Bad Day at the Library

Mr. Gentry, a man-in-black with two different monstrous eyes, holds up a picture of a missing girl.

This entry to #SaturdayScenes is a true web exclusive. It’s something I was originally going to put in the appendices for The Dismal Tide, but never got around to. It concerns itself with the mysterious ‘Man in Black’, Mr. Gentry, the creepiest character that the East End Irregulars have encountered to date. Astute readers may notice […]

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Raven hair and ruby lips, sparks fly from her fingertips…

A drawing of Hecate, a beautiful woman with black hair in a corset, holding a revolver in one hand and a magical flame in the other.

Mindy Tavoularis, aka Hecate, once a member of the superhero group Roundtable, is a fearsome magic wielder who never quite managed to gain public acceptance. No surprise, considering her mother is the sadistic, sorcerous talent Sophia Tavoularis, and her demented siblings comprise one of the most notorious organized crime families on the planet. Here she […]

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New reviews for Dismal Tide, Population of Loss

We received yet another positive review of our introductory book of superhero and Victorian post-apocalyptic short stories, “Population of Loss.” In the Ascension Epoch universe, the War of the Worlds actually happened and it changed the world permanently. Here’s what the reviewer has to say: Great concept, well executed I first stumbled across the “Ascension Epoch” universe while […]

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Book Review: Free Spirits by Richard Rohlin and Benjamin Feehan (Grapple Gun Universe)

Free Spirits is a short story (about 28 pages) set in the mid-2000s of the Grapple Gun Universe (GGU). If you’ve been following along in the series that began with Archers and whose most recent installment is The Eye of Horus, this is 30+ years in the future from the characters and events you’re familiar […]

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The Dismal Tide now available on Kindle

Book cover for The Dismal Tide featuring Torrent controlling water, Corona generating fire, and The Mysterious X running into battle.

At long last! The Dismal Tide is available on the Kindle right now! Paperback and other ebook editions soon to follow. The Dismal Tide is a rollicking superhero adventure featuring the East End Irregulars, a team of young vigilantes encountering the eerie side of Pittsburgh. Packed with humor and wrestling with serious moral questions, the book […]

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