The concept for “The Listeners” came when my wife and I walked into BLFM Literary Saloon in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. The book Mysterio’s Encyclopedia of Magic and Conjuring was displayed on a shelf just inside the door, and after a 60-second internal debate about whether to purchase the magic guide or a Lovecraft collection, […]
The new issue of Electric Spec features my fantasy story “The Tenders.” The story is an adventure with pirates, sea battles and a bit of magic. “The Tenders” takes place about a year before the events of “The Morning Tree,” which appeared last year in SERIAL Magazine. Earlier this week, I provided a few comments […]
My story “A Small Price to Pay” was first published in Planet Scumm in 2018 and republished by Starship Sofa. Now it’s back, in Everything! Volume 1, a gorgeous paperback collection of Planet Scumm’s first four issues.
I’ve returned to Broadswords and Blasters with “A Protector on the Road,” a follow-up to “Irini,” which appeared back in 2018 in issue 5. I’m excited to be back! A prequel to Irini, “The Ladies of Lethseme,” was featured earlier this year in Daily Science Fiction.
Jordan Rane’s prison is a glass-walled cell in the ocean depths. The only way to escape is to trust the imperial agents who keep him there. “The Perpetual Empire” is my second story for Planet Scumm, out now in Issue #7. It’s set in the same world as my earlier story, “A Small Price to […]
Here are previews of the MNL cover art from C. Aaron Kreader/Studio 9. The box: The Memory and Rulebook: And Book 1: Operation Deep Sleep:
Come find me at Dover Comic Con on August 6, 2016, where I should have hot-off-the-press copies of The Midnight Legion, Book 1: Operation Deep Sleep. The official launch will be a couple of days earlier at Gen Con 2016 in Indianapolis, August 4-7, where Aaron Kreader and Studio 9 will have their regular booth. […]
My short story “Farewell to Amanda” has just been published by Chicago Literati, in Andromeda: The Science Fiction issue.
My story “Small Kindnesses” is out now in the Winter 2016 issue of the Riding Light Review. You can read it online for free, purchase a print copy, or get an ebook version.
What would happen if all of Earth’s women got fed up and left? That’s the important question I ask in the short story “The Life and Times of Doug,” out now in the Strange Changes anthology from Whortleberry Press.
I’m currently working on the Midnight Legion-themed short story for the Midnight Legion Kickstarter Captain and Commander pledge rewards. Stay tuned….