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House of the Dragon season one review

    HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is a series I have a lot of mixed feelings on, mostly positive, but some negative. I was supporting an adaptation of the Dance of the Dragons from the very beginning. It's one...

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Star Trek: Lower Decks season three review

     STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS is my favorite of the Nu Trek installments. I'm including the Abrams movies, Discovery, Picard, Prodigy, and Strange New Worlds in that list. It's a pretty impressive array...

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The Last Hunter (The Last Hunter #1) by JN Chaney and Terry Mixon review

    I'm a big fan of JN Chaney and I've made it a point to plan to read Terry Mixon's big space opera books. I'm a space opera writer myself and I've heard nothing but good things about both writers....

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Resident Evil: Village: Winter's Expansion review

   Resident Evil: Village was one of my favorite games in recent memory, continuing the story of Ethan Winters after the excellent soft continuity reboot of Resident Evil VII. That story brought the...

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Space Academy Cover Changes

 Hey folks,I'm  pleased to announce an update for the Space Academy series. We've got a  new set of covers and some short stories for the Kindle editions of the  funniest series in science fiction...

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Space Academy Washouts' audiobook is now available for preorder

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."Captain Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him....

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Star Trek: Renassiance (New Frontier #10) review

    Basically, this continues the three-book Excalibur plot that follows the crew as they're separated from each other by the events of Requiem. In this case, it is Burgoyne, Doctor Selar, Robin...

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LA Noire (2017) review

    LA Noire by Rockstar Games and Team Bondi is one of those classic games that has managed to stand the test of time despite the fact it was not a massive success in its initial release. It was...

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Eight Recommended Lovecraftian Fantasy/Scifi Novels

Howard Phillips Lovecraft remains one of the more controversial writers of the 20th century. A fantasy and science fiction visionary, he helped create a whole new concept of horror with his weird...

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Star Wars: Andor review

    Disney's stewardship of the Star Wars brand has been somewhat spotty in its handling. I'm going to spare you my opinion on the subject because we would be here all day but I was a Legends fanboy...

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Dawn's Light (Sol Saga #1) by Hunter Blain review

    DAWN'S LIGHT by Hunter Blain is the first book in what I hope will be a long-running superhero series. The Sol Saga is a change from the author, who is primarily known for his Preternatural...

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The Last Iota by Robert Kroese review

     THE LAST IOTA by Robert Kroese is the sequel to THE BIG SHEEP and the further adventures of Erasmus Keane and his Watsonian sidekick, Blake Fowler. I really enjoyed The Big Sheep for the fact it...

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Miskatonic University: Elder Gods 101 by Matthew and Mike Davenport review

     MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY: ELDER GODS 101 by Matthew and Michael Davenport is something I've seen before in books like Anna M. Pillsworth's SUMMONED and Serra Elinsen's AWOKEN but is always a pleasing...

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A dedication to Peter David

    Peter David made me as an author.    This is something that occurred to me when I was looking over the reports of his multiple strokes and Go Fund Me request. It was always vaguely on my bucket...

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Writing Update for December 2022

 Hey folks,I thought it'd be a good idea to give y'all an update on what I've been working on and what my current projects are. After all, you are the reason that I get to continue making my wonderful...

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The Annotated Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

    THE BIG SLEEP remains one of the greatest detective novels of all time and while I prefer Dashielle Hammett over Raymond Chandler, it's only by degrees. It's also interesting to note the flaws of...

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The Maltese Falcon by Dashielle Hammett review

    THE MALTESE FALCON is about as influential to the creation of the detective genre as we know it as MURDER IN RUE MORGUE and A STUDY IN SCARLET. Dashielle Hammett actually wrote the book as a...

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The Judas Compact or "How the Sabbat got their groove stolen"

V5 Chronicle Tips1. The Social Satire of Vampire: The Masquerade2.  An analysis of Anarchs in Vampire: The Masquerade3. Ten Tips to Running the Anarchs in V5 4. Ten Tips to Running the Second...

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My Top Reads of 2022

2022 was a pretty good year for me, reading wise. I managed to hit my desired goal of reading over three hundred books. I admit, I cheated with this quite badly by reading a huge ton of comics on...

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The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips review

    THE FADE OUT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, illustrated by Elizabeth Breitweiser is not my usual grimdark fair. However, grimdark is the fantastic cousin to film noir...

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