A writing friend of mine, David Boop, was going through Westword and found out that my Jake Lasater outfit made the top fifty costumes. You can read about Jake in “Lasater’s Lucky Left,” one of the short stories found in “Penny Dread Tales” right now, and you’ll be able to read about him in “Lady’s Blues,” […]
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Quincy Allen has a new piece now in print. The Resurrection of Samhain is a sci-fi short story set in the distant future with a paranormal twist to it. Celebrating the ancient precurser to Halloween, a Celtic pagan celebration called Samhain, it treats with love, witchcraft and the ghostly heritage of the Irish past. It
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Okay, so “killer” may be a strong word, but my friend Nathan Lee did a great job on putting this together. Keep in mind, he pretty much had just me to work with, so he was handicapped from the get-go. Three of the contributors covering five pen names were present: Laura Givens / Laura James,
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[Go To Episode 5] “Ummm… SIGI?” Varma set down my carrying case, looked at the floor and twisted his fingers together. He’d been anxious all morning as we prepped for the demonstration scheduled for later that morning. “Oh-oh.” I got that old sinking feeling in my processors. Two weeks old and I already knew Varma
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Go To Episode Four “So when are you gonna let me out of this friggin rig?” I stared at Varma expectantly. I’m going stir-crazy just sitting here, locked into this thing and watching you type at that keyboard. “I just need a few more minutes,” he replied, his eyes not breaking away from the screen
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[Go To Episode 3] Varma was nice enough to leave the television on for me before he left the lab. As he was first walking out, it occurred to me that I’d be the only one in the building till someone showed up in the morning, humans having lives and needing sleep and all. I’d
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I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I wanted to start a discussion on a quote that will probably end up in one of my books… I’m thinking the Jake Lasater series. What do you think of this: “If you aren’t prepared to die for your freedom and equally prepared to kill for it,
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Three of the contributors covering five of the stories in “Penny Dread Tales Volume One” will be available to autograph copies of the anthology at the TACtile Steampuk Fashion show on Saturday, June 2Fth at 7:00 pm. The contributors attending will include: Laura Givens (“Chin Song Ping and the Fists of Steel”) J. M. Franklin
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