Review of ‘Return of the Sword’ at ‘The Cimmerian’

Deuce Richardson, the heavy-metal-looking blogger at The Cimmerian (a website devoted to “Robert E. Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the best in heroic fantasy, horror, and historical adventure”), just posted a review of Return of the Sword.

He had some very positive things to say about the anthology, which means a great deal because the praise comes from a gathering place of experts in the heroic fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genres.

Update from Ricasso Press

My story, “Knowledge and Dust,” was accepted a while back for Magic & Mechanica, an anthology edited by Bill Ward and Robert J. Santa of Ricasso Press. Ricasso is putting out several anthologies simultaneously with the launch of the press, and Santa just issued another update on these projects at SFReader.com:

My local printer basically defaulted on the project after me pouring tons of time and effort into giving a small businessman a shot. I am working with an online printer right now and will have copies in hand shortly (“shortly” is as accurate as I can be right now).

As clearly as I can say it, the project is not dead only woefully delayed. I understand when projects take long times to wrap up they tend to disappear. That is not the case here. Authors and prospective readers have been inhumanly patient, and I thank you for it. Where the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be an oncoming train before, the light this time is an actual exit.

“Knowledge and Dust” is the first story I ever sold, so I’m hoping everything works out for the best.

Black Gate Issue 12…for Free

Those of you who’ve heard me talk about the magazine Black Gate, now is the time to check it out. The publishers, in their wisdom and desire to draw in more readers, have made a free copy of issue 12 available for download.

If you like heroic fantasy, high fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, or any fantasy literature with a focus on adventure, this is a great opportunity to experience it in the short form. I can’t recommend it enough.

A First Draft Complete

Finally finished the first draft of a story I’ve been working on since January.  What a long road.  Now I have some serious editing to do.

Welcome!

Welcome to my newly created blog/website.