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October 28, 2011

A Review of "Four Bullets for Dillon" by Derrick Ferguson

About six months ago I started on a pretty obsessive pulp kick, set off by the purchase of about 35 Doc Savage reprint novels from the 70s. While I had been a fan of work that had originated in the old pulp magazines – Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Dunsany, RE Howard, Chandler and a huge [...]

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Published on October 28, 2011 17:53

October 22, 2011

What is New Pulp – part 2!!

I just received a very nice note from Van Allen Plexico, who, in addition to having a freakin' awesome name, writes some of my favorite superhero prose. Check out "The Sentinels" from White Rocket Books for only $2.99!
In his note, VAP tells me the New Pulp guys actually publish a wide variety of [...]

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Published on October 22, 2011 13:46

October 21, 2011

What is New Pulp?

I've gotten into a bit of a "pulp fiction" kick of late and have been reading reprints of the stuff like a madman over the past six months. I've eaten up 30 volumes of Doc Savage; tons of adventures of the Spider, the Phantom and the shadow; checked back on the work of HP Lovecraft, [...]

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Published on October 21, 2011 21:55

October 18, 2011

The Last Immortal – story excerpt

The Last Immortal
by Mat Nastos
Available for download at:
Smashwords
Amazon for KINDLE
BN.Com for NOOK
Synopsis: Deep within Wyren Wood, Broderick Longbarrel and the men of his unit find themselves stalked by an ancient, timeless being focused on revenge. It is up to the veteran warrior and his steam-powered rifle to discover the secret of "The Last Immortal."
Story Excerpt: [...]

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Published on October 18, 2011 00:33

September 27, 2011

Comic Book Marketing 101 eBook now available!

"Comic Book Marketing 101″ is now available as an ebook. It is 100+ pages of practical, real world tips, techniques and walk-thrus on how to increase sales and reach for comic book publishers and creators alike. It offers case studios and gives concrete examples of what to do and what not to do alike. It's [...]

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Published on September 27, 2011 16:54

August 30, 2011

Frank Versus The Vampire – story excerpt

Frank Versus The Vampire
By Mat Nastos
Available for download at:
Smashwords
Amazon for KINDLE
BN.Com for NOOK
Synopsis: Detective Frank Fenris specializes in the more…unusual cases for the NYPD. When his latest hunt, for a missing college co-ed, winds up at a ratty, downtown Manhattan apartment, Frank must face off alone against one of the most powerful undead creatures [...]

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Published on August 30, 2011 17:34

Short Story Challenge Episode 3: Frank Versus the Vampire

Welcome to the Mat-Cave!
I am now about three weeks in to the 22-week Short Story Challenge I set for myself back at the beginning of August and I'm still feeling pretty positive about things. The basic idea behind the challenge was to get me writing more and to help me work on transitioning over to [...]

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Published on August 30, 2011 17:34

August 19, 2011

The Old Sergeant reviewed on the EBook Apothecary

Great review of "The Old Sergeant" over on the EBook Apothecary. They say:
"The fresh descriptive writing and unique story thrust you immediately into a world that you have never seen before – and when you get to the end, you'll be wishing for more."
Check out the full review at:  http://theriaka-ebooks.blogspot.com/2...
-Mat Nastos, Super Genius
http://www.MatNastos.net
If you enjoyed [...]

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Published on August 19, 2011 14:30

August 18, 2011

Building a World – the Aegisteel Empire Map

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With the release of my fantasy-steampunk short eBook, "The Old Sergeant" (now available at Amazon for the Kindle, BN.com for the Nook, Smashwords and a bunch of other places), one of the things I've been getting a lot of requests for is a map of the world he exists in…what I'm calling the [...]

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Published on August 18, 2011 15:49

August 12, 2011

Short Story Challenge Preview: The King's Paladin

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I got this piece in today from artist, Carlo Spagnola. I met Carlo over on DeviantArt and, when I saw his work, I absolutely had to get him on board to do a couple of eBook covers for me.  The guy's work is amazing!
Carlo painted up (and insanely quickly, I might add) [...]

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Published on August 12, 2011 01:08