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Interview with me on Grim Tidings Podcast

 Hey folks,

Great news, I've been interviewed on the GRIM TIDINGS PODCAST by Rob Matheny. I talk about independent publishing, LUCIFER'S STAR, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER, and how to make it big in the business. I also get to talk with Rob J. Hayes who is my rival for the most grimdark of independent author.

Listen to the hour-long program here

The Fifth Empire of Man by Rob J. Hayes review

    THE FIFTH EMPIRE OF MAN is the Warhammer 40K-esque titled novel about a very different sort of subject: pirates! It is the sequel to Rob J. Hayes incredible work WHERE LOYALTIES LIE that follows fantasy conman and pirate Drake Morass in his attempt to forge a pirate kingdom from the disunited thieves of the Pirate Isles. Rather than do a trilogy like his TIES THAT BIND series, Rob J. Hayes brings things to a complete close in only two books. I'm kind of sad about that becau...

I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER release day!

Hey folks, great news! The ebook version of I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER is now available on Kindle!

FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA

Jane Doe is a weredeer, the least-threatening shapechanger species in the world. Blessed with the ability to turn furry at will and psychically read objects, Jane has done her best to live a normal life working as a waitress at the Deerlightful Diner. She has big dreams of escaping life in the supernatural-filled town of Bright Falls, Michigan,...

Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson vol. 1 review

    Frank Miller's Daredevil is one of the main contributing factors to the creation of the Dark Age of Comics which, hyperbole aside, was an attempt to bottle the lightning created by Miller and Alan Moore across multiple series. Frank Miller, however, took a character who was always just shy of a second-rate Spiderman and turned him into a character who has had a movie as well as television series with multiple spin offs. As a comic book historian as well, it also generated a...

Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson

    Frank Miller's Daredevil is one of the main contributing factors to the creation of the Dark Age of Comics which, hyperbole aside, was an attempt to bottle the lightning created by Miller and Alan Moore across multiple series. Frank Miller, however, took a character who was always just shy of a second-rate Spiderman and turned him into a character who has had a movie as well as television series with multiple spin offs. As a comic book historian as well, it also generated a...

West End Droids and East End Dames review

    The Easytown series by Brian Parker is one of my favorite cyberpunk series. Brian Parker has created a real winner in a story which chronicles the adventures of Zach Forest, homicide detective as he patrols the seedy beat of Easytown. The beat has made him hard and ruthless but he was always that way to begin with.

    Easytown is, essentially the resurrected Storyville of New Orleans and serves as the city's red light district. Except, instead of flesh-and-bl...

Iron Fist Season One review

    I'm a big fan of Iron Fist and I'm going to make the very hipster-esque quote of the fact I was a fan of Iron Fist before he was cool. I may have only read him in The Essential Iron Fist but it's not like there's actually much of a character between his Heroes for Hire days to when Ed Brubaker re-imagined him for an extremely good tournament arc. Who is Iron Fist? Iron Fist is basically Batman Begins Batman or Arrowverse Green Arrow with the benefit of actually possessing s...

Jessica Jones Season One review

    Jessica Jones is a character I have a familiarity with before the television series back when it was called Alias and just picked a kind of atrocious bit of timing. Really, because Jennifer Garner would have been a much better Jessica Jones than Elektra. Be that as it may, Krysten Ritter does an excellent job bringing her interpretation of the character to life even if she's not quite the same character as the one in the comics. I have some issues with the series, overall,...

Daredevil Season 2 review

    Yeah, I know, this is like a year too late but the benefit of Netflix is you can catch up any time you want. I also have an aversion to doing reviews of really good popular programming because, honestly, what's the point? I mean, basically everyone knows Daredevil was some of the best programming Netflix did and it's not like I was going to bring in a whole new audience.

    This is sad, too, because I love Daredevil. I also love Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and...

Life is Strange review

    I love Life is Strange. It is a game which I will rank as one of my all-time favorite video games while simultaneously saying it's ending is about as bad as Mass Effect 3's. This is one of those beautiful Top Gun-esque jets which took to the air, did some amazing stunts, and then crashed at the very end. Nevertheless, it is a video game which has the potential to change interactive storytelling as a whole and elevate the medium. You know, if they can understand how to end t...