And since I have you here…  I just wanted to make sure you knew about my (somewhat) new blog, Words & Other Things, where I discuss “writing stuff.”

Last, but far from least is 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey in print.  Get your steampunk on!  Ten stories for $15 from The University of Washington Bookstore.  If you buy more books to make the online order over $20, you get free shipping (for lower 48 states).  But I have a hot tip for you!  Want free shipping without forking out the extra cash?  Call 1-800-335-7323, ask for the general book department, and regardless of the total you’ll have free shipping (I think this applies to the lower 48 states as well, but don’t know for sure).

In 1870, Jules Verne published 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, an instant classic of Victorian science fiction that took readers a fantastical journey beneath the waves with dreams of wondrous technologies. A century later, Stanley Kubrick directed 2001: A Space Odyssey, a classic of modern science fiction film that took viewers on an even more fantastical journey into the stars…and showed them not only the wonders of technology, but also its terrors. In good speculative fiction style, ten authors bring readers along on a journey that combines the two.

Whether diving beneath the waves or sailing among the clouds, readers of 20,001 will see how technologies of a past that never was can spring to life with all the wonder of futures that might never be. Some futures are darker than others, however, and the cost of discoveries and innovation may be higher than any human being is willing to bear. In this anthologie readers will find aspects of both Verne and Kubrick: wonders and terrors await, and discoveries and adventures lie around every corner – not all of them pleasant. Find out for yourself what you will dare, how much you will risk, and how far you may go in this anthologie of ten tales of wonder and imagination. 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey!

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The Pact is back and demons are as devious as ever in The Crimson Pact Volume 2.

Read 28 original stories (over 500 pages in print!), including many sequels to stories in volume one. Suzzanne Myers’s powerful flash fiction piece, “Withered Tree” continues with the exceptional short story, “Seven Dogs.” Chanté McCoy’s “Inside Monastic Walls” is followed by the literally gut-wrenching follow-up short story, “Body and Soul.” Urban fantasy mayhem is off the charts with rising star Patrick Tomlinson’s “Monsters in the Closet” and D. Robert Hamm’s “Karma.” Steampunk your thing? EA Younker’s steampunk apocalypse tale “Stand,” Sarah Hans’ sequel about professor Campion, “A More Ideal Vessel,” and Elaine Blose’s steampunk Western “Wayward Brother” will whet your appetite. The dark fantasy and adventure continues in “Dark Archive,” Sarah Kanning writes how Danielle from “Hidden Collection” must deal with the lingering effects of being possessed by a demon. Volume two mixes sequels from Gloria Weber, Justin Swapp, and Isaac Bell with new stories from Lester Smith, Kathryn McGee, Adam Israel, Valerie Dircks, T.S. Rhodes, Elizabeth Shack, Daniel Alonso, and Nayad Monroe.

New York Times Bestselling author and Campbell award nominee Larry Correia presents an exclusive short story, “Son of Fire, Son of Thunder” co-authored by Steven Diamond, about an FBI paranormal investigator and a bad ass marine who knows the exact moment of his own death. Travel to the alternate history Earth of the “Red Bandanna Boys” by Patrick M. Tracy and find out how ruthless you have to be to survive the slums of St. Nikolayev. Follow “The Trail of Blood” by Alex Haig, a horrifying Western about a bounty hunter who wants vengeance, not money. Hunt for Nazis in a disturbing 1950’s America in “Hunters Incorporated” by Kelly Swails. Patrol the steaming jungles of Vietnam with a squad of soldiers in Lon Prater’s “Last Rites in the Big Green Empty.” Then enter the mind of a godlike demon in Donald J. Bingle’s ambitions tale, “Dark Garden,” or visit the creepy shadow world created by Richard Lee Byers in “Light and Dark.”

Watch your back, the demons are coming.

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I’m a player of pen and paper role playing games and I’m somewhat active in the community.  This has gained me the credits I listed there.  So, that’s what that is about.  I’m honored to be a (very small) part of these products and wanted to show that off.  After all, gaming is what keeps my imagination agile and alive.

The Crimson Pact vowed to destroy the demons of the Rusted Vale – but something went wrong. The demons had their own secret plan and escaped, invading dozens of worlds across the multiverse. Read 26 stories set in those many different worlds about the men and women who refused to let the demons win.

With stories by Paul Genesse, Patrick M. Tracy, Barbara J. Webb, Kelly Swails, Sarah Hans, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Donald J. Bingle, Richard Lee Byers, Jess Hartley, Sarah Kanning, Isaac Bell, Chris Pierson, Elaine Blose, Kathy Watness, Daniel Myers, Justin Swapp, Rebecca L. Brown, Gloria Weber, Garrett Piglia, T.S. Rhodes, Lester Smith, Chanté McCoy, Suzzane Myers, EA Younker, Craig Nybo, and Larry Correia.

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Sophia Nogard is the youngest Occult Officer in the organization’s history. Her boss, Chief Wizard Unver, has been trying to get her fired, or better yet killed, with every assignment he gives her. But Sophia’s daily struggles are nothing compared to the magical menace plaguing the city. He’s out for blood and some of that blood belongs to people Sophia knows. This makes things personal and Sophia finds her walking the gaslight filled night trying to find the truth without exposing her secret. Because, with every breath she takes, Sophia breaks the laws she has sworn to protect. Sophia Nogard is a half-demon abomination and things are getting demonically ugly.

Publisher: Morbidgames
Pages: 222

ePub Price: $2.99
Available At: Barnes & Noble

Kindle Price: $2.99
Available At: Amazon

PDF Price: $2.99 (E23 & Piazo have it at $10 original price)
PDF Available  At: DriveThruRPG, DriveThruFantasy, RPGNOW, YourGamesNow, E23, Paizo

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Cover Art by: Gloria Weber
Cover Font by: Ezkiel Hughes