Deed of Empire is the first book of the big, sweeping, epic fantasy I’ve wanted to write since I read Lord of the Rings when I was nine years old. Of course, it’s me writing it, so it’s gritty and dark and populated with a great number of unpleasant people, but it’s still epic!
A fantasy poem for Heroic Fantasy Quarterly. Read it here.
The sequel to Bad Company. The apocalypse isn’t done. It’s just been handed over to the government. Quinn and Ellie are back in violent action as Quinn enlists her help to track down his old boss who tried to have him killed. But someone else is hunting them right back.
My foray into thriller/horror novels. I love this book. Response has been great, too. If you’re looking for a page-turning, exciting, violent, funny thriller with great characters, then this is the one for you. “A riproaring combination of crime thriller, science fiction and horror that starts fast and keeps moving!” — Eleanor Arneson, winner of […]
A combination of the literary flash pieces I’ve been writing with a fantasy theme. When I sat down to write, I had only one line in mind: The dragon is not a metaphor. I went from there. The title is from Beowulf. Read it at Daily Science Fiction.
I was on a Horror writing panel at Multiverse with author Derek Austin Johnson. We were discussing the difference between writing long form vs. short form and literary vs. horror. Derek was saying something along the lines of, “In a literary novel, you could spend say three paragraphs, I don’t know, describing your character’s socks. […]
The fun thing about writing speculative fiction is I can put historical pirates and theoretical wormholes in space and time in the same story. Read it at Unchartedmag.com.
A sad robot story for Clarkesworld. They did an audio version as well, which was really cool.
Book 3 of the Mika Bare-Hand Books Mika and Gair complete their story fighting an enemy that can takeover minds from a distance. And its hunting Mika’s oldest son, Alain. Available for Kindle and Paperback
The inimitable Blaze Ward presents another Blaze Ward Presents… A father takes his daughter to a flea market to teach her about the “fundamental crookedness of all people.” And to get some fudge. Available from Blaze Ward Presents.
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