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September 18, 2021
Book of the Week: MORGAN BAROD.
MORGAN BAROD is the latest novel by new writer Moe Lane, and it’s a sword-and-sorcery romp through the post-apocalyptic wilds of New Jersey. And it’s out in print, too! Truly, this is the best news you’re going to hear this weekend.
09/18/21 Snippet, ETERNAL NIGHT OF THE MOON-BEASTS.
Useful panic!
Patreon!Most times, panicking in space is a prerequisite to death. Here, it saved Tobias’s life. He could dimly perceive something happening to the outcropping of rock his hopper had just vacated, but there was no time to look, and barely enough time to flee. And even running away wasn’t guaranteed, because the horror in his head was still there, if fainter.
The proximity alarms started screaming as Tobias pushed the hopper through the sky equally recklessly and randomly. They weren’t powered missiles or railgun rounds, though. Too slow. Are those… rocks? he thought as he fought the insidious urge to flee directly back to Heinlein Station. The idea of making a beeline back home horrified the precise same instincts that were keeping him alive, if on the ragged edge of panic right now. What is down there? Do I even want to know? Then three alarms screamed at once, and Tobias desperately tried to dodge the hopper out of the way.
In the mail: DAUGHTER OF THE LILIES, VOL 1.
I got this when DAUGHTER OF THE LILIES had its Kickstarter, and today it showed up.
It’s funny: my eldest kid asked me, “Does it have Jesus in it?” just to be a teenager* about it. He was dumbfounded, yet amused when I said, “…More or less?” It’s a good webcomic: I look forward to the next book.
Moe Lane
*Smartassery and sass in our house is a largely protected category of speech, with the caveat that learning when it’s appropriate is a core skill and we do not grade on a curve. It generally works out.
I am looking for Maryland book fairs in November/December.
I’m doing Fright Reads in October, so I know that one — but I’d like to get some more vending opportunities in this fall to sell my books. I’ve already seen the Silver Spring seasonal fairs, but I can’t afford to spend $300 on a table*. I’m looking for book fairs or cons that are FSF/Horror friendly, and preferably ones that are relatively easy to get to. Suggestions welcome!
Moe
*I’m not saying it’s a bad investment. I’m just saying that I’m unlikely to sell out my entire stock at a seasonal fair, which what it would currently take for me to make a profit under those circumstances.
September 17, 2021
09/17/21 Snippet, ETERNAL NIGHT OF THE MOON-BEASTS.
Action!
Patreon!Something moved, down there in the windy dark. No: something grabbed, and pulled, yanking the drone back and forth as its thrusters automatically fired. Those thrusters were designed to clear a space quickly, but Tobias couldn’t pull the drone away. The thing that had grabbed it wasn’t very strong, but it clutched with awful determination.
Tobias shuddered under that horrible grip. Tactile data didn’t come through the drone link, but he could feel the corruption and decay coming through, and trying to drag him down. For one awful moment Tobias was frozen, the nauseating sensory information overwhelming his consciousness — and then he screamed and fired the hopper’s own emergency boost system with a shout that was half scream. Another scream followed as he overrode the thrust safety interlocks with a spastic mental effort which left blood streaming from his nose. That was as irrelevant as the dangers of a full gee’s worth of sudden acceleration on a lunar-adapted body. What mattered was to go.
They’re remaking THE LOST BOYS. Whee.
Too soon, my friends, too soon. As in, everybody still remembers how good THE LOST BOYS was. A remake is just going to be glaringly awkward:
Warner Bros. is moving forward with a feature film reboot of the classic 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys. The reimagining will star Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It). That’s a talented young cast, but there’s no information on who they’ll be playing in the film.
Look, there’s a reason why they never even made a sequel to the original…
INTERRUPTION, OFFSTAGE: Umm, wasn’t there some stuff a few years back?
…I said, THEY NEVER EVEN MADE A SEQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL. YOU ARE MISTAKEN, OFFSTAGE VOICE. Anyway, this all seems rather silly. Why not just remaster and rerelease the first movie? That at least would be a good thing.
I have physical copies of DECISIONS to sell at @FrightReads!
Huzzah!
This is good, because Fright Reads in October is primarily a horror/spooky book show. Oh, fantasy authors are welcome, too, but I want to have my chapbooks on call and ready to be sold. DECISIONS isn’t as flat-out horrific as REVISIONARY was, but I’m pleased by how the Mythos story in it came out. Hopefully I’ll be in a position to move some product next month.
Moe Lane
PS: MORGAN BAROD should be available, too, but those books aren’t coming until next week.
In the Mail: Alan Moore’s PROVIDENCE.
Legendary. The first edition: almost impossible to find, even in digital form. By all accounts, keep out of the reach of children.
You can pick up the softcover Alan Moore / Jacen Burrows PROVIDENCE now, obviously. And they straightened out the digital option. But this is from the Indegogo and I don’t know how much the hardcover version is really worth. I suspect it’s going to be ‘a lot.’ Oh, well, I’m sure my kids will be happy to sell it for a tidy sum, after I’m gone. After they read it, and cringe: one last mortification for them, from beyond the grave…
In the E-Mail: 1637: THE COAST OF CHAOS eARC.
Finally.
THE NEW WORLD FALLS INTO THE RING OF FIRE. All new stories set in the Ring of Fire series, edited by New York Times best-selling series creator Eric Flint.
— Baen Books (@BaenBooks) September 17, 2021
Check out the eARC here: https://t.co/lMAf2eMqZx pic.twitter.com/atm7Bf9ocx
