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Vampire: The Masquerade: Coteries of New York review

    VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE: COTERIES OF NEW YORK is a video game set in the World of Darkness and developed by Polish company Draw Distance. More precisely, it is Visual Novel which consists of a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-esque text adventure. Your character is Embraced as a vampire one evening and have a limited amount of time to make a number of allies to help you against both the Second Inquisition as well as your fellow undead.

The Prince is never your friend....

Agents of Mortal: Deicide by M.K. Gibson review

   AGENTS OF MORTAL: DEICIDE by M.K. Gibson is the latest offering from an author that has done a lot of books that I've enjoyed. I've read his TECHNOMANCER, VILLAINS RULE, and SHE DREAMS OF FIRE novels. Like a lot of the indie authors I know, he's on the Kindle Unlimited system and effectively a free-ish book source for subscribers. Gibson's book are heavy on the humor, irony, and cynicism with his protagonists tending to be somewhat sardonic heroes in the Harry Dresden mold.

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United States of Monsters Reading List

One of my favorite creations as a writer so far has been my United States of Monsters books. It is a world where vampires, werewolves, mages, and fairies live openly with humanity after the Reveal in 2007. The majority of the action takes place in Michigan, specifically the Detroit area, but the prequel is a globetrotting spy adventure trilogy. Plus, the Morgan Detective Agency references some events in the previous trilogies. So, I thought I'd share the reading order of the books if anyone...

Dane Curse by Matt Abraham review

    DANE CURSE is the first book of the BLACK CAPE CASE FILES by Matt Abraham. It is the story of the titular detective who is a former supervillain with the powers of the Wrecker but who has since retired to become a private detective specializing in the affairs of "black capes." Dane Curse is a fascinating noir private eye in a seemingly Golden Age of Superheroism city that has the same sort of timelessness as Gotham City.

    Dane's business is doing alright...

Chains of Blood by M.L. Spencer review

     "History is written by the winners, unless it is written by the survivors."
    I've always been fond of fantasy that picks up years, decades, or even centuries after the events of a previous book's story. It's why I'm fond of the old Star Wars Legends universe and the current sequel trilogy (even if both had flaws). My favorite "popcorn fantasy" in the Dragonlance novels did an excellent series based around the Heroes of the Lance and their successors...

Brightblade now available on audible and in book form

 Hey everyone,

I thought you'd like to know that BRIGHTBLADE is now available on both audiobook as narrated by Heather Costa and also in physical book form. It is the adventures of a ex-superhero turned private eye/bounty hunter named Ashley Morgan.

Psychic. Superhero. Spy. Detective. Bounty hunter. Ashley Morgan has been many things and failed at all of them. The 28-year old has her whole life ahead of her but has already resigned herself to working a dead-end job bringing in the...

Brightblade is now available for purchase!

Hey folks,

Good news! We have a new book from me available for order! BRIGHTBLADE is the next installment of the UNITED STATES OF MONSTERS universe that includes the RED ROOM, BRIGHT FALLS MYSTERIES, and STRAIGHT OUTTA FANGTON books. This book, first of the MORGAN DETECTIVE AGENCY series is about the adventures of Ashley Morgan, PI and bounty hunter.

Psychic. Superhero. Spy. Detective. Bounty Hunter. Ashley Morgan has been many things and failed at all of them. The twenty-eight-ye.../>Psychic.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) review

*Warning - Long drawn out political analysis*

    Let's be honest, Call of Duty's campaign mode hasn't been good for awhile now. It used to be one of the biggest franchises in the world but it got trapped in the yearly development cycle and then went in some odd directions. I don't think we have to explain that Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, and Infinite Warfare were not great directions to pursue. Each of them more or less ended without any resolution to their campaigns and weren't terribly great storie...

Another Life (2019 television series) review

    This is a very difficult show to review and I don't often say that. I've done something like two thousand reviews total in my career as an author, reviewer, and internet commentator. It's very easy to review shows you like or dislike. It's harder to review shows you have mixed feelings about. How, exactly, do you review a show that is objectively terrible but you love? Another Life is a gloriously trashy program and one that I strongly recommend people watch but they should do...

The Outer Worlds review

    Country roads, take me home, to a place--oh wait, wrong game. Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. Ah, yes, that's much better. Outer Worlds is one of the three games I've been looking forward to with the others being Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 and Cyberpunk 2077. Basically, the video game industry has all but killed my love of gaming with some recent disasters that seem utterly determined to remove anything resembling storytelling and nuance from the genr...