We get asked this question frequently during conventions, and I still struggle with it. My first response, after a thoughtful pause, is usually to ask how old their children are. I confess that I still don’t know how to answer even after they tell me. For such a simple question, there’s a lot wrapped up […]
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What’s the ideal length for a book?
In a blog post on Invisible Order, book editor, promoter, and friend of Ascension Epoch Mike Reid asks what id the best length for an e-book. After citing some examples including our very own Salamander Six, he decides that the answer is clear: make it short! It’s a good article for established authors who’ve been […]
‘The Dismal Tide’ Update; Preorders at Retrocon
I won’t waste time apologizing for our untoward silence here as of late, because we’ve been doing a lot of the work that really matters, namely finishing up the second East End Irregulars novel! The Dismal Tide went off to the beta readers last weekend (if you’re a member of our mailing list and want […]
Jared Brown draws Corona
The penultimate entry in our a series of commissioned artwork from the wildly talented artists of Sci-Fi Valley Con is this excellent full-size drawing of the Pittsburgh’s hottest vigilante, Corona, courtesy of Jared Brown of Darkstream Studios. Corona, aka Evangeline Garver, is a thermokinetic teen who first appears in our novel After Dark. Be sure […]
Jaisamp draws Cascade and West Side Siren
Third in our series of awesome commissioned artwork by the equally awesome artists of Sci-Fi Valley Con, Mae Jaisamer, aka Jaisamp, gives us two absolutely beautiful renderings of our femmes fatale. First up, the sexy, but morally questionable, Cascade: Cascade is a member of the GPRA, a metahuman militant group, in After Dark. Aside from […]
The Note
I just added a new chapter to our Write-On page for The Dismal Tide, the second book in our East End Irregulars series. Currently, there are three (first draft) chapters posted. Most of the book is already done, but I’m filling in some of the intervening scenes, and this one was entirely written today over […]
OnlineBookClub.org reviews “After Dark”
Speaking of reviews… The first East End Irregulars novel, After Dark, was reviewed over at OnlineBookClub. I’m happy to say it’s a positive review! Here are some highlights: …the reader not only meets a cast of compelling characters but also encounters a futuristic dystopia* complete with hovercraft, the future’s smartphone, and variant political divisions across […]
Unsolved Haz-Mat Mystery that inspired ‘Miasma’
This article was originally published on July 25, 2014. Now that After Dark is out, I can share one of my favorite tales of High Strangeness from my local area. But first, a scene from the “Miasma” chapter of After Dark to set the mood: “I must have missed something,” said Sebastian Pereira as he […]
