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The Man Who Walked in Darkness (Miles Franco #2) is now available! Plus a discount!

After much delay, the second book in my hardboiled Miles Franco urban fantasy series is finally available as an ebook. I know some of you have been waiting for this, so I hope you enjoy it. The book, titled The Man Who Walked in Darkness, is currently up on Amazon Kindle and at Smashwords. I expect it to be up at B&N, Apple, and Kobo soon, with the paperback coming in a couple of weeks. You’ll find the links below.

If you’re unfamiliar with my Miles Franco books, they’re a series of slightly i...

The Man Who Walked in Darkness has a release date!

News time! After much delay (entirely my fault), the sequel to The Man Who Crossed Worlds is nearly here. The ebook edition will be available June 21st 2013, with the paperback soon after. Woot!

The sequel, titled The Man Who Walked in Darkness, follows freelance Tunneler Miles Franco as he deals with the aftermath of the events of The Man Who Crossed Worlds. Here’s the blurb:

Miles is back for another round of hardboiled pulp action in the two-fisted sequel to The Man Who Crossed Worlds.

Freela...

Shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2013

I have great news! Don’t Be a Hero, my superhero novel, has been shortlisted in the Best Novel category of the 2013 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. Thank you very much to all of you who were kind enough to nominate me.

The next stage is voting by members of SFFANZ and Au Contraire. If you are member of one of these groups and would like a free digital copy of Don’t Be a Hero to read before casting your vote, please email me at chrisstrangeauthor@gmail.com with your name and format preference (Kindle,...

My Books on Sale for Read an Ebook Week 2013

It’s Read an E-Book Week this week, and to celebrate, my novels Don’t Be a Hero and The Man Who Crossed Worlds are both 50% off at Smashwords!

Smashwords is an ebook retailer that offers ebooks in a variety of formats, including EPUB (for Kobo, Nook, and iBooks) and MOBI (for Kindle). To get 50% off either of my novels, just go to the store page for Don’t Be a Hero or The Man Who Crossed Worlds and use the coupon code REW50 at the checkout.

Get in fast, because the deal ends at midnight Pacific...

My Pal Gamera

I have a soft spot for kaiju (giant monster) movies. You know, those Japanese ones with the guys stomping around model Tokyo in a rubber suit? Ever since the original Gojira (Godzilla) was released in 1954, Toho’s Godzilla series has been the most popular kaiju films both in Japan and internationally. Everyone in the world knows who Godzilla is.

Now, Godzilla’s pretty cool, but he’s not my favoritekaiju . Ever since I saw some of his films on old MST3K episodes, my heart has always belonged to...

Nominations for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards Are Open!

Nominations for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, New Zealand’s premier science fiction and fantasy awards, are now open! Since my superhero novel Don’t Be a Hero was released in 2012, it is eligible for the Best Professional Novel category. But to stand a chance of getting this award I need your help!

If you read and enjoyed Don’t Be a Hero, I’d really appreciate it if you could take the time to send in an email nomination. The author must be a New Zealander (like me) or a New Zealand resident, bu...

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Thanks for all your support this year. You guys have made this year awesome. I hope you’re all enjoying the holiday season with your loved ones and that you got some sweet presents.

See you all in 2013!

Guest Post: Pop Culture and the Superhero

A bit of extra news: I’ve got a guest post called Pop Culture and the Superhero up over at The Akamai Reader. Great fun with a great host.

And if you missed it, Don’t Be a Hero is now available at the following sites:

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YNGBXY/

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009YNGBXY/

Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=9780473224455

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/249503

(For Smashwords, use the coupon code QT94H at the checkout)

Cheers...

Don’t Be a Hero is now available!

It’s release day! My superhero novel Don’t Be a Hero is now available in ebook formats. And I’m having a new release sale: the book is just 99c for the next week. Get in quick before the price goes up to $4.99.

It’s a bad time to be a superhero.

When the world turned its back on metahumans, the golden age of superheroes came crashing down. But now a mysterious supercriminal is making one final bid for power, and with no one else left to protect the world, ex-hero Spook must risk everything to t...

New Interview Up At Faerytale Magic

I’m going full steam ahead to the release of Don’t Be a Hero. Only a week away!

In other news, the wonderful folks over at Faerytale Magic just interviewed me. We talked about characters, superheroes, and writing. Check it out!

Stay cool, everyone.