M.E. Shao

Born in Baltimore, MD, M.E. Shao grew up in Mt. Juliet, TN. A stones throw from Music City, he attended the local high school before being recruited to play baseball at Vanderbilt University. Inspired greatly by legendary collegiate coach Tim Corbin, Matt graduated in Spring of 2009 with a degree in Economics and Corporate Strategy.

His portfolio of content includes columns & short stories for newspapers, published poetry, business copy, and more.

Matt’s other work can be found at his website.

Continuity

Coming December, 2024

When humanity is faced with an imminent threat, Carson Baxter decides to think outside the box. An asteroid, known as the Catalyst, is discovered on a clear path to Earth. Wondering if another civilization has ever faced a similar threat, he begins innovating a way to make contact with an extraterrestrial species in an attempt to gain their methods of aversion. On Earth, NASA astrophysicist Jennifer McPherson is juggling her duties of maintaining the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program (a.k.a. NEAT) with passing information to young Yuri Antonov, a Russian energy tycoon keen on mining the asteroid for its natural resources to position his corporation for the long-term, fueling mankind’s engines indefinitely. In the midst of government cover-ups and conspiracies, society is on the brink of collapse as the masses begin to lose faith in their global leaders. Will humanity be accepted into intergalactic society? What will happen in our fight for continuity?