Saturday, June 25, 2011

Carnage & Consequences


The 2nd Gen Con Authors' Anthology.
Marc Tassin & Friends
Retail Price - $15.99
196 Pages
  • Walk the darkened alleys of an ancient city where a dragon rules!
  • Grab your blade, and fight the forces of evil in a war at the end of time!
  • Recoil with horror as a serial killer carries out his quest to silence the voices that torment him!
  • Learn the true meaning of honor as you witness the steadfast virtue of a samurai faced with an impossible choice!

You'll experience all that and more in this gripping collection from the authors of the Gen Con Writer's Symposium. Fourteen amazing tales await you, including brand-new stories from Jean Rabe, Anton Strout, Stephen D. Sullivan, Matt Forbeck, and more!

Plus, for the first time in print, New York Times Best Selling author Michael A. Stackpole's "Jed and the Titanium Turtle" -- an inspiring science fiction fable about occupation and resistance in the land of the free.

Authors include:
2011 Gen Con Author Guest of Honor Anton Strout
Michael A. Stackpole
Jean Rabe
Stephen D. Sullivan
Matt Forbeck
Donald J. Bingle
Linda P. Baker
Kelly Swails
Wes Nicholson
Maurice Broaddus
Jennifer Brozek
Dylan Birtolo
Mary Louise Eklund
Marc Tassin


Edited by Marc Tassin.


Click here to buy Carnage & Consequences through CreateSpace (powered by Amazon).

Monday, May 2, 2011

UNFORGETTABLE Earns Its Name

Unforgettable by Paul McComas is earning a lot of press and great reviews -- and Walkabout Publishing couldn't be happier.  We knew this was a good book when we decided to publish it, and it's nice to see our opinion borne out.  Check out the links below for a sampling of the raves.

Read the review in Milwaukee's Shepherd Express.

Paul's interview on Lake Effect is archived here.

Read the Pioneer Press article.

Read the Evanston Public Library interview.

Read the review in the Agony Column.

Listen to the Agony Column interview.

You can contact Paul and find out more about his upcoming Unforgettable appearances through his website, www.paulmccomas.com.

Monday, April 18, 2011

BLUE KINGDOMS: MAGES & MAGIC




Stephen D. Sullivan, Jean Rabe, & Friends
Retail Price: $14.99
194 Pages


Magic fills the Blue Kingdoms.
Its tendrils reach through the islands, ensnaring the denizens of the World-Sea with effects both sublime and monstrous. Magic . . .

* Pulses with the pull of the oars on a zombie slave ship.
* Flows from a dying wizard into an unsuspecting princess.
* Plagues a half-ogress blessed with uncanny strength.
* Manifests as a seductive and deadly guardian.
* Reveals itself too late to a shipwrecked mage.
* Fuels the alchemical battle for the Philosopher's Stone.
* Appears in many forms . . . always when least expected.

Delve into these pages and let our authors surprise and ensorcell you!

Stephen D. Sullivan - Jean Rabe
Donald J. Bingle - Kelly Swails - Steven Saus
Ramsey & Margaret Lundock - Annette Leggett
Brandie Tarvin - Robert Farnsworth - Steve Rouse
Marc Tassin - Kathleen Watness

Thursday, February 3, 2011

UNFORGETTABLE


Harrowing Futures, Horrors, & (Dark) Humor
Paul McComas
Retail Price - $29.99
490 pages

Includes TWO sneak previews from Logan's Journey, the first Logan novel in one-third of a century, co-written with Logan's Run author William F. Nolan!

From aliens to zombies, from prehistoric monsters to monstrously conceived tomorrows, this collection comprises Paul McComas' fifty best speculative-fiction, horror, and dark-comic works -- most of them never before published. You'll encounter "Nessie" and nuclear apocalypse; voodoo and vampires; androids and ax murderers; death curses and dystopias; cognizant, conniving corporations and "Collies in Space" . . . plus ice worlds and werewolves and eels, oh my! Ingenious, heartfelt, and always entertaining, Unforgettable is the thinking person's, the feeling person's, and the snickering person's "genre book," all in one -- as well as an eclectic, audacious, ever-surprising celebration of the human imagination.

"McComas is a one-man powerhouse, an author-magician, a wizard with words whose range is unlimited; Unforgettable is a stunning performance, a literary tour de force, a wild ride that will leave you breathless. There has never been a book like this. Never."
-- William F. Nolan, author of Logan's Run

"It's all here: a fertile imagination, an utter lack of pretension, let-it-all-hang-out honesty, serious purpose, perverse playfulness -- and even fearlessness."
-- Eric Greene, author of "Planet of the Apes" as American Myth, from his Foreword

"This compilation is the 'unforgettable' party we all want to attend. Allow host Paul McComas to stretch your mind, make you laugh out loud, and keep you thinking long after you've read the last page."
-- Joy Ward, author of Haint

"You'll be hooked, shocked, and amused by this vast, delightful offering from one of our country's most versatile and endearing artists. In short, Unforgettable--is."
-- William Hart, author of Never Fade Away

About the author:
Paul McComas is the author of three and editor of two critically acclaimed books. His most recent, the comedic coming-of-age novel Planet of the Dates, is in development as a Hollywood feature. Paul performs his work live across the country, teaches in Chicago, and makes award-winning films in Evanston, Illinois, where he lives with his wife, fellow fiction writer Heather McComas.