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New novel CASCADE is out!
My new novel CASCADE, the first book in my Fallen Republic zombie/pandemic thriller series is out on Kindle and in paperback. If you like any of my other novels, especially Dogsoldiers, you'll like this one. The second book in the series. The Snarling Sea, should be...
Bestiarii now available on audiobook
I'm happy to announce that Bestiarii, and in fact the entire Echoes of Pangaea series, is going to be available on audiobook. Bestiarii was released on Aprill 11, and Fire and Bone I believe should be out in the next week or so, with The Ghosts of Xicotepec out on...
The Greatest Action Movie Hero You’ve Never Heard Of
In the 1980s and ‘90s, action movies, and action comedies, were the hot genre. They were what audiences wanted to see, and so everybody was making them—every studio, and every actor. Hell, even Whoopi Goldberg made three action comedies—Jumping Jack Flash, Burglar,...
BESTIARII Series Picked up by Chris Kennedy Publishing/Theogeny Books
I'm excited to announce I've secured a three book deal with Chris Kennedy Publishing/Theogeny Books for Bestiarii and its two unpublished sequels, Fire and Bone, and The Ghosts of Xicotepec. The reissue of Bestiarii (new cover seen here) will include an audiobook. ...
Peacemaker’s Covert Conservatism
Personally I’m boycotting John Cena, because how loudly and publicly he sucked communist China's hammer and sickle, but professionally I watched the first season of Peacemaker, currently streaming on HBO. And I found it fascinating. Under all the sex, violence,...
Fire and Bone–Chapter 1
To keep your appetite whetted, as I know it's been a while, here's the first chapter from Fire and Bone, the sequel to Bestiarii, which will be out later this year... ONE The big black SUV glided to the curb and paused, like a large bird on a narrow perch. The...
Dave Chappelle is The Mandalorian
Okay, now that I’ve snagged your attention with the clickbait headline, hear me out, as I haven’t lost my mind. Everyone is saying that The Mandalorian is amazing, awesome, wonderful. And it is very good, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not as good as everyone is saying...
The Movie Was Better Than The Book
With the release date and running time of Denis Villeneuve’s version of Dune finally announced, along with the official trailer being released, I have been thinking about the book and movie together. In the case of Dune, the only question is whether anybody, ever,...
The Death of the American Film Critic
It was in the 1980s that the American movie culture exploded in size. Theaters went from one screen to two to twenty, and the number of films being released every year dramatically increased to keep those screens filled. Those multi-plexes—some of them located in...
The Problems with Writing “Smart”
After once again struggling, and failing, to make it through more than two episodes of Blindspot, I am reminded that it often takes quite a bit of work to “write smart”, and smart writing is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to network TV. Blindspot is...