This is the time of year when folks look back to what they’ve accomplished over the last twelve months, and for writers that typically means listing the works they published during the year. From that perspective, 2025 was a pretty slow year. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t busy. Let’s look back, first, then we’ll […]
Intro: Back in 1991, I was managing Hunter’s Books in La Jolla, CA. Because I am who I am, I’d beefed up the store’s science fiction, fantasy, and horror sections far beyond what might be expected at a bookstore on the main drag of a high-end tourist town on the San Diego coast. As a […]
Back in 2008, I wrote a horror graphic novel called Zombie Cop. It was fully painted by the Polish artist Szymon Kudranski, who killed it (in the positive way), and published by Image Comics/Shadowline (Jim Valentino’s imprint at Image). It didn’t make any bestseller lists that I’m aware of, but I don’t think most mainstream […]
Through most of the 1990s, I worked for comics legend Jim Lee–then, as now, one of the most popular and creative artists in the business–at what was alternately called Homage Studios, Aegis Entertainment, and WildStorm Productions. I was initially brought in to write the backs of some trading cards featuring Jim’s series WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action […]
After 30 straight years of attending the San Diego Comic-Con–the grandaddy of them all–I stopped going. That show is amazing…but it’s huge, and so so so crowded. I was there the year an exhibitor put out free shopping bags, and the crowd surged toward it so suddenly that a woman caught up in the swarm […]
Well, it’s been a year. Some parts were good, some bad, as with most years. Outwardly, it doesn’t seem like my most productive year ever because I only released one book–Byrd’s Luck & Other Western Stories (details at the link). That said, the book launched a whole new western fiction imprint, Silverado Press (and was […]
It’s almost Christmas again. This year, I’m playing Santa Claus and giving readers some goodies! I have all kinds of bargains for you! First, a special note–in this year’s Best of the West section, the kind folks at True West Magazine once again wrote up new imprint Silverado Press, which launched with my Western short-story […]
There’s lots of news in this one, so I’ll get right to it! The first two books in my Major Crimes Squad: Phoenix police-procedural mystery series are up on Amazon for pre-order. As of this moment, only the Kindle ebooks are there, but the paperback versions should follow soon. The two are The Squad and […]