By Pope Brock was slung in my favorite deck chair, drink in hand, having a gawk at the night sky. Andromeda, Pisces … I trawled the constellations, mind abandoned, still aware in some curve at the back of my brain that the world is coming apart at the seams and we’re all fucked, and enjoying […]
Read More The Moon is Full of MoneyWhat a great article! Are your cooking skills up to the Apocalypse? Good Morning / Evening / Afternoon, wherever you are in the world I hope it’s good. In Book 1 of “Welcome to the Apocalypse – Pandora”, there are two game presenters who instruct the players on items to hunt and gather in order […]
Read More Cooking During the ApocalypseI got into a discussion with a friend on Facebook who wanted to know what was current in Sci-fi. This is what I said at the time. Understand that this is an excerpt from a casual discussion, not a researched article, and as such should be looked at as a blurb of general interest only, […]
Read More What’s Current in Sci-Fi?I read a lot of apocalyptic fiction. I love apocalypse stories. I love to read about how, when the worst happens, humans can discover levels of ingenuity we never knew we had to overcome even the most insurmountable odds. You see the worst of humanity in these stories, but you also see the best. That’s […]
Read More Sexism in the ApocalypseHey gang! Just letting you all know that the third book in the Wyrd West, The Vigil, is alive! It’s about twice the length of the first one, so the series is a full novel’s read now. And now that there’s three, Amazon has even given me my own series page! Remember you can Pay […]
Read More Release the Wyrd West!Francesco Augustine Bernadone: A Brief History of Our Tomorrows by Stan Faryna My rating: 4 of 5 stars Not at All What I Expected! Read as part of the #30days30authors challenge. This fast-paced novella is not at all what it originally appears. I haven’t read a lot of LitRPG, and what I have usually was […]
Read More Book Review: Francesco Augustine Bernadone by Stan Faryna#30days30authors In a city of glass, where people who are just Numbers living in glass-brick houses, and everyone’s daily routine is determined by the Tables of the Hours set down by the Well-Doer, one particular Number, D-503, is developing a dangerous affliction. He is nurturing a soul. This could put his life and that of […]
Read More Orwell vs Huxley vs ZamyatinBy C.T. Philips Grimdark is in the eye of the beholder. On a more simpler term, grimdark is a term which was initially bandied about by the gaming community of science-fiction and fantasy as an insult for books which were “trying too hard to be taken seriously.” The term originally comes from the over-the-top hardcore […]
Read More What is Grimdark Fiction?I’m delighted to announce that an except from Showdown will be featured in July’s issue of SciFan Magazine, and the entirety of my Toy Soldier story, Survivor, will be featured in the August issue! And yes guys, you can get these in PRINT! SciFan Magazine is a publication devoted to “science fantasy” as a genre. […]
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