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rank 2017
word count 82846
date submitted 13.08.2010
date updated 27.06.2011
genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror, ...
classification: moderate
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The Transpod

Glenn Steadman

Young Ned invents a time machine. Serial killers emerge followed by pursuing futuristic profilers. Will Ned and the profilers catch the killers in time?

 

Investigators Rob and Anya missed the killers again. They received an urgent message from headquarters to jump back to home base in the local telepod. They were to be briefed on a new device to add to their arsenal of weapons.

Ned Hughes was an underachieving sophomore. Picked on by the jocks, he had one friend, fellow outcast Carl Koswalski. What set Ned apart were his uncanny mechanical inclinations and genius for inventions. He had created a time machine called the Transpod. One problem plagued him, figuring how to power it up.

While Ned slept, lightening slammed into the Transpod, energizing the machine. Two alien creatures from another time and galaxy emerged from the machine. A seven-foot tall monstrosity and an over sized entomological species. The creatures quietly slipped away for some carnage.

Ned and Carl discovered the powered Transpod in the morning. It activated and Rob emerged, followed by Anya and their new weapon, a robotic canine named TROT. Rob was human. Anya was an alien being. They were Intergalactic Bureau of Investigators chasing after the galaxy hopping killers.

With the help of the teens, would the Profilers capture the killers before too many new victims started piling up?

 
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Glenn Steadman wrote 605 days ago

Dear Glenn,
I like your your team of Rob and Anya. They seem well suited; their dialog is realistic and helps move the story along. I like time travel, and would love to get my hands on one of those transpods, leaving alien monsters aside, of course! Exciting writing, well done!

BACKED
Elizabeth Wolfe (MEMORIES OF GLORY)


Hi Elizabeth, Thank you for the feedback. I am in the middle of reading Memories of Glory and hooked so far! I grew up in central Maine and had to walk through that icy slush many a time. I know that cold very well!

Backed
Glenn Steadman (The Transpod)

Linda Lou wrote 636 days ago

THE TRANSPOD-Glenn Stedman
hullo Glenn. Geez can't we get a grip on these serial killers? Now we have them visiting from space, as if we haven't got enough of them running around on Earth already! Ha-ha Already shelved and backed.
Please take a look at my book if you have not and thanks for that.
Linda Lou Long
Southern dis-Comfort
http://www.authonomy.com/ViewBook.aspx?bookid=11421

Owen Quinn wrote 640 days ago

very clever idea, I agree with klouholmes over the concept of the piercings and dress , reminds me of Ben 10 meets timecop with a dash of Dr Who, well written with good description, I can see this as a movie, nicely done

klouholmes wrote 641 days ago

Hi Glenn, I’m not sure what the high school description has to do with the plot but it was extremely well done and caught me at the start with the letter jackets having the initials of a prison. It feels as if the perspective towards the students might be from Ned and that he might view them with these thoughts – very illuminating to me, explaining the reason behind the dress and piercings and their affect. So Ned isn’t very affected; his interactions at his locker cement his qualities early on. I was immersed in this and the aliens showing in his garage, I would expect, are going to be fantastic. Easily shelved – Katherine (The Swan Bonnet)

Barry Wenlock wrote 644 days ago

Hi Glenn, I like your story and the whole idea.
I think your work needs 'cutting down' -- that's to say you are over-writing.
eg.'in the amount of time' -- cut 'amount of' -- 'in the time'
eg. 'they both had started experiencing doubts about their chances...' -- cut 'they both had started experiencing' -- 'they had experienced'.
eg. '...despite their young ages...' cut 'young ages' -- youth
You then say 'the young pair' -- repetition -- you've told us they are young.

I hope this is useful. There's quite a lot of this throughout what I read, yet I still thought it was good. It will benefit from the cutting I'm sure. Please feel free to ignore if you wish, of course. These are just thoughts meant to be helpful.
Backed, Barry
LITTLE KRISNA AND THE BIHAR BOYS

paperbat wrote 644 days ago

Glenn. This is great stuff. Backing it.
If you have kids, matbe they would like to have fun reading my Paper Bat Adventures and tell me if they like it and would back it? [Jerry - paperbat]

Elizabeth Wolfe wrote 648 days ago

Dear Glenn,
I like your your team of Rob and Anya. They seem well suited; their dialog is realistic and helps move the story along. I like time travel, and would love to get my hands on one of those transpods, leaving alien monsters aside, of course! Exciting writing, well done!

BACKED
Elizabeth Wolfe (MEMORIES OF GLORY)

Walden Carrington wrote 648 days ago

Glenn,
The Transpod is a thrilling account about an extraordinary invention I heard about once before, but this story is for more exciting. Backed with pleasure.

livid wrote 648 days ago

It has been a while since I have read a good time travel story. This is bright, energetic and filled with excitement.
backed

lizjrnm wrote 648 days ago

Love the time - machine theme and this is a unique take on that! Well crafted and polished so far. Backed with pleasure.

Liz
The Cheech Room

Glenn Steadman wrote 649 days ago

hehe nice premise, I very much liked the story of this, kept me engaged and seemed like a good meld of suspense and science fiction. the writing is good, didn't manage to get to any horror parts however, are they a bit later in the book?

Thank you for the feedback. I was torn as to labeling with horror as well. The aliens start in with the killing in chapter six and it picks up from there. I think it gets fairly graphic with the murders they commit. I'm new to writing and this site so I need to do some reading and get more feedback to determine if it deserves the horror genre.

K.Z. Freeman wrote 649 days ago

hehe nice premise, I very much liked the story of this, kept me engaged and seemed like a good meld of suspense and science fiction. the writing is good, didn't manage to get to any horror parts however, are they a bit later in the book?

Burgio wrote 649 days ago

TRANSPOD
This is an imaginative story. I always like the idea of time machines; this story has a unique one in that it’s being used by aliens; gives the story a unique twist you don’t see elsewhere. You have good characters in both the human kids, Ned and Carl, and in the intergalactic characters as well. Makes this a good read. I’m happy to add it to my shelf. If you have a moment, would you look at mine (Grain of Salt)? I’m in 4th place but only holding on by my teeth. Burgio

name falied moderation wrote 649 days ago

Dear Glenn
well when you propose a question in your short pitch it compels a reader to answer as we all think we have the answer right? CONGRATS on a great short pitch, sold your book. your long pitch a suggestion to put in paras, this may be the first thing your potential publisher ( and i feel you will have one) will have of your book and it could give the impression of being a little long. this is only a suggestion and one that served me well. apying it forward thats all. you have such talent, to create a totally different story and color characters so animated and then animate it all in my head
BACKED BY ME FOR SURE.
Please take a moment to look, comment which is important to me, and back my book. if not that is OK also

The VERY best of luck to you

Denise
The Letter

Emma the Exterminator wrote 649 days ago

You have too much effin' tellng in chapter one. You don't engage the reader into the world at all because it is all, x did this, y did that. Fix! This started off good, then sunk!

Your link for c2 doesn't work.

I only backed it because c2 (on link 3) is much better. You have interaction, dialogue, action. You show you can do it in chapter 2, but you NEED to engage your reader in c1.

If you fix chapter one, ask me to come back and look.

Ems

SusieGulick wrote 649 days ago

Dear Glenn, I love time machine & as soon as I read it, I thought of my favorite TV series "Terminator" which is now cancelled - thank you for bringing time travel back to life. :) I've backed your book :) - hope you'll take a moment to back my 2 memoir books. :) Thanks. :) Love, Susie :)

Neville wrote 649 days ago

Hi Glen, your story has everything, Time Machine, Alien's and much more.
This is an exciting read, fast flowing, well described scenes keeping the reader turning the pages.
A very good book which I back.SHELVED.


Neville (The Secrets Of The Forest) would be pleased if you would take a look.

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