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LUCIFER'S WORLD cover completed

I've got great news, folks! Alex Raspad, who is an amazing artist, has done a third cover for my LUCIFER'S STAR series. Here's a depiction of the third book in the series that I've already got plotted out and hope to finish soon for release in early 2018.

JUNE 2017 update on my writing

A heads' up on where I'm related to on my various projects:



THE KINGDOM OF SUPERVILLAINY: I am at 22K writing this, which is a lot more impressive than it sounds as I haven't "officially" started writing it. I planned to start writing it after I finished Lucifer's Nebula but I keep writing a little bit more here and there as the jokes and plot come to me. It's poor Gary enjoying the height of his success as a supervillain only to discover that comes with the cost of the heroes in retreat. Can...

The (Sort of) Dark Mage by

    THE (SORT OF) DARK MAGE is a fantasy parody about an evil wizard (not really) who is the last remaining member of the Corpselover lineage. Basically like the Malfoys back in a time when magic meant something more than going to a posh school, all the elder siblings to Walder Corpselover have gotten themselves killed trying to prove themselves worthy. Waldo is more Neville Longbottom than Draco, though, and is thoroughly unqualified for the position as heir to the most presti...

Is Starcraft grimdark?: Darker than expected RTS storytelling

This essay will contain spoilers for Starcraft, Brood War, and Starcraft II.

    Already, I can hear some of you sniggering in the background. Starcraft? Grimdark? We're talking about Blizzard's other successful real-time strategy series, right? The one with the little cartoon space marines, aliens, and space elves, right? The one that isn't Warhammer 40K but is similar enough that at least one of the designers played it before the franchise moved in a different direction. Why y...

Hard Luck Hank: Screw the Galaxy by Steven Campbell review

    HARD LUCK HANK is notably the first book I ever saw advertised alongside one of my books and every single volume of the series has been advertised alongside my Supervillainy Saga books, almost in tandem. This factor, along with the hilarious covers, made me finally shell out the money to buy a copy of the first book. I'm currently on the fifth book, interrupting my work in writing my Lucifer's Star sequel and reading other series to read the books one after the other.

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Dead Rising 4 review

    I love the Dead Rising series. I didn't play the third game but that's more due to bad timing more than anything else. However, a opening appeared in my schedule which I've decided to devote to finishing off Dead Rising 4 after starting it before Christmas and then move on to doing reviews for the Starcraft series that I'm only now catching up on (after it being almost 20 years since I last played it).

    So, what is Dead Rising about and is this installment...

Best Reviews for Lucifer's Star

Well, obviously, I'm going to tell you to read LUCIFER'S STAR. I think it's probably my best work alongside CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON. However, if you don't think I can be trusted to be objective about my own work (perish the thought), I thought I'd share some of the best reviews of my space opera epic.

Beauty in Ruins

Bookwraiths

Booknest.EU

Grimdark Reader

Not everyone agrees on what they liked and some had elements they disliked but all of them treated the book fair.

The Last Colony (Old Man's War 3#) by John Scalzi review

    American pioneer heritage is something which has kind of a sordid history once you peel back the legend and myth-making which was deliberately added to it. Disease, exile of religious dissidents, slaughter of locals, and shameless land grabs are the least of it. I was hesitant about John Scalzi's take on the subject with the story of Old Man War protagonist John Perry taking up the role of a colony head in a book series primarily about the evils of colonization. I shouldn't...

The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French

"Live in the saddle, die on the hog."

    THE GREY BASTARDS have been on my list of things to review for quite some time but I've been distracted a lot from my reading due to a tidal wave of other good books. Still, I never lost my desire to read about half-orc calvary fighting against full-blooded orcs along the borderlands. The excellent art on its front intrigued me as well. Which goes to show you you can judge a book by its cover.

    The premise. as mentioned,...