Welcome to the weekend! Hope this season has been going well for you despite the weird weather shifts. I have a few treats for you today! The first is a song. As you can tell, I've been playing around with generators.
The above is a song I generated in the newer Udio song generator I was introduced to by TheQuQu. Yes, it's a skabilly song (Ska + Rockabilly) because it's a sound I like and a sound no band seems to want to play anymore, so I decided to cobble one together. Please enjoy it at your leisure. It was a fun one to put together as an experiment, and it's not like you're going to hear it anywhere else. Perhaps these generators have more purpose than you might think.
Regardless, it exists now!
Do whatever you'd like with the track, too. The whole point was to make a fun song to do fun things with that just doesn't exist anywhere else. Not like you're going to hear a new Skabilly band anytime soon since this sound is abnormally unpopular. I also slapped together two remixes of it on the side, one acoustic and one alternative rock, so give those a shot on the site if you're so inclined. Hey, someone's gotta do something with all these abandoned genres. If this bother you, then knock me down a peg by writing some skabilly and making me happy.
But of course, this is not why I'm writing this post today. There's more to discuss. You probably want to know about writing!
In more pertinent news, the new Cirsova lineup for 2025 was announced! Who is in it, you might be wondering? Well, there is quite a list!
Let us go through it below:
Spring 2025
Flight From Reckoning (Part 1), by Michael Tierney
The American Dream, by Rodica Bretin
Salt Roses, by Jim Breyfogle
Waegnwyrhta, by William Suboski
The Siege of Verisa, by Richard Rubin
Void Railway, by JD Cowan
The Demacron, by Gary K Shepherd
Machine Dreams for Wired People, by Jaime Faye Torkelson
Cracking the Cyber Ziggurat, by Kevan Larson
In the Last Days, by James Hutchings
Paying the Doctor’s Due, by William Drell
Summer 2025
Flight From Reckoning (Part 2), by Michael Tierney
Tigers Dream in Color, by Rodica Bretin
Black Sand, by Jim Breyfogle
Heart of the Goddess, by Harold R. Thompson
Melkart and the Rich One, by Mark Mellon
‘Twas Bato Did It, by David Skinner
Threnody Bacchant for Ruins Demoniac, by Matthew Pungitore
While the Islands Slept, by J. L. Royce
Double or Nothing, by Michael Ray
True Destiny, by Paul Lucas
Fall 2025
Drown Melancholy, by Stanley Wheeler
Labyrinth, by C. P. Webster
Ghosts in the Green, by Mike Robinson
Rossoya, by Bob Johnston
She Who Was the Sea, by J. Thomas Howard
The Whole Wide World, by Tais Teng
Ghost in the Garden, by Jim Breyfogle
Troll Fen, by Ken Lizzi
What’s He Building In There? by N. R. LaPoint
Satisfaction, by Vincent Valkier
The Merchants of Maaaw, by Mark Pellegrini
Do You Wear a Bulletproof Vest, Lieutenant?, by Rodica Bretin
Flight From Reckoning (Part 3), by Michael Tierney
Winter 2025
Flight From Reckoning (Part 4), by Michael Tierney
A Serial Killer’s Diary, by Rodica Bretin
They Always Come Back, by Frank Sawielijew
Reborn From the Blackened Bayou, by Jacob Calta
Master of the Hounds, by Misha Burnett
The Gallowsport Resurrections, Daniel J. Minucci
Pact of the Ruin Witch, by J. E. Tabor
Dreams of an Eden, by Jed Jalico Del Rosario
The Fang of Yog-Bora, by Blake Carpenter
Cool Beans, by Teel James Glenn
An Elegant Adventure, by Jim Breyfogle
That's quite a lineup, but you might not have noticed one of the stories in the Spring issue is by yours truly. That's right, I made it into Cirsova for the third time!
But what is Void Railway about? You'll just have to wait and see! It won't actually be a very long wait for this one. Suffice to say, those who enjoyed Star Wanderers (please leave a review!) will definitely be excited. It is time once again to see what our old friend Ronan Renfield is up to. I assume more chaos!
Also, in case you missed it, I also have a story in the most recent issue of Cirsova! It is called "Mirage Carousal" and is a story of a man on a motorcycle with an Uzi and a mission to complete. Things get quite hairy and intense in this one. It's also a surprisingly explicit story from me, though you'll see why that is when you read it. The end of the world is a messy place.
And if you want more, the follow-up to "Mirage Carousal" is in Sidearm & Sorcery Volume Three. It's called "What's It Like in There?" and gets even more nuts. It's one of the longest short stories I've ever written. The end of the world goes sideways--or is there more to it than you think? Read on and find out!
At this point, it's safe to assume if you read a story by me, it's going to be crazy. I like to go all out after all. All these stories are also related in ways that are not always obvious on the surface level. Though these two are probably more obvious examples.
I also have another story that is very close to release, but the publisher is waiting on the cover to come in first before the announcement becomes official. When it does, I can go into further detail. Suffice to say, there is more to come from ,e. The year's not quite over just yet!
That's all for this weekend. I hope you're having a good one, and I will see you next time. Have a good spooky season!
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