a new pristine planet, to heaven.
Will
she be able to pull it off and get out alive?
Or
will two rabid cops, a zombie AI and a level full of monsters in
her way keep her escaping?
And
what about that bio-engineered murderer dogging her steps. He wants out
as bad as she does!
Reclusive
writer from the Pacific Northwest. Hates peanut butter loves Mojitos
(sin alcohol, por favor). Sometimes found around 60 feet (ca. 18 m)
underwater in the Puget Sound or at about the same depth in the blue
and clear waters of Cozumel hovering over a coral reef and hoping to
see a shark or a large majestic green turtle.
"I
love thinking of the intersection of new science and horror, the
future haunted houses could be space stations or our own
scientifically enhanced and hacked bodies,"
Interview Junior Sokolov
General Background Questions
• Where are you from?
The great northwest, specifically
the Oregon part of the Great Northwest. Portland which sadly, is no
longer weird. But still has lots of good restaurants and Powell’s
Bookstore.
• As a child, what did you want to
do when you grew up?
It changed from month to month.
Vet, austronaut, cowboy, doctor
• What do you do to unwind and
relax?
Read, work out
• What is your favorite food?
I’m not picky, but I hate
meatloaf.
Questions About Writing
• Tell us your latest news.
I just completed my first solo
novella in the Honeycomb series. Honeycomb: Boljelam
• What inspired you to pen your
first novel?
Wren Cavanagh, good friend, knows
me well.
• Who or what has influenced your
writing, and in what way?
William Gibson and working in the
technology environment
• What genre are you most
comfortable writing?
Sci-fi Horror
• How did you come up with the
title for your book(s)?
It was supposed to be Honeycomb:
Dock Lizards, a reference to lot lizards, the sex workers in the
trucking industry. As the story grew so did my appreciation for the
characters and the term Dock/Lot lizard started to feel
disrespectful. Also Boljelam, the huge space station where the action
takes places grew in presence as I kept writing.
• Is there a message in your novel
that you want readers to grasp?
Everyone should be treated humanely
and with respect. Unless they are the bad guy. Then you shot them
into space.
• What are your current projects?
The sci/fi-horror
scify/horror-colonization full length novel in the Honeycomb series.
Quint, the chief lawman for the town of Revaltion will have to deal
with native monster, an incoming religious faction crash landing
nearby and human turned monsters. It’ll be great!
• What is the hardest part of
writing?
Making the event timelines work,
and doing your best to entertain the reader.
• What was one of the most
surprising things you learned in writing your books?
Recognizing that some of my
characters defects, were in fact my own. It helped me address those
flaws in myself.
• Is there anything additional you
would like to share with your readers?
Be excellent to each other.
Reading Questions
• What are you reading now?
Radium Girls, Endurance and of
course I just finished Midnight in Chernobyl
• What scares you?
Serious illness, poverty the loss
of loved ones. The current condition of the planet. Letting people
down.
• Beyond your own work (of
course), what is your all-time favorite horror book and why? And what
is your favorite book outside of the horror genre?
Ghost Story by Peter Straub is one
of my favorites. The Stand of course. House of Leaves is not quite
horror but I enjoyed thoroughly. There are just so many.
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