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The Science Fiction of Cyberpunk Has Become Science Fact

(This post originally ran over on the Genre Underground site) Two years ago, when I sat down to start writing on my first novel, THE CESTUS CONCERN, I had it in my head that I was going to be writing a futuristic cyberpunk novel loaded with science fiction. After all, the book was populated with […]

The Cestus CyberCrash Soundtrack by David Zuzelo

Readers of my first two novels, The Cestus Concern and The Cestus Contract, will already be familiar with the man behind today’s offering. In the books, David Zuzelo (or “Zuz”) is the slightly paranoid computer programmer sidekick for Malcolm Weir. What you probably don’t know is that Zuz is based loosely on a real guy […]

The Biggest Influence on The Cestus Contract: Shotaro Ishinomori

A question I get asked a lot about my new novel, THE CESTUS CONTRACT, is “where does it come from and what are your influences on it?” Okay, so that was two questions squished together. Usually, once they’ve posed the question, the asker will then go on to start guessing at those influences. The most […]

Top 5 Casting Choices for The Cestus Concern

An interesting thing that has happened to me a number of times since my first novel hit the Bestseller’s list on Amazon last year has been getting approached by film producers, agents and actors interested in in. And by “interested” I mean “they sniff around anything out there with even the tiniest bit of buzz.” […]

I Love Action – A few comments about THE CESTUS CONTRACT

I am a completely unabashed, unrestrained, and unadulterated fan of action flicks. I love every shape and every variation of them: the iconic 80s actioneers, hardcore Asian action, crappy 70s Chinese martial arts, Blaxploitation, Hong Kong action cinema, and everything in between. I love action. With my first full-length novel, “The Cestus Concern,” I wrote […]

Mat Nastos Interviewed by Derrick Ferguson

I had the pleasure to be interviewed by one of my favorite authors, Derrick Ferguson. Derrick is the author of a series of books about a character named Dillon, who is sort of like the Rock’s character in “The Rundown,” but even more badass. I’d say Dillon is like James Bond, but that doesn’t do […]

Cestus Contract Fan Art

At the top of my list of “favorite things about being an author” has got to be interacting with the fans. There really is no bigger kick in life than hearing from people who enjoy your work — from fans who have spent time in the world you’ve created. A really cool subset of that […]

The Cestus Concern #1 Science Fiction eBook on Amazon!!

Today was one of those awesome days that don’t come along anywhere near often enough for my taste. In preparation for the release of my next novel (THE CESTUS CONTRACT: WEIR CODEX BOOK 2), I put together a huge marketing push for my first novel, THE CESTUS CONCERN. I figured, if I could somehow get […]

New Indy Book Spotlight: Dorktown Diaries by J Newton

SYNOPSIS: The federal government has started a new educational program to install human like robots in classrooms across the country. These robots are to instruct the students just like teachers. A small town in American takes on the program and studies the middle school children’s reaction to the experiment. Open diaries, humor and sci-fiction come […]

Interview with ElissaBeth Frear

Today I’d like to welcome the author of the exciting new fantasy adventure Trilogy, The THIN GREYY LINE. Elissabeth Frear is a fantastic author with a growing fan following. It is an absolute pleasure to be able to interview her. What inspired you to write your first book? Greyylene and her escapades were part of […]