Friday, December 15, 2023

Online Reading

Tonight, Friday, December 15, 2023, come listen to a reading of stories from the new anthology Winding Paths at 6:30 PM Pacific on Zoom. Wherever you are in the world, if you have an internet connection, you can attend this event.

I'll be reading a selection from my short story "Bored Stupid Demons" and several other authors of stories in Winding Paths will read from their works.

Here's the Zoom link info for you to join:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87078847408?pwd=b9Od4xvwQAU5Vaeks0Wwodn1s0PUeY.1Meeting ID: 870 7884 7408Passcode: 555024

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Oz Connection Interview

Colin Ayres of The Oz Connection recently conducted a video interview with me. We talked about my book All Wound Up: The Making of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz

During the forty-minute interview, I discuss some of the extensive research I conducted for the book. I also mention several aspects that make the book unique--including the first publication of L. Frank Baum's 1913 script for The Tik-Tok Man of Oz.

Watch the entire interview on The Oz Connection's Youtube channel at this link.

And if you want to order a copy of the book from the publisher, Hungry Tiger Press, so that I can autograph a copy for you, here's the place to order.


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Cosmic Horror with Larry, Moe, and Curly

Cosmic Horror has been a thing this year for me. I don't know why. The projects I've done in 2023 involving cosmic horror have all been unrelated to each other.

Anyway, here's the latest: The Three Stooges vs. Cthulhu, issue #1 from American Mythology. I drew the cover for this mash-up of the Stooges and H. P. Lovecraft's iconic figure of terror from beyond.

I actually loved drawing this cover. The colorist did a decent job, too. Here's the link to order your copy from the publisher.

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Winding Paths

So, the book launch for Winding Paths yesterday at Board Bard Games in Portland, Oregon, went well.
Really well. Seemed like everyone had a fun time.

Winding Paths, the playable short story anthology from Demagogue Press, will have another event--this time online, so that everyone, regardless of geography, can attend. More than a dozen authors included in the book will be reading selections of their stories online through Zoom, Friday, December 15, at 6:30 PM Pacific.

Every story in the book has some type of game in it--and the variety is surprising. Each story also contains an element of speculative fiction--fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, or other. I'll be the Zoom event on Friday to read from my story, "Bored Stupid Demons." I'll post the Zoom link on Wednesday, December 13.

I hope you can make it. Even if you can't, you can still experience the book itself, which is more than a group of short stories, but a gaming experience on its own, if that's the way you'd like to encounter it. The editors, Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito and Ken Hueler, have turned nearly every aspect of Winding Paths into a game or puzzle. Even the cover is a game--the ancient Mesopotamian Game of Ur--with rules and gamepieces included in the final pages of the book. Winding Paths is like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure on steroids. But if you just want to read the stories in a traditional manner, you can.

Can't wait to get your own copy of Winding Paths? Here's the link to order from the publisher.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Want to Play a Game?

Winding Paths, A Playable Reading Experience will be published by Demagogue Press on December 10, 2023. This book is much more than just an anthology of short stories. It's a game unto itself! Play along as you read Winding Paths for an enhanced experience.

Or just read the stories as you choose. Each story in this anthology features a game in its narrative. My story, "Boring Stupid Demons," features not one, but TWO games! It's the story of a guy who wants to become rich, so for help he summons a demon from Hell. The story starts out like most of this type of story starts, but then it turns the tropes on their heads. I hope you enjoy it.

It's up to each reader to experience Winding Paths in a new way. One bonus I especially like is the cover featuring the oldest game known--the Game of Ur. You can play the game yourself, right on the cover of the book. Playing tokens for you to cut out are included in the back of the book. (This means you should buy two copies--one to cut, one to keep pristine!)

The publisher, Demagogue Press, is accepting pre-publication orders for Winding Paths. Click here to order and to see the full list of contributing authors.

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Saturday, October 21, 2023

Reading in Olympia

Reading tonight in Olympia, Washington. Cozy Cosmic Horror! 4-6 PM at Browsers Bookshop. I'll join a bunch of authors to read our stories from the new anthology published by Underland Press, The Cozy Cosmic.

Details at Bowsers Bookshop website, click here.


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Friday, October 6, 2023

Reading Cozy Cosmic Horror

I'll be reading my work at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, tomorrow, Saturday, Oct 7, at 4 PM. Cody Goodfellow and John Skipp are also on the reading program. The readings at the Lovecraft festival are open to the public. Location: Sam's Hollywood Billiards, 1845 NE 41st Ave., Portland.

My reading is in conjunction with the publication of The Cozy Cosmic, the new anthology of cozy cosmic horror short stories from Underland Press. A bunch of other authors in The Cozy Cosmic will also be reading at the Lovecraft festival throughout the weekend. I understand that copies of The Cozy Cosmic will be for sale at the festival, debuting several days before official publication date.

For details about the Lovecraft festival, click here for the website.

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