Jack Commer gets a close look at the disintegration of the Alpha Centaurian Empire in the aftermath of its lost war with the United System Space Force, as well as a devastating surprise from his estranged son Jonathan James, a … Continue reading →
As former Typhoon II ship’s engineer Phil Sperry struggles with his decades-long treason to the human race, Supreme Commander Jack Commer and his wife Amav journey to the paradise planet Andertwin for a painful visit with their reclusive son Jonathan … Continue reading →
Sortmind Press is participating in the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale which runs through July 31. As Smashwords points out, it’s winter in the southern hemisphere and this is a global enterprise, thus Summer/Winter sale. You have proof of this in that … Continue reading →
I haven’t posted a blog entry since the North Texas Book Festival entry of April 7, an unnervingly long time to go dark. However, the seed of darkness came the day of the April 9 festival itself; in order to … Continue reading →
Once again I’ll have a table at the North Texas Book Festival in Denton, Texas, on Saturday, April 9. The festival takes place at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St., Denton, Texas 76201. Hours are … Continue reading →
Art Department Chair Fannin Richardson came out of my 1990’s desire to use my visual talents to move ahead with an art life. I’d just gone through the discouraging setback of mailing off scores of query letters for my novels … Continue reading →
Although Moolka Waxtor’s romance with Derrick Dexter is central to The Soul Institute, Himal Steina, the bombastic new writer in residence who’s inexplicably appointed to the secret ruling council of Overcrons, develops an obsession for this eighteen-dimensional goddess, eventually getting … Continue reading →
Outpost, Book One of The Fylking, fantasy author F. T. McKinstry’s meticulously crafted new fantasy series, is a truly masterful achievement. The Fylking are powerful, otherworldy beings who use the planet Math as a portal to numerous planes of existence … Continue reading →
It hasn’t quite sunk in yet that I’ve published a literary, adult novel. This is not to denigrate my Jack Commer science fiction novels or CommWealth, which is also a literary novel but borders the science fiction and dystopian genres. … Continue reading →
I was pointedly hard-nosed about Jipo Jarg in the first version of The Soul Institute as I strove to delineate Jipo and Derrick’s bitter corporate marriage. Maybe Jipo was all shadow-projection on my part, and the below excerpts probably reinforce … Continue reading →
