Weekend Lounge ~ The Big Book Sale Returns!

Once again we are back with a brand new big book sale for your enjoyment! In fact there are FIFTY new books on sale for a dollar or free for your enjoyment.

I can't even mention them all here, you'll just have to see it for yourself. It's been a very big year for new books!

Here is the description:

The contributors include science fiction grandmasters, Dragon Award winners and nominees, established mainstream authors, and emerging indie talent. Authors include P. Alexander, James Alderdice, Jon Del Arroz, Jonathan P. Brazee, Jim Breyfogle, Bob Brill, Henry Brown, Howard Butcher, Kit Sun Cheah, J.D. Cowan, Nick Cook, Paul Clayton, Lucca DeJardins, Kacey Ezell, Warren Fahy, Eric Flint, Marina Fontaine, Milo James Fowler, Dennis Garcia, Karl Gallagher, Michael Gallagher, Leonard Getz, Roy M. Griffis, Chris Haught, Harry Harrison, Julian Hawthorne, Kevin Ikenberry, C.S. Johnson, Chris Kennedy, Michael Kingswood, Robert Kroese, Robert A. Lupton, Jonathan Moeller, Christopher G. Nuttall, Jonathan Oldenburg, Chad Olson, Melissa Olthoff, P.A. Piatt, George Phillies, S. Kirk Pierchala, James Pyles, A.G. Riddle, Cedar Sanderson, Glen Sprigg, Steve Stinson, Michael Tierney, Kalkin Trivedi, Donavan Walker, William Alan Webb, Marisa Wolf, and James Young.

And every title is either free or $0.99! Note: prices are set by the authors, so please confirm before you buy. And some of the offerings are short stories or novellas instead of full-length novels.

My book Y Signal is currently in the sale for a buck. Now is the time to grab it if you have not done so yet!

Keep in mind if you backed the digital bundles in the Gemini Man campaign, you will still be getting your copy once I send them out. For now, the book is the cheapest its been for those who might have been shy about pulling the trigger before. Read the book author N. R. Lapointe called "delightfully bizarre" today!

There are more books than that, however. Check out the sale page for an even larger selection of stories for you peruse!

And if you've missed some, there are also fan favorites joining the sale once again. You can find the following authors in this section:

Authors include Patrick Abbot, James Alderdice, J.M. Anjewierden, Jon del Arroz, Tony Andarian, Leigh Brackett, Graham Bradley, Jonathan P. Brazee, Henry Brown, Rachel Fulton Brown and the Dragon Common Room, Misha Burnett, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Kit Sun Cheah, Paul Clayton, Declan Finn, Marina Fontaine, Milo James Fowler, Peter Grant, N. Gray, Steve Griffiths, Eric M. Hamilton, Harry Harrison, Frederick Gero Heimbach, Alexander Hellene, Daniel Humphreys, C.S. Johnson, Steven G. Johnson, Becky Jones, Michael Kayser, Robert Kroese, Christopher Lansdown, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Moe Lane, N. R. LaPoint, Frank B. Luke, Loretta Malakie, T.J. Marquis, Yakov Merkin, Russell Newquist, Richard Nichols, Christopher G. Nuttall, Chance Paladin, Richard Paolinelli, Francis Porretto, James Pyles, David Roome, Denton Salle, Hans G. Schantz, Richard Sezov, David Skinner, Kalkin Tivedi, Henry Vogel, Mark Wandrey, David J. West, Fenton Wood, John C. Wright, Page Zaplendam.

Grab what you can and remember that this is only a fraction of what NewPub has to offer. There is plenty more to come as well!

Check out the fan favorites in the Big Book Sale today!

Heated Weekend

Hope you're having a good weekend! It's rather hot where I am.

The above is a video from VTuber Pippa Pipkin where she recites the classic Lovecraft story The Color Out of Space. Should you want something relaxing to listen or watch to in your spare time, it is a good use of it. She can be a bit hyper and edgy, for those concerned about such things, but she definitely knows how to get the tone of the story just right. Definitely recommend this read along, especially if you haven't read this one yet.

In other news, I've been in heavy editing one of the projects I recently mentioned. At the rate I'm going I hope to have it out by June. I can't say more than that until it's near completion, but much progress is being made to get it the best it can be. I definitely think you'll dig this one. It's going to be a good time when it's done.

Until then, the weather is getting hotter and hotter so hopefully you're in a nice cool place, enjoying the early summer heat. The year is almost half over, so savor what you've got!

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?

I'm in the new issue of Cirsova, coming out this June! Preorder it here!

Happy Halloween!

Welcome back to a new year of Halloween weirdness. Hope you're ready!

It's been more than a bit trying for everyone over the past couple of years, but that doesn't mean we can't take a break to indulge in our imaginations a little. What better time than the day before All Soul's Day?

This year I'll share a few fun things you could do for Halloween, especially if you're planning on staying in and relaxing. It is the weekend, after all.

First up, for Cannon Cruisers this year we decided to cover a pair of American adaptions of Japanese properties with the Guyver movies. It was kind of a weird experience since we watched them back to back and topped it off with a watch of the first episode of the 2005 anime adaption of the 1970s manga. It was a lot of Guyver.

You can watch it here on the Cannon Cruisers site.

Up next, the Superversive Podcast is doing a Halloween Special of their own reading both classic stories and new ones. It's going to be jampacked with all sorts of people. I will also be on it reading the first part of Y Signal for everyone to enjoy.

The stream reservations is below:

Don't forget that they also have a spooky series of their own in Pinkerton's Ghosts. You can watch all 50+ ongoing episodes on the channel here.

Last but not least, I'm going to top it off with something you can watch with your kids and younger relatives. That would be the 1990s kid classic Are You Afraid of the Dark? which has the entire series up for free and perfectly legal on YouTube.

You can watch the entire near 100 episode series here, and a random episode is listed below:

I hope that's more than enough good stuff to keep you satiated this weird and wild day! Remember that it's all in good fun and that we've got even more exciting days ahead.

The year isn't over yet!

For an eerie book, there is always Brutal Dreams: a story of a nightmare world that won't end even in death!

Signal Boost ~ "Planetary Luna" Audio Book by Tuscany Bay Publishing!

Find it Here!

Much credit should go author and editor Richard Paolinelli for all the work he has done in the Planetary Anthology series. After Superversive Press shuttered it looked unlikely that the project would ever be completed and was destined to be a what-if, but not only has Tuscany Bay released more volumes than Superversive did (and next month will have re-released all of Superversive's old volumes), it has also carried the project into a whole new medium. That would be into the burgeoning audio book world.

Planetary Luna isn't the first book in the series to cross into audio, that would be Planetary Pluto, but it is the one that has made the biggest splash so far, and is also the largest in size. Originally planned to be split into two volumes, it was instead collected in one large tome due to lack of time. Though readers appear to enjoy this big boy in all its overweight glory.

This is the Planetary Anthology series--weird is expected. For a project of this scope it is amazing that it still has so much to offer its audience, even now so many years after it was first conceived. It is amazing how well the idea holds up even now.

For those who do not remember what the Planetary Anthology series is about, here is a reminder. Every planet in our solar system (including our Sun and Moon) have a fascinating mythology and history behind them going back countless centuries, so why not celebrate them with the best wonder stories? So here is eleven volumes ranging from the scorching Sun to the far off Pluto where each volume plays tribute to the planetary system and the wondrous universe we live in. There is nothing else quite like it out there.

Here is a description for Planetary Luna, and the stories in contains:

These are the tales of the orb that lights our night sky and drives the tides of our oceans. The bright companion that orbits our planet, invades our dreams and drives us mad. 

The Curse and the Covenant by Ann Margaret Lewis – Tal, in the land of Ur, is son to a Lord. When a demon offers his father a gift to make him and his people like gods, Tal knows it’s a bad idea. 

The Doom that Came to Necropolis, by Steve Johnson – Necropolis is a small town, complete with small town values and small town myths. Unbeknownst to them, their doom is about to arrive, riding a motorcycle, and armed with the weapons of science. 

How to Train your Werewolf, by Margot St. Aubin – Jason Branch recently escaped from a home for the insane. His only goal now is to rest and be left alone in the woods. But when strangers decide that the same stretch of land would be perfect for their needs, they will soon discover Jason's true madness. 

Luna Sea, by Jody Lynn Nye – the moon can be a harsh mistress … or can she?
Regolith, by Penelope Laird – How far would you go to prevent your favorite band from being kidnapped and held for ransom on the Moon? 

Crazy like an Elf, by Declan Finn – When astronomer Barbara Davis hired a private security firm, she didn’t expect a man who claimed to be from Middle Earth. 

Samaritan, by Karl Gallagher – Thomas' people settled on the Moon to avoid contamination from biotech and nanotech gadgets. But when a high-tech spacer crashes Thomas must risk exile from his home to save the stranger's life. 

Moonboy, by Karina L. Fabian – Cory Taylor is the first boy born on the moon and may just be the first to die on it. But his first attempt to leave the moon may move up that date to closer than even he expects. 

Fly Me To the Moon, by Mark Wandrey – Annmarie Smith dreamed of going to space, and she finally succeeds in creating a company to mine water on the moon. Everything looks great, until alien first contact makes it all much, much more complicated. 

The Hyland Resolution, by Justin Tarquin – Charles Hyland is caught in the crossfire of an interplanetary war, their only hope is that Charles can extricate himself from the labyrinth of his own mind. 

Another Fine Day in the Corps, by L.A. Behm II – Some days you get the bear. Some days, the bear is packing mortar rounds. 

The Mask of Dhuran Zur, by John C. Wright – Some manuscripts you just shouldn’t read. 

Elwood, by Bokerah Brumley – Mysterious things happen to Emma Kelly when she meets the lunatic gypsy at the end of the lane and the gypsy's invisible púca. 

Much Madness is Divinest Sense, by Lori Janeski-- A madman doesn't usually believe that he's insane. But the ones who are truly dangerous are the ones who not only believe it, but embrace it. 

The Night my Father Shot the Werewolf, by Josh Griffing – The boys in Mrs. Carroll's third-grade class learned a lot last year, about things like cursive, and multiplying, and werewolves. 

The Black Dogs of Luna, by Paul Go – The crew of the Sirocco find a nightmare of the ages on the Moon. 

Despot Hold ’em, by Caroline Furlong – You have to know when to hold them, know when to fold them. But most importantly of all, know when to run. 

Polar Shift, by Richard Paolinelli – After the pole's shift, Sam Peck may just be the last living human being in the entire universe. 

The Price of Sanity, by A.M. Freeman – Never make deals with the unknown. Especially when it's paying for your freedom with your soul. 

Vulcan III, by William Lehman – Unfortunately for the crew of "Scorpion" the Vulcan III, the moon is the harshest engineering environment we've ever built in, especially when something goes wrong. 

Merry By Gaslight, by L. Jagi Lamplighter – What if that million-dollar mansion you hardly dare to long for were so much less than you deserved. 

Squeeze on the Moon, by Lou Antonelli – An expert in disaster recovery gets the opportunity of a lifetime – plus a little walk down memory lane.

As for me, I have at least two stories in the series, including one in Planetary Uranus (which is the next audio volume!) and the upcoming Planetary Sol, which is out in November! It's amazing to see this project come to full fruition, but humbling that I am fortunate enough to be a part of it. You won't find anything remotely like this out there.

Once more, you can find the audio version of Planetary Luna here.

The Pulp Mindset is Out July 30th! (In Two Days!)

Signal Boost ~ St. Tommy NYPD by Declan Finn

Apologies for the impromptu post, but it's time for another signal boost! But this time it's for something a little different.

I wanted to make mention of a new project in the works. No, not about Declan Finn's St. Tommy series about a cop with supernatural abilities (you're probably already reading that), but about something he is trying to do with in tandem with my publisher, Silver Empire. They are attempting to move into the audio book world, but they need some help.

First, let me describe what St. Tommy NYPD is about in case you are unaware:

My name is Officer Thomas Nolan, and I am a saint.

Tommy Nolan lives a quiet life. He walks his beat – showing mercy to the desperate. Locking away the dangerous. Going to church, sharing dinner with his wife and son. Everyone likes Tommy, even the men he puts behind bars.

Then one day a demon shows up and he can smell it. Tommy can smell evil – real evil. Now he’s New York City’s only hope against a horrifying serial killer that preys on the young and defenseless.

But smell alone isn’t enough to get a warrant. Can Tommy track down the killer and prove his guilt?

Dragon Award Nominated Author Declan Finn returns with his typical action-packed, Catholic influenced style, in this groundbreaking horror series about an honest, religious man given the powers of a saint to fight demons in the Big Apple.

How do you do forensics on a killer possessed by a demon?

Can Tommy catch the killer before he becomes a martyr? Or will the demon bring darkness beyond imagination to the whole of New York? Read Hell Spawn today and find out!

Audio books are a burgeoning market in the literary world, but they are costly. So they are running a crowdfunding campaign to get it out there. You can find it here.

There are many different tiers including ebooks and paperbacks, and even hardcovers! The narrator of the audio book is also the very talented Jon Mollison, so you know it will be quality. Suffice to say, you're getting your money's worth here.

It's still early enough in the campaign that you can still dive in. It runs until the end of the month.

Be sure to check it out. I've reviewed Mr. Finn's books before, and they are more than worth your time.

Once more, the campaign can be found here.