Broken Keys Publishing's Blog, page 46

The Facility - Updated Cover!

The FacilityHere is an updated  preview of yet another Refuse Chronicles' vignette's cover!Revisiting the awakening of sentience.

The Facility - New Vignette Cover

The FacilityHere is a preview of yet another Refuse Chronicles' vignette's cover!Revisiting the creation and awakening of the sentient A.I. fromNecropolis.

Radio Interviews

(I'm on at approximately 67:20)(I'm on at approximately 29:00)

Exciting News @ The Parkdale Market Book Fair!

Joining me at theParkdale Market's Book FairSaturday, August 13th, between10 am - 4 pmwill be my friend,Liam Gibbs, local Ottawa author of the"In A Galaxy Far, Far Awry"series!(How could you not want to meet with these two good looking guys?!)Now you have the awesome opportunity to check out both of our works, chit-chat with us and have an all around great time atThe Parkdale Market Book Fair!My good friend Liam Gibbs'In a Galaxy Far, Far Awryseries will also be available!In a Galaxy Far, Far Awry:Issue #1:Serial Fiction SideshowIn a Galaxy Far, Far Awry:Issue #2:Home Sweet Home InvasionIn a Galaxy Far, Far Awry:Issue #3:TechnophobiaTheLovecraftian Horrorseries, The Symbiot, will be available in its entirety!I will be promotingThe Symbiot Trilogy - a horror series set in a Lovecraftian world!At these local events it'll be available at a fantastic price unavailable at bookstores!"In The Symbiot, Weatherall has created a spine chilling tale reminiscent of the style of Stephen King."TDC Book Reviews​“Lovecraftian atmosphere and themes at their best. Michel Weatherall is a master of this style of horror - he’ll keep you up all night reading, then for days just thinking about it.”Laurie Stewart,  Author"One man's musical passion leads on a temporal hunt through a Lovecraftian world on a collision course with extinction! Reminiscent with Guy de Maupassant's The Horla"'Seph Sayers, Blogger & Book Reviewer~ Follow me onFacebookandTwitterfor future releases ~And on a final note, if you can't make it, you can catch me atThe Byward Market, Friday, August 26th, and both Liam & I will both be returning together toThe Byward Market, Saturday, September 3rd!See you there!

Now on Library Thing!

I've just joinedLibrary Thing!Now, in addition toGoodreads,Smashwords,Quotes Rain, andPronouns(to name a few), you can now find me onLibrary Thing!

Author's Market at The Byward Market, August 26th

The Authors' Market.Did you know the City of Ottawa Markets Management has launched an initiative at theByward Market?Outdoor space amongst the Market vendors allow local authors to highlight, showcase, promote and sell their works!I will be there on the following date (with another possible, as of yet unconfirmed, date coming!)Friday, Aug. 26th10:00 am - 3:00 pmCome down! Meet and greet with me! Check out my work! Get your books signed!Rumor is, our very own mayor, Jim Watson may be dropping by to show his support!

The Authors' Market - Awesome!

Another successful day atThe Authors' Marketon theByward Market!Sold books, got to meet several fans and have a few great coversations! (Yes, one of those was with you, Howard!)Here's a new fan's selfie with me!How awesome is that?!(Thanks Nancy!)Coming us next?I'll be at theParkdale Market Book Fair Saturday, August 13thbetween 10 am - 4 pm!(And back atThe Authors' Market on the Byward Market August 26thwith a possible visit from our mayor, Jim Watson!)

Live Interviews!

CKCU - FM 93.1Tuesday Special Blend,hosted by Adam Coombs(Begins @ 29:00)(July 26th)CKCU- FM 93.1Literary Landscape,hostedby Kate Hunt(July 21/16)Daytime Ottawa, Live TV,Rogers Channel 22(July 19th)CKCU - FM 93.1Wednesday Special Blendhosted by Tic(Begins @ 67:20 - 119:11)(July 13/16) The Carol Anne Meehan Show, Live Radio Interview(June 17/16)​Daytime Ottawa,with Derick Fage & Danaielle Allard,Live TV Interview(@ 2:07)(Nov 20/15)

"Neonomicon", by Allan Moore & Jacen Burrows

Neonomicon is a difficult graphic novel to review.To begin with, I think the term 'graphic' is more than appropriate here. Although I do not believe in censorship, I do think this particular piece should carry a warning on its cover. This is most definitely NOT for children of even younger (or less mature) adolescents.The opening few pages carry some pretty graphic and gory artwork. However, this isn't really the questionable material. There is a significantly long orgy screen, which includes homo and heterosexual rape and gang rape. This scene isn't merely suggested but quite graphically laid out, leaving little to the imagination, including woman-on-woman cunnilingus, fellatio and ejaculation.This scene is definitely not in the area of exotica and I would argue that is surpasses the category of 'soft porn'. Although the event is necessary to the storyline, the scene itself isn't. Unfortunately the writer/artist decided to avoid aHitchcock-methodology(allowing the reader's imagination to fill in the horrific blanks), choosing instead to follow the less classic and less imaginative graphic option, I suspect, for its shock value.Now, having said that, it isn't my intention to come across as a prude. Violence, gory, and even sexual content does not make a book (or graphic novel) good or bad. Its story does; its artwork does.Neonomicon takes a novel approach to the Lovecraftian Mythos, and an interesting one at that! Allan Moore attempts to explain how the Great Old Ones could possible be both dead yet eternally sleeping and dreaming. I like this. However, Neonomicon's possible inclusion into the genre ofLovecraftian Horrorends there. Although this category of horrorcaninclude elements of shock and gory, it should not focus specifically on them. I feel Neonomicon only does this. Although of some levels it touches upon cosmic horror, I didn't feel this was its primary focus, but a secondary afterthought.Although I would like to say it left me wanting more of the cosmic horror, sadly, it left me simply glad to close its covers.Unfortunately, this graphic novel gets 2.5 stars our of 5.

Tuesday Special Blend with Adam Coombs - CKCU

You can listen to this episode ofTuesday Special Blend,with host Adam Coombs, here:~link~(I'm on at about 29:00)Don't forget, FREE downloads ofThe Symbiot, andA Dark Corner of My Soul(a selection of dark poetry), may be attainedby visitingLiteraryLandscapes on Facebookand telling us what your favourite H.P. Lovecraft story is (orLovecraftianorMythos Story)!