Join me today at the Seattle Library!
It’s GRNW 2016, and I will be there, along with many great authors. Check out the schedule. If you see me, I’ll have poorly made paper misfortune cookies for you to rip up in anger and disappointment, as well as Roan pins, Paris postcards, and Infected: Holden cover stickers. I will sign anything, within reason.
Read MoreInfected: Holden is out now!
And in honor of that, I have two things for you. A blog post about Holden’s origin story, and the second half of the soundtrack! Infected: Holden playlist, Part 2 from notmanos on 8tracks...
Read MoreA Trip Through Holden’s iPod
As you may or may not know, I make a ton of playlists for my stories. But while Roan’s love of punk and noise rock is well known, Holden’s musical tastes are less well known. (Although still somewhat questionable.) So here’s a spin with Holden’s iPod, with six random songs pulled up. ** 1. Green Day – Geek Stink Breath Look, I know I’m not Roan, who’s all cool and edgy, and listens to bands no one’s heard of. I liked a few Green Day songs, and I’m not apologizing for that. We can’t all like obscure shit. Hell, before the internet, where did you even find it? We couldn’t all run away from group homes and head to the shadier clubs where they didn’t bother to card you. Not that that was an ideal way to grow up. Oh hell, I don’t know what...
Read MoreInfected: Holden Soundtrack, Part 1
Busted it into two. Second part will come out publication day! Infected: Holden Playlist, Part 1 from notmanos on 8tracks Radio.
Read MoreNew books coming!
I’m sure you all know Infected: Holden is out September 20th. But also coming out, on August 30th, is Private Dicks: Packing Heat, an anthology I have a story in. On September 19th, the charity anthology One Pulse will be released, and in that I have a slightly longer version of the Roan story Pride. And on November 8th, is Hearts of Darkness , my supervillains in love story....
Read MoreFlash Fiction Challenge – Mad Monster Sleep Over
So in this random challenge, I got whodunnit and creature feature, and I let my weirdest impulses take over. Leading to this … ** Mad Monster Sleep Over It was the Swamp Monster that found Doctor Herring’s body in the kitchen. Or at least his torso. It was assumed he’d need it to survive. There were several problems, all of which were tricky indeed. Gathering the suspects, for example. It was a class reunion weekend, if you accepted the meaning of class could be stretched to accommodate a reunion of monsters created both deliberately and accidentally by the old Academy of Psychical Research. Portsmouth. Of course the building had burned down in the great escape of ’75, but there was a spooky mansion down the road that more than fit their needs. Yes, it...
Read MoreMore musical mucking about …
This is what happens when I have time to dick around. 8 Song Titles That Together Tell A Story from notmanos on 8tracks Radio.
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