The Ironwood Staff by J. H. Hamilton This is a Superversive book. The story is like a high fantasy set in Africa with Zen elves, but the progressive ideas of the villains and the way in which evil corrupts and spreads, as well as what the hero must do to fight it, lends a Superversive thread to…
On Sale today through Feb 14th — the first two Books of Unexpected Enlightenment! Both books are $.99 Great time to try the series, or to pick up the second one, if you already have the first. On Amazon …
New Release: Live and Let Bite The third book in series following the Dragon Award nominated "Love at First Bite" Merlin “Merle” Kraft has been fighting the darkness for months. He left San Francisco in the capable hands of Marco Catalano and his anti-vampire team to defend them against vampires. With special operators at…
Today's the day! We are actually beginning our Superversive Book List! Our goal is to have a suggested reading list that can be shared about, listing books–from all time periods–that are worth reading! Hopefully, this will eventuall lead to a Year's Best list and a Superversive Award. But for now, we are merely compiling a…
I wrote an intro for Jeffro Johnson's Appendix N book. Later, it was decided to use only John's. (Originally, he planed to have several.) So mine has gone up as a blog post. Here it is: Why Appendix N Started a Literary Movement I still remember the first time I heard those three magical…
Big day for books! I had originally going to be showcasing Declan Finn's Set To Kill. I will do so, but I will also mention two other book oportunities. Set to Kill: A Sean AP Ryan Novel (Convention Killings Book 2) by Declan Finn Sean AP Ryan thought he was doing security for a science…
An essay is by British professor, Bruce G Charlton, who maintains a blog inspired by Tolkien’s The Notion Club Papers Fantasy Fiction Is More Important Than ‘Real Life’: completing the argument of JRR Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories JRR Tolkien JRR Tolkien’s most famous and influential essay, and indeed by far the most famous and influential…
Wow…it is so exciting to see something go from a glimmer of an idea to reality! And then see it fly off the shelves (electronically). Here's how it happened: About two years ago, a friend of mine wanted to put together a charity anthology for the Charlie Hebdo artists. She said, "Send me the most…
Book three in the Soul Cycle launches today. I have the honor of being the editor for this series, so I am delighted to see Book Three reach its eagerly-awaiting readers. Campbell Award finalist Brian Niemeier’s highly acclaimed Soul Cycle speeds toward its climax in the thrilling sequel to Dragon Award winner Souldancer and to Nethereal, The…
New book by the amazing and forthright Peter Grant! Two planets, torn apart by the same fanatics – and Lancastrian forces are caught in the middle! Major Brooks Shelby must keep the peace, on a world where radical terrorists want submission or death. Lieutenant-Commander Steve Maxwell must trace the source of their fighters and funding,…