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Everyone is doing their Top Ten lists of 2014…. There are only two books on my top ten list for 2014 (since I can’t nominate myself 😉 )  The best two books I read in 2014 were Soda Pop Soldier, by Nick Cole, and The Martian by Andy Weir. And lo and behold… one of […]

The Audiobook for The Pennsylvania Omnibus will be available very soon.  I mean really soon! I’ve been working with Falcon Sound Company and narrator Andrew McFerrin, and they’ve done a fantastic job with the audiobook.  Here is the quick trailer for it, I hope you enjoy it.  The Audiobook will be awesome! Share this with […]

How Many Authors Does it take to Break Everything? It doesn’t seem like it’s possible that the Apocalypse Weird world had it’s sneak peek launch only about ten days ago. A lot of things have happened in the last ten days, and frankly we couldn’t be more pleased with the reception our new weird world […]

Apocalypse Weird is attracting the one thing that authors crave… buzz. Everybody is talking about this Apocalypse Weird thing… “The Red King is something of a literary seed, the first chapter in an innovative collaboration between bestselling indie authors that sees the creation of an entire world for them to play around in. The creators […]

Launch day is here! At long last, we are very excited to offer you the Tales from Pennsylvania short story anthology. Edited by David Gatewood and Chris Pourteau, this collection offers you ten spectacular tales set in the same Pennsylvania world I featured in my bestsellingPennsylvania novel. If you’ve been longing to read more tales from […]

Pardon me if I’m a little emotional. Generally I’m not that way at all, but this is a special occasion. Tomorrow is a really special day for me as an author, and I wanted to say something about it before I hammer you all with invitations to the Launch Party and reasons why you should […]

…I need to update you on…   So I kind of made a list. Then I lost it.  Because I’m unorganized.  But here goes from memory… This is a big week, and the next ten days are really big for me.  Starting with starting with this Friday the 21st of November when Tales from Pennsylvania […]

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11 New Pennsylvania Stories from some of the top names in speculative fiction… At long last, we are very excited to offer you the Tales from Pennsylvania short story anthology. Edited by David Gatewood and Chris Pourteau, this collection offers you ten spectacular tales set in the same Pennsylvania world I featured in my bestsellingPennsylvania […]

**In keeping with my efforts to help new voices in publishing be heard, I’ve turned over the blog today to my friend Lucas Bale.  Take it away, Lucas!** Publishing ain’t always fun. Kameron Hurley wrote, in We Have Always Fought, of the long con of being a successful writer; how important persistence was. She even […]

I was inspired to write fan fiction by a cow. Not just any cow, mind you. Her name was Iris, and she was a big, beautiful brown Jersey with dainty black hooves and eyes that could melt your heart. An Accidental Farmer In the 1970s, I was swept up in the Back to the Land […]

Satisfy Your Craving for More Pennsylvania  Howdy, Michael Bunker fans! Michael asked me to write a guest blog about some exciting things that are happening in the land of New Pennsylvania. As a co-editor of the forthcoming anthology Tales from Pennsylvania, I’ve become a bit of an expert on the topic of Pennsylvania fan fiction. […]