The Trigger Reflex is tentatively scheduled for a mid-November release. Just in time for hunting season. As it should be.

Conquest Through Determination is, honestly, better than I had any right to hope for. I put a random call out for Steampunk, and I’ll be damned if Steampunk didn’t answer with force. This one will be open for a bit longer, so please sub if you’ve got a tale to tell. Just know that you are facing stiff competition.

And, fitting for this time of year, my next antho should be announced shortly. The Ghost Papers will be looking for ghost stories, but with a modern twist. It’s inspired by classic tales, but I’ll be looking for new slants on the telling of them, so get those wheels turning, and help me bring back a genre that sorely needs some attention!

This book is open to submissions. Check out the full call-for-subs at Pill Hill Press

These are the things to keep in mind:

This ain’t no monster-romance-fest. If you’re looking for love, you’d best steer clear. If you’re looking for down and dirty, blood and guts monster hunting, then you’ve come to the right place. I’ll tell you that I won’t even think about accepting a story unless blood is spilled, and that I expect to start blogging more about the Monster Hunting genre, as well as ghost stories in the very near future.

In the mean time, keep your stakes sharp and your silver bullets loaded.

But will be back with updates on both books in a bit…

The stories for Leather, Denim & Silver are coming in now, and the monsters are getting what they had coming.

There is still plenty of room, so if you have a blood-thirsty tale, send it in!

And, just to whet your appetite, I have a special announcement:

Brian P. Easton, author of Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter and Heart of Scars, will be writing the Foreword. These books are easy to find on Amazon, etc., and the idea for Leather, Denim & Silver was in large part inspired after reading them. Both titles have been re-released by Permuted Press, and both won Independent Publishing awards. Most importantly though, these books bring werewolf hunting back to it’s gritty, blood-soaked roots, and are easily among the top books in the genre.

You can find out more about Brian and the books on his website at www.hauntedjack.com and you should have just enough time to order and read them before Leather, Denim & Silver is released!

My Monster Hunter anthology is open for submissions! This one will be published through Pill Hill Press, and all of the details are posted here:

Leather, Denim & Silver – Legends of the Monster Hunter

Needless to say, I can’t wait to see how this one shapes up. The publishing world is in desperate need of kick-ass monster hunters, and now they’re on the way.

If any monsters happen to be reading this, you’d best start running. heh

The original title to this one was “Should the Sky Go Black, and the World Begin To Burn”, but that was a bit long. I switched it to “Puppet”, but that just didn’t capture the feeling of the story, so back to the original we go, just a shortened version. It’s a darker piece. Enjoy.

Miles

It’s a piece of Nanopunk, wrapped in a William Gibson future, coated in the grime of the reality staring you in the face from a hundred current news websites. Apathy can’t exist for long, and inspiration will always peek through in the end.

Dorsa is a major character in this mythos, and you should plan on seeing much more of him. Much more.

What if you fist-fought lust into a dusty corner, intending to finally come to terms with it, only to discover that it had you by the throat the whole time, and was only waiting to use you as step in its ultimate release?

That’s the inspiration. Do with it what you will…

Miles

Ready for more? The later half of September will see the next installment of The Dark Monocle, as well as Mirror of Jakarta, and hopefully Russian Devil Hotel, if I have time to polish it.

Then it’s time for October – and with any luck, the return of podcasting! Stay tuned, and when in doubt, turn to horror. At least it can’t get any worse. heh

Miles

I love Vampire stories. I love Steampunk. Personally, I think that the two combined are better than chocolate and peanut butter. So here’s the first entry into a long and twisted serial that pits a fearless vampire hunter and his Steampunk technology against an ancient and cunning master vampire who wishes to consume Victorian London. I hope you enjoy the genres as much as I do.

Miles