One of the few existing photos of some of the dogs that were taken aboard the ill-fated Titanic by first-class passengers. The only pets that survived were a couple of small ones that passengers brought onto the lifeboats.
This was also the subject of a presentation that I’ve done, Titanic: The Forgotten Passengers, which is available on this site.
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My “Fantastic Defenders” anthology, containing five long fantasy stories about heroes defending against mystical threats, has been climbing the ranks at Amazon. As of last night, it was ranked 139 in the Fantasy Anthologies category.
But WAIT! There’s more. Amazon has discounted the book by 65% for Prime members. The print edition is now $5.63 (or you can buy the ebook).
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What is this pair doing out in the middle of the blizzard? What are they hunting? Or is something hunting them?
Breaking news. I’m currently in discussions to do a hardcover of Fantastic Defenders, the anthology that I co-edited with Donna Royston. It’s a fantasy anthology about heroes fighting against fantastical threats.
I’ll have more news as the situation develops.
I envision this as the sky of a Jovian-like alien gas giant, with some lucky observer catching the moment when it’s possible to see down through the many cloud layers into the lower depths of the tumultuous sky.
Coming soon! The Curator, an anthology about…artwork?
Yes.
And featuring my new novella, “Clash by Night,” a semi-military SF story about a heist in a futuristic, war-ravaged Brazil.
Here’s the text from the back cover of this new anthology…
Who is the Curator?
And why is the Curator’s body in a high-tech cargo container full of priceless works of art?
When a salvage ship stumbles on the debris sphere of a long-lost colony transport, they’re not expecting to find much. Spotting an intact cargo container within the debris, there surprised. Especially when they discover that it’s still got power.
Inside, a skeleton in a spacesuit, immediately dubbed “The Curator.” And hundreds of lost, priceless paintings. All maintained at safe temperatures by an onboard fusion generator.
Who is the Curator? How did the Curator survive the explosion that killed the transport? Knowing that rescue was impossible, why did the Curator spend the last few months of dwindling life support writing stories about the paintings?
***In this unique anthology, nine writers take inspiration from real paintings, included in this volume, to explore the life and final days of…the Curator.
Coming at the end of October (for the ebook) and mid-November (for the print edition). With an awesome cover from Luc Oleastri and typography and design by Don Anderson.
I love the colors and the sense of speed in this image of a futuristic vehicle, perhaps some sort of grav speeder, flying over an alien landscape at dizzying speed. Plus, it looks like it would be really cool to pilot one.
As a writer, can you imagine an aerial chase involving these things?
I can neither confirm nor deny that I attended a showing of a bootleg copy of Roger Corman’s unreleased “Fantastic Four” film from 1994. Had I actually, in fact, attended such an event, I’d be in a position to tell you that it’s a cheesy movie with poor special effects, mediocre acting, clunky dialogue and an oddball, but surprisingly true to the comics, plot.
But still allegedly fun to watch, especially with a group of fellow SF and superhero movie fans.
Failure…is not an option. Surrounded by enemies, Lydio Malik, the Royal Bodyguard to the infant Princess Analisa, will do ANYTHING to save the sole heir to the throne. Imagine “Die Hard, on the roof of a castle tower”…and you have the distilled essence of this action-packed story.
In print and ebook, with the ebook at the low, introductory price of just 99 cents.
This is a preview of the raw cover image for my story, Road Trip, which will be published in December.
Here’s the description of the story:
Rocco Fitch is a down-and-out disabled veteran of the War Against Terror, having been severely injured by an IED in Afghanistan. Since his return, his wife has left him (taking his daughter with her), he can’t get a job, unemployment payments have run out, his car’s been repossessed, the bank wants to foreclose on his house and life just isn’t working out well…
Then some beggar tries to sell him a road. Sensing that the beggar is a war vet like himself, Rocco buys the road from him for all the money he has left: $3.37.
At first, Rocco thinks the sale is just a strange way for the beggar to talk himself into accepting a handout from a fellow vet. But then he wakes up the next morning with a road, a magical road, crossing his backyard. A road that nobody else can see…
Besides the mysterious road that he now owns, the one bright spot in his life is his unlikely friend, his neighbor Sammie, an aging black rogue with a diabolical sense of humor, a foul mouth, friends in low places and a rather piratical way of looking at the world.
Between the two of them, they might just be able to set Rocco’s life on a new and different path.
Look for it on Amazon in the November/December timeframe.
Story: "Road Trip"