A Teller of Tales. Husband, father, teacher, tech startup developer. Former Presidential candidate.
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Happy Black Friday y'all!
Whether you're done with your Black Friday strategic strikes, or just plotting your online shopping spree today, here's a few holiday gift suggestions for the sci-fi/fantasy reader in your life...
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ONE OCTOBER NIGHT - One story every night, born from a drawing. Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, this collection has it all. Come for the night and see what you find, because it's never boring here in October.
RECALL NOTICE - (ebook only) Eddie's had a rough thirteen months. He's been cursed by a gypsy, assigned his own sister as his court appointed witch, and is up to his neck in mandated community service. When he picks up a new client, his luck finally changes — for the worse. Can this PI turned black cat navigate a world of friendly zombies, orcish goons, and bad luck by the crate to somehow save the day?
MINSTRELS IN THE GALAXY - A dozen science fiction authors spin their own yarns, inspired by the music of Jethro Tull. Belly up to the bar somewhere out among the stars. Grab yourself a drink, and settle in for some colorful tales from our minstrels in the galaxy. Stories of things that could have been, things that might have been...and of things that should have been, but never were.
TALES FROM THE WOOD - A dozen fantasy authors spin their own tales, inspired by the music of Jethro Tull. Come join us around the fire for stories of all manner of witches, wizards, dragons, and fae beings both light and dark as these bards bring you their Tales from the Wood.
2024 HIGH CALIBER AWARDS - A young traveling judge on the road with an Imperial Magus struggles to keep his own magical talent hidden while investigating a series of crimes that look to be the work of a powerful necromancer. (I'm working on continuing this story into a full novel for Cannon Publishing! 😁)
WYRD WEST - Out in the Wasaya territory of the Old West, myth collides with reality, and anything can be true. A missing town draws a Federal Marshal and an itinerant preacher together to confront an ancient evil that wants to consume them all - and more. Get my story and another nine from stellar authors in this volume!
ZNB PRESENTS: YEAR TWO - What would happen if the "Chosen One" was a sixty year-old widowed fisherwoman? Find out in "Harrold of the Gods", only one of the two dozen stories in this anthology!
And more! That's a sample of what you can find on my Amazon Author's page. Take a look and find something for the geek that you love, and give them a gift they can enjoy while they're curled up next to a fire this holiday season!
Oh, and if you're looking for some additional information, I list some of my favorite indie publishers and samples of what they offer in a Substack post - pop over and check it out.
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And it's off. "Knight of Gold and Fire" just went along its way to @raconteur_press. Hopefully, it will be in readers' hands by late spring/early summer.
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Happy Veterans day. We live in the rewards of your service, and I for one am eternally thankful.
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Women henpecking boys over their reading choices is not the way to help them empathize with women. I'm not sure why this is difficult to understand.
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Whenever girls and women face challenges, it’s society’s fault, and we change society. Whenever boys and men face challenges, it’s boys’ and men’s fault, and they have to change for society. This is a problem.
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Just finished “Sons of Gold and Fire” by Fred Phillips. A magnificent level-up from book one! This is EXACTLY the fantasy adventure fiction I wish I had at home as a kid. This gets what boys books should be. Tremendous job!
10 out of 10!
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“Almost two centuries of starflight since the dawn of exploration and you’ll still find these early Dumb-Thrusters drifting out there in the void. Engines dark. Nav corrupted. No supplies, or some critical flight system with zero back-up damaged beyond repair. All the records from those first hundred years are corrupted from the plague and so whatever you can find out about these drifters won’t be in the Secure Archives on Sigma Prime. So… you dig into the ship, document what personal items you can, and have the drones scan all the serial and parts numbers. No one cares and half the salvagers out there are just looking for what they can sell to the private collectors. But… Syndicate Archives will pay for the flight and trouble if you get captures on all the data. So we spent three days out there on that ship, scanning. On the last day… it was J8a who insisted we take care of him. She was right. We gently removed him from the pilot’s chair so carefully it must have been like the first time his mother held him. We wrapped him tight for transport, and then… as we stood there with no real idea who he was or where he was from… or what adventures he’d had out here in the dark, what stars he’d seen, what worlds he’d tried, we thanked him for doing his best to get humanity, us, out here. Among the stars. He didn’t make it. But we did.
And he was part of us.
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Arguing that boys must adopt the same reading preferences as girls is the very opposite of empathy.
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Back in July, we had a great panel conversation with the Blasters and Blades crew about the currently-running Annals of the Auran Empire project. If you're on the fence, check out the show.
An empire rises—and you can help shape its history
Today, we are interviewing the stellar team of authors behind The Annals of the Auran Empire live on @BackerKit! If you love classic, high-stakes epic fantasy, incredible worldbuilding, and supporting independent creators, this is the interview you’ve been waiting for. Tune in as the authors share exclusive story details, talk about the art of writing in a shared universe, and explain why this campaign is a must-back for fantasy lovers. Listen to the episode, head over to their #BackerKit page, and claim your place in the Empire! Seriously, this was a fun interview, so go check it out.
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