When Blood Calls (JK Beck) – Vampires, Were creatures, and Litigation? How in the world does this even happen? People often refer to Lawyers as vampires  (and blood suckers, etc) but rarely if ever have the two plot elements actually met.

Luke is old as hell. He is a vampiric assassin for the shadow underworld just beneath the surface of our own. He is also incarcerated and going to court, being tried for the murder of another shadow dwelling individual. This will not be the first time he has had throw down fights with the law. Over the centuries, he has been involved in a number of conflicts, investigated and exonerated. Everyone knows he is guilty but evidence is always lacking. The difference this time is that the murder was of an underworld Judge… and enough evidence to damn him is practically white glove served to the cops.

Sara… Read the rest

1632 is part of the “Alternative History” genre of Fantasy/Science Fiction.

A flash of light kicks off the plot in this novel. In what is initially interpreted by everyone as a nuclear blast, light blinds the residents of Grantsville, West Virginia. When they realize they have not all been reduced to ash, they step outside and determine that something very wrong has happened, their town is no longer on the east coast of North America. Grantsville is now in the year 1632, residing in the Black Forest (what will later become Germany). They are smack dab in the middle of the 30 years war.

As readers, we all have the same paradox questions. The characters also recognized these potential issues, and they are addressed very quickly (first or second chapter).  They came to the conclusion early on that there are only two real theories to work with.

- Time… Read the rest

I have been wanting to post a link to a specific video for a couple weeks now, but it went very viral very fast, so i felt like a tag along poseur. Now I have a classy add-on video (thanks Mongo) that makes me less of the Poseur, and more of a super Poseur… you are welcome.
Let me know if any of these links die, I saved an archive copy of each I can reroute to.

Video: Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
Music video by comedian Rachel Bloom detailing her love for Science Fiction. Fantastic video, may not be appropriate for work or kids, but book loving adults will get a kick out of it! As it is Bradbury’s 90th B-day on August 22, this is a super cool “gift”. Also check out this LA Times post for some classic Bradbury quotes

I love… Read the rest

I WILL SMASH YOU!

sometime in the last week or so, i must have been in some meetings. in my drug and pain haze, i don’t rightly know when it was, but it would have been either a week ago today, or a week ago last friday.

i really should post more of these.. after i scan them i have an excuse to get them off my desk so i look like less of a slacker.

when it crosses your mind to gargle with diluted hydrogen peroxide, dont do it. it will make you want to puke. for anyone who thinks it might be a good idea, just walk up to someone who loves you and ask them to punch you in the gut then the throat then the gut again.. sane effect but with out the nasty residuals.

a week in and not better. this sucks. sore throat etc. going to go to see a doctor tomorrow.

really just want to feel better. preferably before my liver shuts down from acetaminophen over use :)

Part One of my e-book spotlight -

THIS IS NOT A GUIDE FOR PIRACY. These instructions will not assist in removing drm from a file someone else gives you, nor one you may have downloaded someplace. They will only remove DRM restrictions from books legally purchased via Amazon. The intent is only to allow you better use of what you already have.

Remember, copyright is everyone’s responsibility.

Folks looking for info on pirating books are gonna have to look elsewhere as this spotlight will not help you.  :) Sorry Charlie.

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So, you bought an E-book from Amazon, and it hurts your soul that you cannot read it in the format you want or the devices you own.. This Spotlight is catered to you.  contained here you will find information on the hacks that people have created. You do not need to know programming or anything silly like… Read the rest

The American Alarm Clock. An alarm to “[...] wake these people from their sleep!”. Historical Fiction, published in 1972, detailing the overhaul of Central American social structures.

In 1810, Mexico was an unsettled country. Manhandled and abused by Spain, they were in the midst of a hostile takeover by the Napoleanic French. Spain was relatively powerless.

300 years of oppressive rule had left the people (native born, immigrants, and those in-between) restless for a change. The Gachupine, those born in Spain, were blamed for most wrongs, including the national famine, high taxation, and violations of basic Human rights (referred to as the “Rights of Nature”).

This aptly sets the scene for the first Mexican revolution.

The American Alarm Clock (source of the book’s name) was the newspaper that was the primary voice for this revolution. Edited by Padre Francisco Severo Maldonado, it chronicled the ideas and core beliefs of… Read the rest