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April 4, 2020
Book Review of John Scalzi’s Novel “The Collapsing Empire”
I recently downloaded a free copy of John Scalzis novel The Collapsing Empire from TOR.com. It was part of a promotion of the third novel in this series The Last Emperox being published later this month (as I write this). Scalzi comes with a rather stellar reputation and background, having won two Hugos and been []
April 3, 2020
“Spring Into SciFi 2020” Available Now!
As promised the Cloaked Press science fiction anthology Spring Into SciFi: 2020 Edition is now available for purchase on Amazon. As Ive been mentioning (a lot) lately, it contains my short story The Colonists which was recently reviewed. I know these are difficult times, when fact and real life seems stranger than fiction. Believe me, []
April 2, 2020
Announcing the Anthologies “Fantastic Schools 1 and 2”
L. Jagi Lamplighter has just announced at the magic schools page for Superversive SF, the upcoming publications of Fantastic Schools 1 and 2. One of the two volumes, I dont know which one yet, will feature my fantasy short story Sorcerys Preschool. I very, very loosely based the main child character on my four-and-a-half []
April 1, 2020
Book Review of Iain Kelly’s “A Justified State”
Ive been following Iain Kellys writing online for a few years now. He and I (along with a bunch of other folks) met while participating in a series of internet writing challenges such as this one. Thats where I found out that hes the undisputed master of murder mysteries, only in his case, he actually []
March 31, 2020
Spring Into SciFi 2020 Reviewed!
Spring Into SciFi: 2020 Edition just got its first review, but not on Amazon. Cheyanne A. Lepka reviewed the anthology on her personal blog five days ago (as I write this), giving it a four out of five star (which is pretty good). Read the full review HERE. The review calls out four of the []
March 29, 2020
Science Fiction Anthology “Spring Into SciFi” Available Friday, April 3rd!
I just found out that not only is the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2020 available on Amazon for pre-order, but it will be delivered to your kindle device on April 3, 2020. Thats this coming Friday, folks. The book features my science fiction short story The Colonists, which Im absolutely thrilled about. This []
March 28, 2020
Video Promotion of the “Sol” Planetary Anthology
As with the Mars planetary anthology, the Sol planetary anthology now has its own promotional video. Sol features my science fiction short story The Pleiades Dilemma, the tale of an interstellar interloper into our solar system that not only seems piloted, but is on a direct course for our Sun. The question is, will this []
Review of the Zombie Pirate Publishing Fantasy Anthology “Witches vs. Wizards”
I just finished Zombie Pirate Publishings 2018 anthology WITCHES VS WIZARDS: A Fantasy Anthology, and I must say I was exceptionally impressed. Typically, indie anthologies are a mix of terrific, good, and okay stories, with one or two stinkers, but this one surprised me. I cant say I found a story I didnt like. A []
March 26, 2020
Excerpt from My Untitled WIP Novella
Ive been doing a lot of writing on my two days off, and as of today, submitted two pieces to different anthologies. My WIP (one of them) right now is a Novella between 20,000 and 40,000 words long. Im in Heaven, well, sort of. Im around the 13,600 mark for the first draft and hoping []
March 25, 2020
Review of “Forgotten Ones: Drabbles of Myth and Legend”
Ive been downloading a lot of digital books that are being offered cost free as promotions lately. Its a great way to read new material and its easy on my meager budget, especially since the libraries have closed (sounds dystopian, doesnt it?). Somewhere on Facebook (probably), I found a link to the Eerie River Publishing []
