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October 21, 2016
Two essays by me for the Fantasy Book Critic!
Hey fans,
The FANTASY BOOK CRITIC has been a big supporter of my work. It's probably my favorite review site on the web right now. One of the things they've done for me is they've shared two of my essays on writing which I recommend to both of you.
TO MYTHOS OR NOT MYTHOS - An essay which talks about whether or not to do works set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos when you're a new horror writer. It's how I decided to do CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON.
GIVING BACK VAMPIRES THEIR BITE - An essay which discu...
The FANTASY BOOK CRITIC has been a big supporter of my work. It's probably my favorite review site on the web right now. One of the things they've done for me is they've shared two of my essays on writing which I recommend to both of you.
TO MYTHOS OR NOT MYTHOS - An essay which talks about whether or not to do works set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos when you're a new horror writer. It's how I decided to do CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON.
GIVING BACK VAMPIRES THEIR BITE - An essay which discu...
October 20, 2016
Flotsam Prison Blues (Technomancer 2#) review
Flotsam Prison Blues is the second novel in the Technomancer series by Michael Gibson. I enjoyed the first one tremendously, so much so I wrote the Foreword for it. It's a mixture of action, comedy, and urban fantasy which I heartily recommend.
The premise of the Technomancer series is it's 175 years after the Biblical Armageddon. After an attempt by a cyberpunk corporation to clone Jesus, God has abandoned the Earth and allowed demons to conquer Creation....
October 19, 2016
Two new reviews of CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON and an interview
A pair of awesome new reviews for my other favorite series after the Supervillainy Saga.
Beauty in Ruins: Horror Review: Cthulhu Armageddon by C.T. Phipps: Cthulhu Armageddon is a book that blends the elements of several genres, and does so with some surprising success.
HOB'S REVIEWS CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON: Have you ever read anything by H.P. Lovecraft? how about listened to one of the radio plays by The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society? No? Well why the hell not? Go and r...
October 18, 2016
The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross review
The Laundry Files are a series I am very fond of but haven't hesitated to criticize in the past. Basically, they're a combination of spy thriller, Cthulhu Mythos series, and office comedy. The strangest thing about that is such isn't even the weirdest part of the story as they also go in bizarre directions such as parodying vampires and superhero fiction. It's sort of an ad hoc Dreseden Files but, in many ways, even more peculiar.
One of the series' bigges...
October 15, 2016
Lucifer's Star is now available on Kindle!
Hey folks,
Being a writer is a time of feast or famine and it's good to have a feast time. I have yet another book which has come out this year and it's not even my last. LUCIFER'S STAR is now available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited for those who want to pick up a copy. Written by me and Michael Suttkus, it is a space opera novel I think folks will quite enjoy.
Count Cassius Mass was the greatest star pilot of the Crius Archduchy. He fought fiercely for his cause, only to watch his nation fall...
October 14, 2016
Interview with C.T. Phipps on THE FANTASY BOOK CRITIC
Awesome,
The FANTASY BOOK CRITIC was very good to me this month and did a kickass interview with me about my books STRAIGHT OUTTA FANGTON, CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON, and LUCIFER'S STAR. They asked a lot of really good questions and I got a chance to talk about details I wouldn't normally be able to talk about.
Check it out if you want to learn more about my books!
Available for reading here.
October 12, 2016
Woken Furies review
The end of the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy comes neither with a bang nor a whimper. For me, it reminds me of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Altered Carbon was the best of the series while Broken Angels did something different but was kind of a disaster (much like Temple of Doom). Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade returned to the formula of Raiders, much like Woken Furies does with Altered Carbon, but doesn't quite capture the same magic.
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October 11, 2016
CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON is now available on audiobook!
Hey folks,
I'm incredibly pleased to announce that CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON is now available on audiobook for your listening pleasure. Better still, Jeffrey Kafer, who made the Supervillainy Saga and Esoterrorism so good will be lending his voice to one last series of mine. I think this is probably our best work and fans of post-apocalypse fiction, science fiction, horror, and the Cthulhu Mythos will all enjoy it.
“Under an alien sky where gods of eldritch matter rule, the only truth is revenge...
October 10, 2016
THE FANTASY BOOK CRITIC reviews "Cthulhu Armageddon" and "Straight Outta Fangton"
I'm a huge fan of the Fantasy Book Critic because they're my number 1# source of interesting new independent (and not so independent) book reviews. So it was a real honor that they took the time out to give CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON and STRAIGHT OUTTA FANGTON a once-over. Better still, they liked both novels and had a lot of interesting thoughts on both.
Check out their review here.
October 7, 2016
Mafia III review
I've mostly been disappointed with the Triple A game releases this year. There's been a lot of smoke and mirrors promising big and delivering little. Mafia III is a case where I had moderate expectations rather than high ones. The previous Mafia games had their ups and downs but were well known for their solid storytelling as well as atmosphere. The revelation Mafia III would have a Black protagonist, would take place in a faux New Orleans, and would involve shooting up the...
