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Tag Archives: Wordfire Press
City of the Saints in the Humble Bundle!
The year is 1859. US Army agent Sam Clemens rides west in his amphibious steam-truck, the Jim Smiley. His mission is to get the unruly Kingdom of Deseret, with its air-ships and its rumored phlogiston guns, into the looming conflict … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Feather and the Moon Well
Shean Pao’s debut novel The Feather and the Moon Well is a deeply romantic fairy tale told about and from the points of view of the fairy creatures, that asks the question: can a creature change its nature? The owner … Continue reading
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Tagged David Farland, David Farland Discovery, Fairy Tales, Ireland, Shean Pao, The Feather in the Moon Well, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Second Paradigm
Second Paradigm‘s title refers to a new paradigm for thinking about time, time travel, and paradox, and its story is an exploration of that paradigm. The challenge in trying to tell you about a book as intricately plotted as this … Continue reading
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Tagged Peter J. Wacks, Second Paradigm, Time Travel, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: The Dandy Boys Mysteries
The Dandy Boys Mysteries are the cast of Downton Abbey trying to prove that Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a figment of Mina Harker’s imagination. This gothic mystery tale styles itself a publication of excerpts out of the journals of Friedrich … Continue reading
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Tagged Downton Abbey, Dracula, J.R. Boyett, Peter J. Wacks, The Dandy Boys Mysteries, Wordfire Press
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Magic City!
Allegedly, Miami is called “Magic City” because the city sprouted up overnight due to a flood of immigrants. Since Juan Ponce de León rolled through here in the sixteenth century looking for the Fountain of Youth, though, I think the … Continue reading
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Tagged Kevin J. Anderson, Magic City Comic Con, Miami, Peter J. Wacks, Quincy J. Allen, Tracy Hickman, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: The Worker Prince
Prince Xander Rhii, fresh out of the academy and headed for his new post overseeing workers (slaves) on Vertullis, has been called Davi by his mother all his life. Like the unique necklace he wears, he bears the name as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Exodus, Moses, Superman, The Worker Prince, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Blood Ties
For the first few pages of Quincy J. Allen’s Blood Ties, you might think you were reading a straight Civil War novel. Captain Jake Lasater has been commanded to make what may or may not be a suicidal charge on … Continue reading
Salt Lake Comic Con
I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing con reports, because I go to too many cons to really do that. I mean, I can write detailed con reports or I can write books, you know? But I want to … Continue reading
Salt Lake Comic Con, Here I Come!
Salt Lake Comic Con is one of my favorite cons, and I say that as a guy who goes to a fair number of them. It’s a huge event, the organizers treat writers like the attraction they are, the green room … Continue reading
A Moment of Great Restraint
At Rose City Comic Con yesterday, I witnessed a moment that was typical, funny, appalling, and inspiring at the same time. It looked like this: Ramón Terrell, who stood next to me for two days selling books this weekend, was … Continue reading
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Tagged James McMurtry, Once Upon a Time, Professionalism, Ramón Terrell, Rose City Comic Con, Wordfire Press
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