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Hey Everyone! It is Small Business Saturday. Because I hand-sell my small press and Indie book titles, as well as hand out promotional material for my two Harlequin/Carina Press titles at various bookfairs, conventions, readings, and other events (such as the upcoming GPS Holiday Emporium! Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/872963226437877/), that makes me a Small Business. If… Continue reading Small Business Saturday!

This Saturday I will be appearing at MCBA Fall Comic Con at the same table as Catherine Lundoff and Queen of Swords Press. We will have books for sale, specials on said books, free chocolate, and good cheer! Come by and see us. $10 admission, $1 off with a donation of a non-perishable food item.

This is a reminder that Catherine Lundoff of Queen of Swords Press and I will be reading steampunk fiction and selling books this Saturday at Bingley’s Teas. Which means there will also be tea! And there will be costumes! Details Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/933478440337467/ From the event – Join authors Catherine Lundoff and Michael Merriam for an… Continue reading Murder, Airships, and Tea!

Now that Worldcon and the Hugo Awards are over, I’d like to talk to you, the Science Fiction and Fantasy author/writers who: 1: Couldn’t go to Worldcon in Ireland this year, watched from afar (or at least on the screen of your electronic device) and felt left out/sad/driven to the margins as the rest of… Continue reading Worldcon and the Hugo Awards

BANG A gunman opened fire today… BANG Information is sketchy… BANG Armed with an AR-15… BANG Mass confusion, police on the scene… BANG Our thoughts and… BANG Let’s not politicize this tragedy… BANG Guns don’t kill people… BANG The problem is violent video games… BANG The problem is mental health… BANG He was such a… Continue reading 35 DEAD IN…

Wow. Yesterday I posted to my Ko-Fi that I needed a little help with some unexpected financial issues that hit us this month. I set a modest goal of $50 and promised I’d post an out-of-print piece of fiction at my Ko-Fi account and on my webpages as a reward if we hit the goal.… Continue reading KO-FI GOAL REWARD STORY: A HOT CUP AT THE LAST STATION

Life has thrown some unfortunate twists at me and my family, so I’ve decided to set up a goal on my Ko-Fi. Any help is appreciated and if we hit the $50 goal, I will post an out-of-print piece of fiction at my website and on my Ko-Fi for everyone’s enjoyment. Push the button on… Continue reading Buy Me A (Bunch of) Coffee

Story time, y’all. I was engaged in a conversation recently about how parents deal with children who are distressed in the middle of the night, whether a nightmare, some other fear inducing situation, or other emergency. This brought to mind a story about your narrator being raised by his Greatest Generation Depression Era Grandparents. When… Continue reading Snakes, Revolvers, and Shovels

Catherine Lundoff and I will reading from the Queen of Swords press anthology SCOURGE OF THE SEAS OF TIME (AND SPACE) on May 12th at 2:00 PM on the Target Stage as part of The Loft Word Play. Please come out and see us! https://loft.org/wordplay/about-wordplay

Here is the piece I performed this week at the Not-So-Silent Planet Spec Fic open mic. After a good 4 year run, this was the last time NSSP will be at Kieran’s Irish Pub. I wrote this specifically for the occasion and so will probably never be able to do it anywhere else again. I… Continue reading No Longer Home