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The official home of the Blue Kingdoms.Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-62105267941512134842016-07-28T15:03:00.000-07:002016-07-28T15:03:17.207-07:00MANOS WINS 2016 SCRIBE AWARD!<h3 data-mce-style="text-align: center;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", "Bitstream Charter", Times, serif; text-align: center;">
The Worst Movie in the World is now an Award-Winning Novel!</h3>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At San Diego Comicon, 2016, <strong><em>Manos: The Hands of Fate</em></strong> by Stephen D. Sullivan won the coveted <a data-mce-href="http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/previous-scribe-award-winners/#2016" href="http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/previous-scribe-award-winners/#2016" target="_blank">Scribe Award </a>for <strong>Best Novel Adaptation, 2016</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Scribes are given out by the <a data-mce-href="http://iamtw.org/" href="http://iamtw.org/" target="_blank">International Association of Media Tie-In Writers</a> (IAMTW), a group comprised of professionals who create new and adapted books from existing film, comic, game, and other properties, such as <em>Star Wars</em>, <em>Batman</em>, and <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is like the Oscars for authors working with tie-in properties," said Sullivan. "I'm both thrilled and surprised to have won, because the competition in this category was very strong. Really, it <em>was</em> an amazing honor just to be nominated." Other nominees in the category included: <em>Batman: Arkham Knight</em> by Marv Wolfman, <em>Crimson Peak</em> by Nancy Holder, <em>Star Wars: Dark Disciple</em> by Christie Golden, and <em>Backcountry</em> by D. E. McDonald.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sullivan has been nominated for a Scribe three (3) times previously, starting in 2007 (the first awards) for <em>Dragonlance: Warrior's Heart </em>(Goodlund Trilogy #2), in 2008 for <em>Dragonlance: Warrior's Bones </em>(Goodlund Trilogy #3), and 2009 for <em>Iron Man: The Junior Novel</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is Sullivan's first win. "I hadn't had books eligible for the competition since 2009, so winning came almost completely out of the blue. It's funny to think that I wasn't planning to write this book. I'd been working on a scary <em>Manos</em> adaptation (<em>Manos </em>is famous for being unintentionally funny), just to prove you could make a good book out of a bad movie. Then I realized that the existing audience for <em>Manos</em> would expect something <em>funny</em>. So, I dove into this one, and now I'm really glad I did!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><em>Manos: The Hands of Fate</em> was proclaimed "The Worst Movie of All Time" by <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> and numerous other expert sources. The film is famously bad, with many low-lights to its 50-year history, including a O% rating on <a data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_with_a_0%25_rating_on_Rotten_Tomatoes" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_with_a_0%25_rating_on_Rotten_Tomatoes" target="_blank">Rotten Tomatoes</a> and inclusion on nearly all <a data-mce-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate_.281966.29" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#Manos:_The_Hands_of_Fate_.281966.29" target="_blank">Worst Film</a> lists. But 2015-6 has seen an upswing (of sorts) for Manos, with a <a data-mce-href="https://www.playboy.com/articles/the-battle-over-the-worst-movie-ever" href="https://www.playboy.com/articles/the-battle-over-the-worst-movie-ever" target="_blank">Playboy magazine </a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Manos-Hands-Child/dp/1593939221" style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a biography by Jackey Neyman Jones</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">, who played Debbie, the little girl terrorized in the film, and now an award-winning novelization by Sullivan</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The film escaped its well-deserved obscurity when <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://mst3k.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></em> (MST3K) lampooned it during Season 4 of their ht TV show. An MST3K version is available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Science-Theater-3000-Manos/dp/B0055CP9UY" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DVD</a> and YouTube, and a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manos-Hands-Blu-ray-Tom-Neyman/dp/B012BD3RNU/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">blu-ray edition</a> of <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Manos</em> was also released in 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“It’s really funny to me that the ‘Worst Movie of All Time’ is now an Award-Winning book!” Sullivan said. “It’s also a great boost for my small publishing house, Walkabout Publishing. It proves that in today’s publishing world, small outfits can compete with the Big Boys.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sullivan’s <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Manos: The Hands of Fate</em> can be purchased in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MANOS-Hands-Stephen-D-Sullivan-ebook/dp/B016QYDFWI/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">e-book</a> or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1519301340" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">paperback </a>through Amazon.com. He has <a href="http://www.cushinghorrors.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Patreon page</a> to support his ongoing projects. Sullivan’s next project is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1384483381813440/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tournament of Death 4</em></a>, a novel which he will write live online during the 2016 Olympic Games. His “scary version” of the film —<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Manos: Talons of Fate</em> — is scheduled for a Fall 2016 release.</span></div>
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Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-11880396985405586772015-11-15T15:57:00.001-08:002016-07-28T15:14:46.151-07:00UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS - LIVE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">This one's been in the works for a years, and is finally available to the public! UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS - LIVE! is a collection of short plays and playlets by me and my buddy, fellow award-winning Monster Kid, <a href="http://www.paulmccomas.com/" style="text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Paul McComas</a>. As the subhead says, it contains: "Dark Drama, Sci-Fi Screams, and Horrific Humor."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's also available for performance -- of course!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-Encounters-Sci-Fi-Screams-Horrific/dp/1499706014/" style="background-color: white; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Click here to get it from Amazon.</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So, grab it for a fun read or as prospective fodder for your local playhouse!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #645234; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">"McComas and Sullivan are cultural mirrors -- storytellers -- whose images verge on the <i>too</i>-true, rendering the inner monsters we both fear, and hope, we might become. Laughing, crying, and covered in blood, those monsters are happy here. But the authors up the ante, stripping down their stories-of-awe-and-hilarity into threadbare stage plays -- plays being the chest-bursting aliens of storytelling -- and relating them in genial voices. The worl 'hijinks' applies. As does 'bizarre.' Here be ripping yarns; laugh while you can."</span></span><br />
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Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-29039437250608524812013-05-07T08:43:00.000-07:002013-05-07T10:25:19.174-07:00Great Press for Fit for A Frankenstein!<i>Fit for a Frankenstein </i>has gotten a lot of amazing reviews and endorsements since its premier. Check out some of it below...<br />
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<a href="http://paulmccomas.com/store/">Buy a copy direct from the authors here.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Mary Shelley’s idea for <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus</em> came to her in a dream; McComas and Starrett’s version has the wry, campy, wisecracking tone of a bedtime story told to a youngster by an affectionate adult — though the scenes in which Ygor becomes physically handicapped and has other misadventures are creepy, grisly, and evocative. Also wrenching, but in a sweet way, is the nature of his relationship with the Monster. When Ygor fears he has lost his companion, ‘his withered old heart pounded in his chest.’ As the fiendish-looking giant remarks upon saving Ygor from probable death, ‘Friend….goooood.’ With poetic license, the authors have created new characters: Klaus Hauptschmidt, the tailor who makes the monster’s new 66-X-X-Long suit, a lonely, unappreciated wine-drinker in a beer-loving burg; and Hauptschmidt’s blonde-pigtailed, dirndl-wearing daughter, his <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">liebchen</em> Gretl. McComas and Starrett’s depiction of the age-old Frankenstein classic turns the rank Monster into a lover of cheese: he will do almost anything for a block of it. Quirky details such as this, dream sequences rendered with chilling prose, and little inside jokes (such as playing with the number thirteen) can turn any day into a frightfully fun Halloween.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="exlink" href="http://www.fearlessbooks.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ff1a05; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">fearlessbooks.com</a></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Many of us grew up watching classic black-and-white pictures set in a foggy recreation of Eastern Europe where vampires prowl by night, werewolves roam in the light of a full moon, and monsters are made by scientists careless in their pursuit of the secrets of life. And if your imagination was sufficiently stimulated by those late night classics, you probably sketched out your own scenarios for Ygor, Dr. Frankenstein, and company. That’s exactly what a pair of Milwaukee-linked authors did—years after first encountering those old movies. <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fit for a Frankenstein</em> by Paul McComas and Greg Starrett is an entertaining novella inspired by an apparent gap in 1942’s <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost of Frankenstein</em>: Frankenstein’s monster, thoroughly disheveled and caked in dried sulfur, reemerges in the next scene cleaned up and in a new suit. <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fit</em> is a cheeky tale of how Ygor helped the monster spruce up, replete with Ygor’s Balkan enunciation: ‘You valk into ze vater. It vill vash you clean.’”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Milwaukee Shepherd-Express</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn’t all have to be about the meaning of life. As readers, it’s nice to have a breather — though silliness is hard to write. Yet McComas and Starrett have, happily, mined their childhoods and many of ours to stitch together <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fit for a Frankenstein</em>, a short, snappy joyride that manages some serious comedy. You may not learn anything about the core reasons for existence, but you may blow a fuse or two at the nonstop jokes, puns, and in-the-know shadowboxing that make up the story . . . . The authors use just about every form of humor you can imagine, with a shockingly high hit rate. They’re smart enough to know that the key to comedy is character, and so give readers a nice gallery of goofy ghouls. We know who we’re with, and the clockwork just keeps ticking. The fun is found everywhere. From “Chapter Vun” to the campy Authors’ Photo, the humor comes not just from the jokes and puns and groaners that grace most every paragraph, but as well from the in-jokes and the intense references to to just about every film incarnation of the [Frankenstein] story, good and bad — which gives the novella a fun dimension that is unique . . . . Anyone who spent childhood TV time in front of a small black-and-white screen watching ‘Chiller’ or other hosted horror-movie shows will find companion souls here. <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fit for a Frankenstein</em> is a great fit for readers: a fun book based on bad movies we nonetheless loved because they were clearly the products of people who loved what they were doing.”"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rick Kleffel, California Public Radio</strong> (read the full review <a class="exlink" href="http://agonycolumn.com/agony/reviews/2013/mccomas_starrett-fit_for_a_frankensteinf.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ff1a05; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ever wonder where the Monster got that snazzy new suit he’s wearing in <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost of Frankenstein</em>? Well, let’s just say it wasn’t from the Men’s Wearhouse. I expected to get a reasonable start on <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fit for a Frankenstein</em> when I opened it, but I ended up reading it in one sitting. I’m not sure how co-authors Paul McComas and Greg Starrett managed to write a novella that reads like a black-and-white movie, but they did it, and it’s a helluva lot of fun. It’s great how the tone changes gradually, almost imperceptibly, from a somber approximation of the movie to all-stops-pulled-out silliness at the end. I also enjoyed how the authors managed to weave in the remaining sequels, and from Ygor’s point of view. (Most everyone tends to forget that the Monster really is Ygor in the later films; possibly even Ygor has forgotten!) Even minor details in the movie are explained by the events in the book (The sleeves were too short because there was no initial fitting!). The cover illustration is great, with just the right amount of punch, and the technical aspects of the book are also excellent; I don’t recall even once being snapped out of the story by a typo. Finally, it was nice to read something <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fun</em>, rather than having to quote my father-in-law: ‘Bring some water, it’s pretty dry!’ Rather, as the Monster himself might say: ‘Book gooooood!’”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="exlink" href="http://www.mikehumbert.com/Frankenstein.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #ff1a05; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Mike Humbert's Frankenstein Page">Mike Humbert’s Frankenstein Page</a></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“When Greg Starrett met his future best friend Paul McComas almost 40 years ago, they bonded over an interest in monsters and science fiction. Recently, their shared passion culminated in a book the duo co-authored, mostly via email — a novella that, thanks to its humorous twist, can be enjoyed not just by monster and SF fans, but by anyone.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Don't wait for me!" Rhiannon the sea elf cried as the first of the human-faced dogs bore her to the ground. "Keep going! I'll try to catch up!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lost island of Shumakai returns, bringing fabulous treasure, unknown challenges, and almost certain death. Only one person survived the original Tournament Maximus, and now she and her lover find themselves drawn to the isle once more. Joining them are champions from across the World-Sea: humans, elves, dwarves, cat-people, dog-people, mermen, winged folk, and more. From the kung fu temple of Wudan to the wizardly Isle of Prophecy, all have come to face the ultimate challenge. But even the most talented and powerful will surely perish within the Deluvian Temple during <i>Tournament of Death 2</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of the things that I most enjoy about Sullivan's work is its glee, which occurs in two forms, both of which are very much on display in the <i>Tournament of Death</i> series. One is the demonic glee with which he propels his characters through an obstacle course that would give Indiana Jones pause. The other is the giddy delight with which he playfully rampages through popular culture, filling his world with a vast multitude of monsters and heroes from every corner of the pulp imagination, and somehow making it all work. Enormous fun. *****"</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tale that 1940s-era horror movies dared not tell!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>FIT FOR A FRANKENSTEIN</b></span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While en route to the alpine town of Vasaria, the diabolical body snatcher Ygor stops in the village of Kotstadt to obtain a custom-made suit for his friend, the ever-menacing Frankenstein Monster. The unholy duo's visit endangers fastidious tailor Klaus Hauptschmidt and his effervescent teenage daughter, Gretl ... and prompts hijinks of monstrous proportions!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Fit for a Frankenstein</i> is a delightful literary Rube Goldberg machine, its intricate design made to manufacture laughs and evoke memories of black-and-white movies seen on a flickering screen. Humor high and low, clever levers from which spring puns so terrifying you have to laugh, and the sound of groaning that may or may not be your own-all will keep you deep in a hypnotic state from which you will be loath to wake. It's smart, funny, and truly goofy in the best of all possible ways."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monsters! Magic! Swordplay! Romance! Intrigue! Sudden Death! The world's greatest champions face impossible odds in this action-packed, slyly humorous fantasy novel. You want knights and wizards? Elves and dwarves? Cat-women and lizard-men? Kung Fu girls? Your favorites are all here--though only the smartest and strongest will survive the <i>Tournament of Death</i>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Renowned for his fast-paced imaginative tales, Stephen D. Sullivan is the award-winning author of dozens of books and stories, including trilogies for <i>Legend of the Five Rings, Spider Riders</i>, and <i>Dragonlance</i>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One of the things that I most enjoy about Sullivan's work is its glee, which occurs in two forms, both of which are very much on display in the <i>Tournament of Death</i> series. One is the demonic glee with which he propels his characters through an obstacle course that would give Indiana Jones pause. The other is the giddy delight with which he playfully rampages through popular culture, filling his world with a vast multitude of monsters and heroes from every corner of the pulp imagination, and somehow making it all work. Enormous fun. *****"</span><br />
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It has been a great pleasure to publish this book and bring Edward's insightful work to a new audience. We hope to publish other books by Edward in the future.Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-61639475376023417542011-06-25T15:02:00.000-07:002011-06-25T15:04:34.597-07:00Carnage & Consequences<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3634058">Buy <i>CARNAGE & CONSEQUENCES</i> now!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehwMJ5Kto0T4XkNVKuOmfjXP6f5laokS_DUg5MDjdRRfdvdlS7VRjhkJvBmsmVGahyjKf17HqXDLTNPBnDXrO5zhswWYynFpkY5uKMCGmiaJ82axb037ywmm1fVCnQ_VzfjgCWxIdmeq7/s1600/Carnage+%2526+Consequences+FINAL+02+FRONT+COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehwMJ5Kto0T4XkNVKuOmfjXP6f5laokS_DUg5MDjdRRfdvdlS7VRjhkJvBmsmVGahyjKf17HqXDLTNPBnDXrO5zhswWYynFpkY5uKMCGmiaJ82axb037ywmm1fVCnQ_VzfjgCWxIdmeq7/s320/Carnage+%2526+Consequences+FINAL+02+FRONT+COVER.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"><b><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Matt Forbeck</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donald J. Bingle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linda P. Baker</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kelly Swails</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wes Nicholson</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maurice Broaddus</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer Brozek</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dylan Birtolo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Louise Eklund</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marc Tassin</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-14634-paul-mccomas%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98unforgettable%E2%80%99-fiction.html">Read the review in Milwaukee's <i>Shepherd Express.</i></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wuwm.com/">Paul's interview on <i>Lake Effect</i> is archived here.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/entertainment/3169770,entertainment-north-mccomas-042811-s1.article">Read the <i>Pioneer Press </i>article.</a><br />
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<a href="http://evanstonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/an-interview-with-paul-mccomas/">Read the Evanston Public Library interview.</a><br />
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<a href="http://agonycolumn.com/agony/news/2011/04-18-11-news.htm#n041811">Read the review in the Agony Column.</a><br />
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<a href="http://agonycolumn.com/agony/news/2011/04-18-11-podcast.htm#podcast041811">Listen to the Agony Column interview.</a><br />
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You can contact Paul and find out more about his upcoming <i>Unforgettable </i>appearances through his website, <a href="http://www.paulmccomas.com/">www.paulmccomas.com</a>.Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-36151936768731087772011-04-18T21:14:00.000-07:002011-04-18T21:14:37.537-07:00BLUE KINGDOMS: MAGES & MAGIC<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3533761">Buy BLUE KINGDOMS: MAGES & MAGIC now!</a></div><br />
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<b>Stephen D. Sullivan, Jean Rabe, & Friends</b><br />
Retail Price: $14.99<br />
194 Pages<br />
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Magic fills the Blue Kingdoms.<br />
Its tendrils reach through the islands, ensnaring the denizens of the World-Sea with effects both sublime and monstrous. Magic . . .<br />
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* Pulses with the pull of the oars on a zombie slave ship.<br />
* Flows from a dying wizard into an unsuspecting princess.<br />
* Plagues a half-ogress blessed with uncanny strength.<br />
* Manifests as a seductive and deadly guardian.<br />
* Reveals itself too late to a shipwrecked mage.<br />
* Fuels the alchemical battle for the Philosopher's Stone.<br />
* Appears in many forms . . . always when least expected.<br />
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Delve into these pages and let our authors surprise and ensorcell you!<br />
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Stephen D. Sullivan - Jean Rabe<br />
Donald J. Bingle - Kelly Swails - Steven Saus<br />
Ramsey & Margaret Lundock - Annette Leggett<br />
Brandie Tarvin - Robert Farnsworth - Steve Rouse<br />
Marc Tassin - Kathleen WatnessStephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-90460884103259850902011-02-03T16:58:00.000-08:002011-02-21T08:23:47.084-08:00UNFORGETTABLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3553934">Buy UNFORGETTABLE now!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRhmTFVzAL_ghAWEBoLhJXeJGgg_HkMRhSXmucymkBnS4GmwLHt9TKm-1vKErD6o1vpRriPE_yi_W06SDegNWTRzhfTalN6wBTr2xA7-M5CaBR1x8bFYPwRTHhps2AmuZikltFq9D9BU2/s1600/Unforgettable+-+FRONT+cover+-+web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRhmTFVzAL_ghAWEBoLhJXeJGgg_HkMRhSXmucymkBnS4GmwLHt9TKm-1vKErD6o1vpRriPE_yi_W06SDegNWTRzhfTalN6wBTr2xA7-M5CaBR1x8bFYPwRTHhps2AmuZikltFq9D9BU2/s320/Unforgettable+-+FRONT+cover+-+web.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><h1 class="parseasinTitle" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;">Harrowing Futures, Horrors, & (Dark) Humor</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;">Paul McComas</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;">Retail Price - $29.99</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px;">490 pages</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Includes TWO sneak previews from <i>Logan's Journey</i>, the first Logan novel in one-third of a century, co-written with <i>Logan's Run</i> author William F. Nolan!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">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.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"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."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-- William F. Nolan, author of <i>Logan's Run</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"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."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-- Eric Greene, author of <i>"Planet of the Apes" as American Myt</i>h, from his Foreword</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"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."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-- Joy Ward, author of <i>Haint</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"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, <i>Unforgettable</i>--is."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-- William Hart, author of <i>Never Fade Away</i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br />
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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.</span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span id="btAsinTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br />
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Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-35243935813576315462010-07-31T13:09:00.000-07:002011-02-20T18:43:03.504-08:00STALKING THE WILD HARE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3455449">Buy STALKING THE WILD HARE now!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtT6qUaLc0IbuUu2SYnd9tt4QVxkGLdQXWJiMyuKq70CYb6JHC3ENYCjuygx_-YbCiDUEN0dxu2qM2XT_MaTV9DB5x0My_tpkJN7JuqEcWFswXkwDd8sj1nZ3_Qypmrn59xzQhn1Udr9Z/s1600/Stalking+the+Wild+Hare+-+72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtT6qUaLc0IbuUu2SYnd9tt4QVxkGLdQXWJiMyuKq70CYb6JHC3ENYCjuygx_-YbCiDUEN0dxu2qM2XT_MaTV9DB5x0My_tpkJN7JuqEcWFswXkwDd8sj1nZ3_Qypmrn59xzQhn1Udr9Z/s320/Stalking+the+Wild+Hare+-+72dpi.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>~ Stories from the Gen Con Writers Symposium ~</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i><b>by</b></i><b> Jean Rabe, Mike Stackpole, Marc Tassin, John Helfers, Chris Pierson, Stephen D. Sullivan, Tim Waggoner, Elizabeth A. Vaughan, Kerrie Hughes, Linda P. Baker, Wes Nicholson, Steven Saus, Daniel Myers, Paul Genesse, Jennifer Brozek, Donald J. Bingle, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Dylan Birtolo, Kelly Swails, Sabrina Klein, et al</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Retail Price - $29.99</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Want a little adventure . . . danger . . . romance . . . or maybe a good scare?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Yearning to read some fantasy . . . science fiction . . . humor . . . urban fantasy . . . horror . . . or even a haunting Civil War tale?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>We've got what you're looking for!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The authors in Gen Con's Writer's Symposium have collected 22 of their favorite tales into this volume. There are magical garments, spooky settings, women warriors, urban headhunters, spell-casting goblins, an overlord with a wicked sense of humor, high-seas adventure, hungry rats, talking toys, and more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's even a brand-new story by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sit back in your favorite easy chair, put your feet up, and prepare to be thrilled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.createspace.com/3455449">Click here to buy STALKING THE WILD HARE from Createspace (powered by Amazon).</a></b></div>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-6885063211259947832009-04-12T19:55:00.000-07:002009-04-12T20:16:42.600-07:00UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS: ROSWELL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T336/T71/T87/ThumbnailImage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 240px;" src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T336/T71/T87/ThumbnailImage.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><b><br />By Stephen Sullivan, Nick Redfern, Robert Vardeman, Jean Rabe, and Jim Holloway<br /></b>Retail Price - $9.99<b><br /> <br /> </b> Where Fact Meets Fiction<sup>™</sup>. Join our panel of award-winning authors as they explore the Roswell crash both historically and through the lens of science fiction & fantasy.<br /><br />The history is by noted researcher Nick Redfern; the fictional stories by famed authors Robert E. Vardeman, Jean Rabe, and Stephen D. Sullivan. The cover is a new illustration, created specially for this book, by famed fantasy & SF artist, Jim Holloway.<br /><br />Believer or skeptic, this volume is sure to provide new insights on the most famous UFO incident in history!<br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do;jsessionid=6B97D17F8D055D6D8ED08C23B6062769.cspworker01?id=3367187"><br />Buy <span style="font-style: italic;">UNCANNY ENCOUNTERS: ROSWELL</span> through Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/448612983">Join the Uncanny Encounters group at MySpace.com!</a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-74737074410449389072008-09-10T15:28:00.000-07:002011-02-03T17:20:19.036-08:00LUCK O' THE IRISH<center> <img alt="Luck o' the Irish" src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T334/T95/T32/ThumbnailImage.jpg" /> </center><br />
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New Walkabout Publishing edition includes author's notes!<br />
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</b> In this hard-boiled modern fantasy, a golden pocket watch from Ireland sets Shawn O'Gale on a cross-country journey into danger. On the way, he encounters ruthless gangsters, hard-to-kill hired thugs, a hungry coyote, a mad Russian, several incredibly sexy women, and a dose of supernatural peril. Through it all, good fortune and sharp wits keep Shawn in one piece. But can even the famed "luck o' the Irish" save this charming rogue from the wiles of Las Vegas?<br />
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<a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3349532"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">LUCK O' THE IRISH</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> through Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment.</span></a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-57351547554771198692008-09-10T15:25:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:03:27.873-07:00THIS AND THAT AND TALES ABOUT CATS<center> <img src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T334/T95/T54/ThumbnailImage.jpg" alt="This and That and Tales About Cats" /> </center><br /><br /><b>by Jean Rabe<br /></b>Retail Price: $17.99<b><br /><br />New Walkabout Publishing Edition!<br /><br /></b> Inside this collection you'll find . . . An outmoded space station, a busty kitchen witch, the Sheriff of Nottingham, Mark Twain, a Civil War submarine, a beautiful ghost with an ugly temper, robots, thieves, an elderly Templar knight, sailing ships, WWI airplanes, a few monsters, and wolves who love jazz. In short, you'll find this and that . . . and a few tales about cats. Oh, and there's one very smart dog in the mix, too.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3349554"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">THIS AND THAT </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">through Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment.</span></a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-6587620913748814772008-09-10T15:21:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:04:32.692-07:00STORIES FROM DESERT BOB'S REPTILE RANCH<center> <img src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T334/T95/T80/ThumbnailImage.jpg" alt="Stories from Desert Bob's Reptile Ranch" /> </center><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />by Robert E. Vardeman<br /></span><span>Retail Price: $17.99</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />New Walkabout Publishing Edition!<br /><br /></span>From a sheriff embroiled in a mystery at the Arizona Renaissance Faire, to a homesick beer-drinking alien, to an aging king and a newly risen zombie, this volume features twenty-one tales that will intrigue, humor, an send a few shivers. The author of a hundred books in the fantasy, science-fiction, mystery, and western genres, Vardeman takes you from the edge of death, to a UFO-hunted desert, to fantasy worlds rich with god-fire and mysticism. This collection is filled with some of his favorite gems, stretching from three decades past to the present.<br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3349580"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy <span style="font-style: italic;">DESERT BOB'S REPTILE RANCH</span> through Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment.</span></a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-65233183561852925432008-09-10T11:27:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:05:42.258-07:00PIRATES OF THE BLUE KINGDOMS<center> <img src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T334/T68/T34/ThumbnailImage.jpg" alt="Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms" /> </center><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>Retail Price: $14.99</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />New Walkabout Publishing edition of the first Blue Kingdoms anthology!</span><br /><br />Sail enchanted seas and cross swords with a crew of award-winning fantasy authors in the first book of the exciting new Blue Kingdoms world! Within these pages, you'll find enchanted islands, angry sea gods, mysterious magic, and pirates galore in a treasure trove of tales by: Robert E. Vardeman, J. Robert King, Lorelei Shannon, Lester Smith, Marc Tassin, Kathleen Watness, James M. Ward, Paul Genesse, Brandie Tarvin, Steve Winter, Dean Leggett, Jason Mical, Kelly Swails, and Jean Rabe & Stephen D. Sullivan.<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do%3bjsessionid=71E584BDC81E1CC881FA2D6701C6A73B.cspworker00?id=3346834"><br />Buy <span style="font-style: italic;">PIRATES OF THE BLUE KINGDOMS</span> from Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment house.</a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-40703632893188569632008-09-10T11:15:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:55:56.210-07:00BLUE KINGDOMS: BUXOM BUCCANEERS<center> <img src="https://www.createspace.com/Img/T334/T68/T56/ThumbnailImage.jpg" alt="Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers" /> </center><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>Retail Price: $14.99</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The third book in the Blue Kingdoms anthology series!</span><br /><br />Cross swords and match wits with a crew of award-winning fantasy authors in this third book of the exciting new Blue Kingdoms world! Within these pages you'll find savage seas, enchanted islands, blood-curdling magic, ravenous zombies, and buxom buccaneers galore in a treasure trove of salty tales by: Lorelei Shannon, Robert E. Vardeman, Kathleen Watness, Kelly Swails, Marc Tassin, Dean Leggett, Jason Mical, Paul Genesse, and Jean Rabe & Stephen D. Sullivan. Plus a great cover painting by renowned fantasy artist Jim Holloway!<br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do%3bjsessionid=71E584BDC81E1CC881FA2D6701C6A73B.cspworker00?id=3346856"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy <span style="font-style: italic;">BUXOM BUCCANEERS</span> through Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment division.</span></a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-44130985099463241202008-09-09T12:11:00.000-07:002008-09-09T12:15:31.033-07:00Hustle & BustleIn the hustle and bustle of publishing so many books in such a short period of time, something is bound to slip -- and what has slipped is updating this site. The following Walkabout Publishing books are now available at Amazon.com -- and will have links and information on this site shortly:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms</span> (new edition)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This and That and Tales About Cats</span> - by Jean Rabe (new edition)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stories from Desert Bob's Reptile Ranch</span> - by Robert E. Vardeman (new edition)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Luck o' the Irish</span> - by Stephen D. Sullivan (new edition)Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-63727967251919829902008-07-07T16:52:00.000-07:002008-07-07T16:58:57.142-07:00New Editions of Sullivan & Rabe BooksThis summer, Walkabout Publishing will be producing new editions of books by Stephen D. Sullivan & Jean Rabe:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(anthology edited by Sullivan & Rabe)<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">This and That and Tales About Cats</span> by Jean Rabe<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Luck o' the Irish </span>by Stephen D. Sullivan<br /><br />The books will be completely re-typeset and reformatted, and at least two of them are expected to have lower cover prices than the previous edition. All three books should be out before Labor Day, 2008.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms </span>is the first book in the popular Blue Kingdoms anthology series. <span style="font-style: italic;">This and That and Tales About Cats</span> is a collection of Rabe's short stories. <span style="font-style: italic;">Luck o' the Irish</span> is a hard-boiled modern fantasy set in Las Vegas.Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-42282853019234579652008-06-24T23:44:00.000-07:002008-06-24T23:47:39.776-07:00Buxom Buccaneers On the Way!<span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers</span> is in the final stages of production and should be available for ordering within the next month. It features ten stories by many of the same authors who worked on the last two Blue Kingdoms anthologies and includes the novella <span style="font-style: italic;">Sisters In Arms</span> by Stephen D. Sullivan The book will be available online at the Walkabout Publishing site and through Amazon.com.Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-67565983012907294452008-04-29T21:47:00.000-07:002008-04-29T21:52:38.867-07:00Cow Demon ReviewA brief review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Under the Protection of the Cow Demon</span> appeared in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. You can check out the <a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/sfl-27atipsbrapr27,0,3934531.story">original article here</a>, or read the review below.<br /><p class="intro"><em style="">Under the Protection of the Cow Demon</em><br /></p><p class="intro">In this collection of travel essays, frequent <em style="">Sun-Sentine</em><em style="">l</em> contributor E. Readicker-Henderson captures the thrill of discovering the world's magnificence. He seems always open to epiphanies, but appears at his happiest in the world's colder, lonelier corners.<br /></p>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-33972744874921014992008-03-12T10:36:00.003-07:002012-06-17T20:40:20.022-07:00UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE COW DEMON<div style="text-align: center;">
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Under the Protection of the Cow Demon, a marvelous collection of essays inspired by the travels of author by Edward Readicker-Henderson, is now available from Walkabout Publishing.<br />
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The world, E. Readicker-Henderson reminds us, is a much, much more beautiful place than we usually realize.<br />
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Here the award-winning travel writer embroiders this theme over 25 essays: from a bra fence in New Zealand to mammoth hunting in the Yukon and the Zen of orange-pith-removal in Japan. Drawn to high latitudes and odd corners, Readicker-Henderson delves deeper into his search for the quietest place in the world: a quest that began with his feature for <span style="font-style: italic;">National Geographic Traveler</span>, recognized by <span style="font-style: italic;">Best of American Travel Writing in 2007</span>.<br />
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At turns poetic, philosophical and howlingly funny, these tales span two decades. Ultimately, like Rufus – the puppy the author rescues on pilgrimage – they remind us all to “"wag your tail happily at life, and life will happily wag back."Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-63799198213019001862008-02-08T16:44:00.000-08:002008-02-08T16:50:44.937-08:00Preorder Under the Protection of the Cow DemonUnder the Protection of the Cow Demon is now available for pre-order. Copies of the book should ship by the first week of March. The book contains award-winning essays by renowned travel writer, Edward Readicker-Henderson, famed for his unique point of view, keen observation, and dry wit. See the full description below and order your copy today!Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785962987985904036.post-21105126115627645742008-01-27T17:12:00.000-08:002008-09-11T10:01:51.747-07:00UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE COW DEMON<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/STEPHE%7E1.SUL/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /><img alt="" id="Image5_img" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNW8mgsfmT547FDpEZhPxAZnh7Mb9WbUA2iI7vyjPsdiFhYosV0FoX87_hjlKW7w4fO0oXn0OgFMd_SG70A1n4HPsL0Hw3N0KBnMzFT-OKiV1nD57BWU5YwCWDFT-nHKitlY9OxIwVSW2/s240/CowDemon+thumb.jpg" height="155" width="95" /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />by Edward Readicker-Henderson</span><br />Retail Price - $14.99<br /><br />The world, E. Readicker-Henderson reminds us, is a much, much more beautiful place than we usually realize.<br /><br />Here the award-winning travel writer embroiders this theme over 25 essays: from a bra fence in New Zealand to mammoth hunting in the Yukon and the Zen of orange-pith-removal in Japan. Drawn to high latitudes and odd corners, Readicker-Henderson delves deeper into his search for the quietest place in the world: a quest that began with his feature for <span style="font-style: italic;">National Geographic Traveler</span>, recognized by <span style="font-style: italic;">Best of American Travel Writing in 2007</span>.<br /><br />At turns poetic, philosophical and howlingly funny, these tales span two decades. Ultimately, like Rufus – the puppy the author rescues on pilgrimage – they remind us all to “"wag your tail happily at life, and life will happily wag back."<br /><br /><a href="https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3339691"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buy </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE COW DEMON</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from Amazon's CreateSpace fulfillment service.</span></a>Stephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.com