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 →
A small coastal college promises sanctuary to a downtrodden midlevel computer technician who inexplicably finds himself named writer in residence at the Soul Institute–but quickly finds that he’s blundered into chaos and tragedy. The Soul Institute, published by Sortmind Press, … Continue reading →
“Back away from the novel and slowly put your hands on top of the Internet. Keep your mind where I can see it.” Sooner or later you come to this point. The time has finally arrived to push the novel … Continue reading →
CommWealth is now available from Amazon in paperback format, in addition to Kindle eBook format. In addition, the paperback and a variety of eBook formats are available from the publisher, Class Act Books. I received some initial copies Tuesday morning, … Continue reading →
An excerpt from CommWealth: Allan parked the Maserati on Walnut Street and slammed the door with what he hoped was appropriate showdown force. A few customers on the patio looked up, then went back to their beers and chessmen. Allan … Continue reading →
In my just-published novel CommWealth, Allan Larson browbeats the Forensic Squad acting troupe into staging an infantile play he’s written called Cabaret. (Though he swears his play has nothing to do with the 1972 movie of the same name, one … Continue reading →
