Artwork by Barry Windsor Smith Okay, change of plans! I originally intended to write a Carsonne novel this summer for release next year. However, NEW EDGE SWORD AND SORCERY magazine is interested in publishing more tales featuring Brugo of Carsonne. So, I've decided to tell Brugo's story as a series of tales -- a "story cycle"-- instead of a novel. The idea is to collect all of these stories under a single cover when they're all finished, the same way I collected all the Magt

THE MAGTONE SAGA is my latest release--a picaresque fantasy novel. So what exactly is a "picaresque" novel? Well, it's a particular kind of novel about a "rough" or "dishonest" hero" who is nevertheless appealing, and this hero's story is told in an "episodic" style--meaning a series of related episodes. The best examples of well-known picaresque novels are probably Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (1605), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884), Gulliver

Art by Albert Rodriguez LOVECRAFT'S DARK DREAMLANDS is a new anthology from PS Publishing edited by Darrell Schweitzer. The Dreamlands is one of H.P. Lovecraft's most enduring and beloved creations. It's where his mastery of cosmic horror intersected with the dream-like fantasy of Lord Dunsany. Dunsany was a major influence on Lovecraft, who wrote an entire cycle of tales about the phantasmagorical Dreamlands. These tales feature HPL's most poetic and lyrical prose, and he w

It occurs to me that I don't really blog enough. So, I'm writing this piece about the stuff that's really turning me on lately--a post about What I'm Digging in the realm of comics, shows, music, and movies. I recently saw Martin Scorsese's classic film AFTER HOURS from 1985. It's a fantastic departure from Marty's usual ganger-flick genre, and I can't believe I never saw it before now. A young Griffin Dunne stars as "regular guy" Paul Hackett, an NYC office worker who gets m

The latest book in the Scaleborn Saga, MAGNIFICENT EXILES , is now on sale in eBook form, and the paperback will follow on February 11. EXILES marks the fourth book in the series, but these books can be read in any order. Of course, I recommend starting from book one, IMMACULATE SCOUNDRELS , in order to get a view of the bigger picture and various connections between characters. However, you don't have to do that. I wrote this series with an eye toward making every single bo