Reading Appearance at BookBar, Denver
If you’re in the Denver area, Saturday, July 13, at 7:00 p.m., I’ll be appearing with the inimitable J.L. Forrest at the BookBar’s Science Fiction Reading Series. Hope to see you there!
News
Coming Soon – Straight Outta Deadwood
I’m delighted to report that I have a short story appearing in an awesome new Weird Western anthology from Baen Books. Straight Outta Deadwood hits the trail in October 2019. The line-up of authors here will blow your mind. Pre-order it today!
Pre-Order THE HAMMER FALLS Today!
The Hammer Falls is available for pre-order on Amazon now! If Gladiator meets Sin City with a cyberpunk twist sounds like your kind of gritty, dystopian thrill ride, you’re in the right place. The release date is June 1, 2019. Just click here. Thank you for your support!
Launching a New Comic Series
I’m delighted to announce the roll-out of a new comic series Legend of the Ronin. It’s been a crazy fun ride thus far. I got the opportunity to work with one of my all-time favorite artists, Val Mayerik, who did the pencils and inks, and with the dazzling awesomeness of Brittany Pezzillo, who did the colors. Issue #0 is a special teaser. Issue #1 will be available in June, hopefully just in time for a debut at Denver Pop Culture Con, formerly known as Denver Comic Con. Sort of like the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Anyway, this teaser is
Whimsycon Schedule
This weekend, March 1-3, I’ll be appearing at Whimsycon in Denver. I’ll have a vendor table and I’ll be taking part in various panels and readings with some illustrious colleagues. Fri, 8:00 PM-8:50 PM, Critique Groups: Care and Feeding Without Getting Your Hand Bitten (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 1:00 PM-1:50 PM, Building and Cultivating Your Creative Community (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 2:00 PM-2:50 PM, Learn to Love Your Writing (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM, Sticking the Landing: How to End Your (Mesa Verde A – Steampunk)Sat, 8:00 PM-8:50 PM, Author Readings – Harrison, Heermann, Willis (Mesa Verde B – Victorian)
The Hammer Falls – SF Action Novel
So many irons in the fire, so many things happening. Short stories coming out later this year, novels being written, screenplays in the works. The wheels are churnin’, the still is cookin’, the juices are flowin’. All that I’m learning how to play blues guitar, which has been a ton of fun. On the fiction front, I need your help with something very important. I have just launched a new Kickstarter to fund the publication of a new novel, The Hammer Falls. The Hammer Falls is a dystopian science-fiction action extravaganza. Imagine Gladiator meets The Wrestler and Sin City with
Horror Writers of America Red Tinsel Holiday Event
The Colorado chapter of the Horror Writers of America is hosting a Red Tinsel Holiday Event. There will be readings, book signings, and giveaways! And a Stephen King trivia challenge. Drink specials, cocktail hour! Come join us and get your holiday horror on. Where: BookBar in Denver. When: 7:00-9:00 p.m., December 8, 2018. Scheduled to appear are: Carter Wilson Sean Eads Steve Rasnic Tem Stephen Graham Jones Mario Acevedo Angie Hodapp Warren Hammond Josh Viola Dean Wyant Larry Berry Carina Bisset Hillary Dodge Gary Robbe And yours truly! For more information: https://www.bookbardenver.com/event/hwa-colorados-red-tinsel-event
Book Signing Event! – False Faces at the Tattered Cover
I’m excited to announce that a tie-in story to my Ronin Trilogy universe, “Masks in Dark Earth,” just came out in a wonderful new anthology called False Faces. This story awakened a powerful desire to dive back into that world, and without really intending to, formed a bridge into what will become a new historical fantasy series. If you live in the Denver area, please come to our book signing event! When: Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Where: Tattered Cover Bookstore – Colfax Ave.
The Devil Resides in a Ground Full of Teeth
I’m delighted for my novella “Where the Devil Resides” to share Alembical 4 with a story like “The Ground is Full of Teeth.” As I was reading Catherine Schaff-Stump’s dark, disturbing piece, I couldn’t help but recognize a fellow writer who also grew up in a very small town. Her keen eye for the details of small-town life spring out of every page. Astute readers will recognize also the thematic resonances between the two stories. You can thank a couple of awesome editors for that, Lawrence M. Schoen and Arthur Dorrance. So when Catherine suggested we trade blog posts talking
Guest Post – The Ground is Full of Teeth by Catherine Schaff-Stump
When Travis and I talked about hosting each other because we are content mates in Alembical 4, I promised to talk about my horror novella The Ground is Full of Teeth. This is one of the most biographical pieces I have ever written. I freely admit my novella is speculative fiction, so you might ask how something this supernatural and horrible can be about real life. The working title of this novella was The Werehumans. While the novel evolved from its original conception, the story remained largely the same. I grew up in Oscar Springs, the fictional name I gave
Novellas and Screenplays and Festivals, Oh My!
I’m excited about the way my neo-pulp steampunk noir story is getting some buzz. The novella “Where the Devil Resides” came out in Alembical 4 right before the World SF Convention. Woot! It is available in print and hardcover right now, with e-book coming soon. In a post-Civil War steampunk Florida, a minister’s teenage daughter is abducted by a band of vicious swamp rats and taken into the Everglades. To save his daughter from a fate worse than death, he must enlist the aid of an escaped slave woman, a mysterious Santeria priestess known as the Black Rose. This is exciting
Mad Max Meets Sons of Anarchy – Blood and Gasoline
Want to hear something cool and exciting? I’ve got a new short story out in a new action-packed anthology from Hex Publishers. Blood and Gasoline, edited by Mario Acevedo, features my story “Kiss of the Sow,” a dystopian science fiction story featuring Mad Maxine Monahan, a retired pit fighter working a day job that goes horribly wrong. Plus there’s fusion-powered hover trains, super high-tech weapons, gas-powered dune buggies, a sassy artificial intelligence, and wild chase scenes. Available now! If high-octane action is your jam, show us some love.