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August 7, 2019
Warhammer Wednesday: The Return of Crusade for Armageddon?
For the last two years, the Black Library Celebration has included the re-release of much-requested books, and 2020 will continue this grand tradition. The choice of which books receive this accolade is down to a reader vote. And unbelievably, this year, one of the contenders is my very own
Crusade for Armageddon
, originally published in 20003.
Of course, the book's not going to win, not when it's up against the likes of Graham McNeill's Nightbringer , Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Helsreach , and James Swallow's Faith & Fire , and it won't help that many newer Black Library readers won't even have heard of me before. But it's nice to be on the shortlist of six Warhammer 40K novels.
If you do fancy throwing a vote my way, you can do so here.
Of course, the book's not going to win, not when it's up against the likes of Graham McNeill's Nightbringer , Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Helsreach , and James Swallow's Faith & Fire , and it won't help that many newer Black Library readers won't even have heard of me before. But it's nice to be on the shortlist of six Warhammer 40K novels.
If you do fancy throwing a vote my way, you can do so here.
August 5, 2019
Thought for the Day
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."~ Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat and activist
July 29, 2019
Thought for the Day
"If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"~ T. S. Eliot, British poet
July 27, 2019
Shark Week = Sharkpunk
As it's the start of
Shark Week 2019
, isn't it time you read
Sharkpunk
?
Sharks - the ultimate predators, masters of their watery domain, a world that is entirely alien and inhospitable to man. So many aspects of the shark are associated with humankind's most primal fears. The tell-tale dorsal fin slicing through the water, the dead eyed-stare, the gaping jaws full to unforgiving teeth, the remorseless drive to kill and feed...Inspired by such classic pulp movies as Jaws and Deep Blue Sea - as well as such ludicrous delights as Sharknado and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus - the stories contained within are rip-roaring page-turners and slow-build chillers that celebrate all things savage, pulp and selachian. Covering the whole range of speculative fiction genres, from horror and Steampunk, through to SF and WTF, these are stories with bite! Come on in. The water's fine...
You can pick up your copy of Sharkpunk here.
Sharks - the ultimate predators, masters of their watery domain, a world that is entirely alien and inhospitable to man. So many aspects of the shark are associated with humankind's most primal fears. The tell-tale dorsal fin slicing through the water, the dead eyed-stare, the gaping jaws full to unforgiving teeth, the remorseless drive to kill and feed...Inspired by such classic pulp movies as Jaws and Deep Blue Sea - as well as such ludicrous delights as Sharknado and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus - the stories contained within are rip-roaring page-turners and slow-build chillers that celebrate all things savage, pulp and selachian. Covering the whole range of speculative fiction genres, from horror and Steampunk, through to SF and WTF, these are stories with bite! Come on in. The water's fine...
You can pick up your copy of Sharkpunk here.
July 22, 2019
Thought for the Day
"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money either."~ Robert Graves, British poet
July 20, 2019
Magnificent Desolation
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
The Moon has inspired people in so many ways for countless millennia, including me. Ulysses Quicksilver braved the Moon's magnificent desolation in the sixth Pax Britannia novel, Dark Side , published nine years ago in 2010.
Ulysses Quicksilver visits the British lunar colonies, searching for his missing brother, Barty, believed to be on the run from gambling debts on Earth. The clues lead our detective and his faithful butler into the path of unsolved murders, battling robots, shady millionaires and stolen uncanny inventions. Used to working inside the law, Ulysses is stalled when his pursuit puts him on the wrong side of the Luna Prime Police Force.
But why is Ulysses' ex-fiancée Emilia also in the colonies? Who is the strange eye-patched man following Ulysses? And what is really happening in a secret base on the dark side of the moon? Used to meeting every adventure with a devil-may-care attitude and a snappy one-liner, Ulysses will be forever changed by the revelations he discovers on this most deadly of trips.
You can pick up a copy of Dark Side here.
The Moon has inspired people in so many ways for countless millennia, including me. Ulysses Quicksilver braved the Moon's magnificent desolation in the sixth Pax Britannia novel, Dark Side , published nine years ago in 2010.
Ulysses Quicksilver visits the British lunar colonies, searching for his missing brother, Barty, believed to be on the run from gambling debts on Earth. The clues lead our detective and his faithful butler into the path of unsolved murders, battling robots, shady millionaires and stolen uncanny inventions. Used to working inside the law, Ulysses is stalled when his pursuit puts him on the wrong side of the Luna Prime Police Force.
But why is Ulysses' ex-fiancée Emilia also in the colonies? Who is the strange eye-patched man following Ulysses? And what is really happening in a secret base on the dark side of the moon? Used to meeting every adventure with a devil-may-care attitude and a snappy one-liner, Ulysses will be forever changed by the revelations he discovers on this most deadly of trips.
You can pick up a copy of Dark Side here.
July 18, 2019
Steampunk Thursday: Ulysses Quicksilver's Gun
It may be a year since Ulysses Quicksilver's most recent outing, in the story
Reckless Engineering
, but people are still enjoying my
Pax Britannia
stories and being inspired by them. One of those people is 3D artist
Andrew Bjarnsen
.
Only today, Andrew got in touch to let me know that he has modelled Ulysses Quicksilver's gun, as originally designed by Pye Parr. And here it is...
Only today, Andrew got in touch to let me know that he has modelled Ulysses Quicksilver's gun, as originally designed by Pye Parr. And here it is...
July 17, 2019
Warhammer Wednesday: Inferno! Volume 4
I've been sitting on this news for a while, since last year in fact, but seeing as how
Inferno! Volume 4
was recently announced on the Black Library website, I thought it timely to let you know that I have a story in the forthcoming anthology.
It's the first new piece of fiction I've written for the Black Library for some six years.
Inferno! Volume 4 is available to pre-order from 12th October, and is published on 31st October, meaning that October is going to be a busy month for JG releases.
It's the first new piece of fiction I've written for the Black Library for some six years.
Inferno! Volume 4 is available to pre-order from 12th October, and is published on 31st October, meaning that October is going to be a busy month for JG releases.
July 15, 2019
Happy Birthday, Clement Clarke Moore!
In case you don't already know, Clement Clarke Moore was the man who wrote the poem
A Visit From Saint Nicholas
, which is better known by its opening line,
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
, and which was part of the inspiration for my fifth
ACE Gamebook
.
'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas funded via Kickstarter earlier this year, and will be published later this year. But if you missed the original crowdfunding campaign, you can still place a late pledge. Simply click this link and follow the instructions given in that blog post, ignoring the bit about Late Pledges closing in February.
'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas funded via Kickstarter earlier this year, and will be published later this year. But if you missed the original crowdfunding campaign, you can still place a late pledge. Simply click this link and follow the instructions given in that blog post, ignoring the bit about Late Pledges closing in February.
Thought for the Day
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."~ Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick
