This classic television series exemplifies the fun of fictionalized history. For those of you who are too young to remember, it was a western historical drama created by Michael Garrison, set during the 1870’s. It starred Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as Jim West and Artemis Gordon, dashing Secret Service agents. I loved it for […]
The second book in Ione D’s steampunk adventures is available on Amazon. It’s amazing how quickly you can publish something these days. It’s the creative process that takes the most time, as technology has enabled everything to move at light speed. The strange thing is that, since we updated the cover for the print edition, […]
This weekend, Saturday and Sunday I’ll be at the Phoenix Comicon Fan-Fest at the Convention Center at 100 N. 3rd Street in downtown Phoenix. I’ll be bringing copies of our steampunk books Fidelio’s Automata and Professor Ione D. and the Mayan Marvel, as well as my first book Centrifugal Force. I’ll be in the Exhibition […]
The print edition of Professor Ione D. and the Epicurean Incident is finally done and should be available on Amazon in just a few days. Arlys and I are really proud of this book. It’s the same exciting adventure as in the ebook but in an attractive paperback with twenty great original illustrations. We’ve also […]
Fidelio Espinoza, from Vaughn Treude’s novel Fidelio’s Automata, is a fiery, handsome Cuban, who enjoys fine authentic Cuban fare. I can envision Fidelio savoring this dish. I happened upon this particular Chicken dish while studying in Santiago de Cuba. I was honored to stay with Chancellor Perez from the Universidad de Oriente. I found […]
In 1971, Paul Revere & the Raiders released the song “Cherokee Nation,” which bemoaned the loss of the Native American way of life. It was a major hit, but they should have sung about the Dakota or Apache because the Cherokee had already adopted white culture in the early 1800’s. They lived in houses, […]
Cherie Priest’s 2009 book Boneshaker is an exciting alternate history tale that takes place in nineteenth-century Seattle. In this timeline, the war between the Union and Confederacy continues into the 1880’s. The Pacific Northwest has remained a backwater, and Seattle itself suffered a peculiar cataclysm. Inventor Leviticus Blue creates an “Incredible Bone-shaking Drill Engine,” which […]
